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Mideast Airlines reach for the sky
By ADAM SCHRECKAP BUSINESS WRITER DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Arab sheikdoms eager for higher regional and international profiles are ratcheting up their aviation race despite the global economi...
Wet welcome for thousands of mega-cruise ship passengers
Steady rain dampened hopes of downtown Victoria businesses for thousands of visitors yesterday during 10-hour stops by the two largest cruise ships ever to pull into Ogden Point.Shopping was spotty on...
Global airlines to lose $9B in 2009
International Air Transport Association ’s (IATA) new forecast is staggeringly worse than its $4.7 billion collective loss forecast made just three months ago. The air carrier trade group also d...
Jobs Travel to Liver Transplant Mecca Shows Organ System Flaws - Bloomberg
June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Steve Jobs , Apple Inc. ’s chief executive officer, got a liver transplant quickly because of a U.S. system that favors patients with the means to rush to geographic areas where there is less competition for organs. Memphis ...
Nahyan Bin Mubarak tours youth residences in Oud Al Matina in Dubai
May 30, 2009 - 09:10 - WAM Dubai, May 30th, 2009 (WAM): Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research HE Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan toured today the residential city of national youth ...
Phila. tourism campaign based on love theme
A new, $1.4 million advertising campaign will use a “love” theme to bring visitors to Philadelphia. “With Love, Philadelphia XOXO” will use a series of print-and-radio ads, in...
Dolce Hotels and Resorts Initiates Program to Mitigate H1N1 Flu Risk
, today announced a three-phase program to mitigate the risk to its guests and employees and provide reassurance about the safety of its facilities.
City tweets to curb tourist drop-off
Hotel rates are down 6 percent, attractions are deepening discounts and gas is almost half the price of last summer. Still, a nationwide recession is putting the squeeze on Music City’s second l...
Dallas/Plano Marriott Hotel Announces a Dallas Family Vacation Package
PLANO, TX, June 13, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- This summer, the Dallas/Plano Marriott at Legacy Town Center, in Plano, Texas is offering a Dallas family vacation package for the new "Land of the Lost"...
American Airlines revamps frequent-flier program
Trying to cash in frequent-flier miles is an exercise in frustration for many airline passengers, who often have no clue why the flights they've selected are rejected by a carrier's Web site.
The Monuments of America
WHERE ARE AMERICA'S MONUMENTS? WHERE ARE AMERICA'S MONUMENTS?The word monument comes from the Latin monumentum, meaning "that which reminds". America may not have as many layers of history as Europe...
French Foreign Minister To Travel To Afghanistan
after taking part in ministerial level talks at the U.N. Security Council. The French envoy also met with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who was still in the
Disney to build hotel at National Harbor
By Joseph Weber, The Washington TimesMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News May 19--Walt Disney Parks and Resorts has bought land at the National Harbor to build a resort hotel, according to the Peterson Com...
Former Kings forward Tisdale dies
Wayman Tisdale, an NBA forward for 12 seasons, including stints with the Indiana Pacers, the Sacramento Kings and the Phoenix Suns, has died. He was 44. He had battled bone cancer since being diagnos...
Medical Library Association to generate $11M in Hawaii
’s annual meeting is expected to bring 2,300 attendees to Honolulu next week. The organization’s meeting, from May 15 to 20, is expected to generate more than $11 million in statewide spe...
Air France replaces speed sensors as listening device trolls for boxes
PARIS (AP) - A Dutch ship towing a U.S. Navy listening device is trolling the deep waters in the middle of the Atlantic for flight data and voice recorders from Air France Flight 447. The high-tech d...
Local attractions fit family budgets
reports fewer Americans are expected to hit the road this holiday weekend. The agency blames the decline of the current economy, but that's good news for local attractions. With perfect weather to enj...
United's O'Hare Computer Outage Addressed
United Airlines said Thursday that a computer outage that had caused flight delays with its operations at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport was being resolved, but advised passengers to continue ...
The killing travel machine that only cares for profits
In a repetitive cycle of road accidents, at least 34 travellers lost their lives last week when four buses, travelling on four major travel routes, crashed and added more stains of blood to a set of r...
AirTran Airways joins the Wi-Fi crowd
(AP) ORLANDO, Fla. - Discount carrier AirTran Airways, a unit of AirTran Holdings Inc., said Tuesday it will offer in-flight wireless Internet access on all 136 of its aircraft by midsummer. ...
PZC approves plan for hotel on Sherman Ave.
By Ann DeMatteo, New Haven Register, Conn.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jun. 19--HAMDEN -- The Planning and Zoning Commission has approved the plan for a hotel on Sherman Avenue. The lawyer for Mank...
Fitzwilliam, Belfast, Northern Ireland
As Billy Scott – a taxi driver who took me on a tour of Belfast – sees it, the city is on the up. Recent regeneration projects, such as the city's Cathedral and Titanic quarter, are help...
TravelWise - flyduabi takes off and luxury hotels by DNATA
TravelWise - a combination of travel news, industry views, a featured destination and travel tip. As Dubai's low cost carrier flydubai takes off Phil Blizzard looks at the destinations they serve, new...
Enrile wants exec to explain foreign trips
MANILA, Philippines--Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile wants the president of the Coconut Industry Investment Fund (CIIF) Milling Group, Danilo Coronacion, to explain in detail his foreign trips to E...
SIUE sues to get site of planned lodge cleaned up
By Kavita Kumar, St. Louis Post-DispatchMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jul. 1--EDWARDSVILLE -- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has gone to court to try to force an Edwardsville developer to...
US warns citizens to avoid travel to Honduras - Yahoo News
WASHINGTON – The State Department on Monday warned U.S. citizens to avoid all nonessential travel to Honduras due to the "current unstable political and security situation" there. Noting the ouster on Sunday by the Honduran military of President ...
Cisco and the City of Seoul Launch Personal Travel Assistant Solution
CSCO ) and the city of Seoul today announced the debut of Personal Travel Assistant (PTA), a Web-based service that allows residents to make on-the-go travel decisions based on time, cost and carbo...
Obama's travel draws usual gripes
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama is drawing fire for a recent "date night" with his wife in New York City and for a family vacation in Europe. Complainers similarly have harassed previous presidents about the cost to taxpayers of such private outings, and those commanders in chief, like Obama so far, largely ignored them.
Commission to make expansion decision in July
By Matt Milner, Ottumwa Courier, IowaMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jun. 5--JOHNSTON -- The next opportunity for casino expansion in the state arrives later this summer, but first members of the Iowa...
MGM partner Pansy Ho found unsuitable by New Jersey gaming authorities
By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-JournalMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News May 19--New Jersey gaming authorities have reportedly found MGM Mirage joint venture partner Pansy Ho, who has a 50 percent sta...
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