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Honoring tradition in troubled times
The traditional barometer for Thanksgiving travel — AAA’s annual forecast — will come out November 18, but the prognosis for travelers is already looking gloomy. Last month, travel-trend forecas...
Pilots strike likely to cancel flights
Air France is warning that of "significant disruptions" to flights during a four-day French pilots' strike set to start Friday.The carrier says the walkout was called to protest the French parliament'...
Miami plans deals so Hyatt can manage Knight Center
Miami officials need to pay off a $39 million bond before Hyatt can manage the James L. Knight Center in the downtown area, and possibly complete a massive renovation to the property. City officials ...
Use naval base, Thailand to airlines
BANGKOK: Thai aviation authorities on Thursday gave airlines the green light to use a naval base in the east of the country after protesters blocked off both of Bangkok's airports.
Area hotels and restaurants earn AAA awards
By John Reid Blackwell, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Nov. 15--The stock market may be tarnished and the economy in a gutter, but plenty of hotels and restaurants in the ...
Bush Tackles Holiday Travel Woes
President George W. Bush tours the crisis management center with Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, after delivering his remarks on aviation congestion and transportation safety on Nov. 18, 2008. (...
RSL hangs on to advance to Western final - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Carson, CA (Sports Network) - Real Salt Lake advanced to Major League Soccer's Western Conference final with a 3-2 victory over Chivas USA in the home-and- home, total goals semifinal series. A 2-2 draw at The Home Depot Center on Saturday night was ...
Screening rules are set for private planes
11/18/2008 Closing what he called the last major vulnerability for bringing a weapon of mass destruction into the U.S., Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced new rules for screening ...
Rezidor Announces the Radisson Hotel & Resort, Sohar/Oman
Will open the 212 room Radisson Hotel & Resort, Sohar in Oman in Q1 2012. It is the company's third property in the Sultanate - the group currently manages the 156 room Radisson SAS Muscat, and will open the 175 room Park Inn Muscat in Q1 2009.
Starwood Appoints Longtime Procter & Gamble Executive Clayton C.
WHITE PLAINS, November 11, 2008. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) announced the appointment of Clayton C. Daley, Jr. to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Daley, 57, is ...
Full text of Lee
The following is the full text of President Lee Myung-bak's keynote speech made at the Group of 20 financial summit in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Your Excellencies, The global economy is fac...
Shoppers not seeing fuel savings
Cash-strapped consumers continue to pay premium prices for goods and services, despite tumbling fuel prices. Fares for public transport, taxis and airlines have risen in the past year because of the ...
Injured duo report for assessment - Ananova
England pair John Terry and Steven Gerrard reported for duty on Sunday night ahead of Wednesday's friendly with Germany even though there are major injury doubts over both men. Gerrard has already been ruled out, according to a statement on Liverpool ...
Hotel Missoni Names General Managers of First to Properties
Edinburgh and Kuwait Hotels to Debut 2009 Hotel Missoni announces the general manager appointments for Hotel Missoni Edinburgh and Hotel Missoni Kuwait City - the first two properties to open in this ...
Air Wisconsin lends $35M to US Airways
US Airways Inc. under US Airways' recent $950 million financing plan. US Airways, for which Air Wisconsin Airlines flies as a regional carrier, closed on approximately $800 million of these transacti...
Thompson Hotels Joins Cornell Center for Hospitality Research as Partner
Company co-owner Stephen C. Brandman will join the center's advisory board, according to the center's academic director David Sherwyn. Hotel operator Thompson Hotels has become a partner of Cornell's ...
FAA to spend $9 million on air traffic system tests
WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that has signed $9 million worth of agreements with two companies for stepped up testing and implementation of a new air traffic control sy...
Little Fasteners Causing Big Problems At Boeing
787 Dreamliners without one ever having lifted off the ground. Nice work, but you have to wonder if customers aren't starting to have a case of buyer's remorse. Just days after admitting that the fir...
Berlin To Be Represented At ICCA Congress In Victoria, British Columbia
For the first time the conference metropolis Berlin is represented at the annual congress of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) in Canada The Berlin hotel and congress bra...
Visitors bureau funding hurt less than feared by loss of Big E
By James Mayse, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Nov. 22--When the Executive Inn Rivermont closed its doors in June, members of the Owensboro-Daviess County Convention...
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Toledo South Opens in Rossford, Ohio
The new 80-room Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Toledo South has opened its doors for business at 9790 Clark Drive in Rossford, Ohio.
Fired employee sues Boeing in whistle-blower case
P-I Special Report: Boeing struggles with Sarbanes-Oxley A fired Boeing employee struck back at his former employer Friday with a federal lawsuit leveling serious charges against the Chicago-based a...
NY pet cemetery ranked among Taj Mahal, pyramids - 22 WSBT
Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2009" includes the Hartsdale Pet Cemetery with the Taj Mahal and the Great Pyramids among the 10 "best places of rest." A spokesman for Hartsdale says it's "delighted to be in such esteemed company." The guide says the ...
IHG Announces Opening of Holiday Inn Express San Jose Airport in Costa Rica
Conversion Property Is IHG's Fourth Hotel in the City and the First Holiday Inn Express in Central America IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), (LSE:IHG)(NYSE:IHG) announced that the Holiday Inn Expre...
Alter tourism focus, urges KQ boss
Efforts to revive the country’s tourism industry should target African markets, Kenya Airways chief executive has said. “We should focus more on African tourism and let Africans know themselves fi...
Auditor slams Mary Easley
Comment on this story RALEIGH - State Auditor Les Merritt said this morning that trips to France, Russia and Estonia by First Lady Mary Easley and others included "unreasonable and excessive expense...
Javier Cano New GM of Ritz-Carlton, LA
LOS ANGELES, CA, November 4, 2008. Javier Cano, a career hotelier with more than 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry, has been named General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles, th...
Southwest Airlines Announces Fares and Flights to/from Minneapolis-St. Paul
DALLAS, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines today announced the carrier's low fares and flight schedule from Minneapolis-St. Paul beginning on March 8, 2009. During a media conference ...
Latest Pictures - Newstrack India
Nagpur, Nov 8 (IANS) Australia were struggling at 280 for six in the first innings, in reply to India's 441, at tea on the third day of the fourth and last Test match at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium here Saturday. No special feeling ...
Boeing warns of possible layoffs in 2009
News ) may lay off some workers next year as part of an effort to cut costs in response to difficult market conditions and a slowing global economy, a company executive said.In an internal memo sent t...
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