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Airbus planes are safe despite crash
Airline bosses today dismissed safety fears regarding the Airbus A330, saying they were confident despite last week’s Air France jet crash.Emirates airlines President Tim Clark said the Dubai-based ...
Passengers think Continental is doing a better job, study says
. The university’s American Customer Satisfaction Index showed that so many passengers gave Continental (NYSE: CAL) a thumbs-up for service that it raised the Houston airline’s satisfacti...
Three more bodies found from lost Air France jetliner
RECIFE, Brazil -- A Brazilian ship recovered three more bodies from the Atlantic as searchers said weather and currents complicated their job and warned it is unlikely that all the dead from Air Franc...
Memphis International Airport gets $22.5M grant for new parking garage
will get a $22.5 million grant through the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s Aeronautics Division to build a new $135-$140 million parking garage. The new garage will be built just north...
Virginia is for Lovers Named in Top Ten Slogans of All Time - WHSV
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced Thursday that Virginia is for Lovers, the official state tourism slogan, has been named one of the top ten tourism marketing campaigns of all time by Forbes.com. This honor comes as the state is celebrating the 40th ...
San Diego Resort Owner Seeks Injunction Against Four Seasons for Trespass Fol...
Owners of a leading hotel investment and ownership group have filed for an injunction in San Diego federal court to oust Four Seasons Hotels Limited ("Four Seasons") from its continued occupation of t...
Lodgings, restaurants earn honors from AAA
By Janet Podolak, The News-Herald, Willoughby, OhioMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jun. 10--Their inn in Burton has been honored by AAA for each of the last seven years, but for Gordon and Evie Safran...
Delta SkyMiles double through 2009
deltadoublemiles.com on or before Sept. 30. They can then fly any Delta (NYSE: DAL) or Northwest flight on or before Dec. 31 to earn double flown miles. Qualified members are not required to purchase...
Overlooked Nazareth both ancient and hip
NAZARETH, Israel -- As Pope Benedict XVI visits the town where Jesus grew up, he will bring brief attention to a Holy Land destination that is at once world famous and unjustly overlooked.Like the to...
Flu outbreak expected to dampen summer outbound travel
Taipei, May 22 (CNA) The local travel industry is worried that the recent confirmation of three swine flu cases in Taiwan will dampen interest in traveling abroad this summer, and travel agents have a...
Regulator lists lengths taken to hide 'Ponzi' - Financial Times
Sham audits, phoney financial statements and fabricated performance numbers were at the heart of the fraudulent scheme allegedly perpetrated by Sir Allen Stanford and his associates, according to US officials. It was also alleged that the scheme was ...
After Dallas convention hotel battle, Harlan Crow extends olive branch to Mayor ..
By Dave Levinthal, The Dallas Morning NewsMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News May 11--Real estate mogul Harlan Crow, who all but exclusively bankrolled a failed multimillion-dollar effort to block a publi...
Airlines fall on economy worries
NEW YORK Airline shares dropped in Monday midday trading as investors worried that the U.S. and global economies may have farther to go before recovery sets in. The AMEX Airline Index fel...
Lacki leaving Visitors Bureau
By Samantha Maziarz Christmann, The Buffalo News, N.Y.McClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jun. 24--David Lacki, vice president of tourism for the Buffalo Niagara Convention and Visitors Bureau, has left h...
Ritz Tours Adds Additional Departure Dates for 14-Day Yangtze Special China Tour..
For less than $2000, you can embark on a two-week China Tour to Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, and the Yangtze River! Fees include roundtrip airfare, luxurious hotel and meal accommodations, and unforg...
3 airlines fined $10M for fixing air-cargo rates
Three international airlines have been fined a total of $10 million for fixing air cargo rates on some routes out of Canada, the Competition Bureau said Friday. Air France, KLM and Martinair pleaded ...
A new website promises to pay travellers to review their favourite places
What does Simonseeks.com do? We're encouraging travel writers, travel enthusiasts, local experts, concierges, ski guides and celebrities to write 800-word travel guides on their favourite place...
Key suggests swine flu impacting tourism as arrivals drop
Health officials greet arrivals at Auckland International airport The tourism industry is being hurt by swine flu as travellers in some countries put holidays on hold, Prime Minister John Key said ...
Demand for Mideast air travel still rising – analyst
Air travel demand in the Middle East is slowly rising following a slight increase during this year’s opening quarter, an industry analyst has claimed.
Commissioners travel to resort on county's dime - Pensacola News Journal
Even an intimidating $17 million budget deficit didn't stop four of five Escambia County commissioners from taking a four-day trip last week to a Marco Island resort. Commissioners Grover Robinson IV, Gene Valentino, Marie Young and Wilson Robertson ...
Thirty-Five Percent of Workers Aren
/PRNewswire/ -- With only a few days until the official start of vacation season, money, anxiety and guilt are causing some workers to scrap their vacation plans. More than a third (35 percent) of wor...
Japan Airlines reports Y63bn loss
Japan Airlines , Asia’s biggest carrier by revenues, reported a Y63bn ($646m) net loss for the year to March on Tuesday and warned that it would lose an equal amount this year, as the recession wipe...
Airlines wary of 2020 carbon-neutral target
Crisis-hit airlines said Tuesday that a plan to cap the growth of the industry's emissions by 2020 was ambitious and costly but agreed on the urgency of fighting climate change. "It's a very ambitious...
Lenders on Friday approved another week of funding to operate the resort. But ho..
By Brad Talbutt, The Idaho Statesman, BoiseMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News Jun. 13--Tamarack Resort's lenders are apparently prepared to keep funding a court-appointed receiver week-to-week, but their...
Best Western quickens pace of ME expansion with first hotel in Qatar - Best W...
Best Western International - Asia has announced the opening of Best Western Doha Seef Hotel, its first hotel in Doha, Qatar, in June 2009. 'We are expanding throughout Asia and the Middle East to capi...
In your experience, which airline has the best flight attendants and which one h..
My worst experiences have always come at the hands of United, but then I tend to fly them more often. I'm always afraid to ask them for anything. I think North American flight attendants have truly ta...
Will airlines go bankrupt
DALLAS — Auto companies and airlines are both getting hammered by the recession, but while two of the nation’s major carmakers went into bankruptcy court protection, the leading U.S. carr...
'Serious runway incursion' as truck neared departing Boston jet
BOSTON (AP) A construction truck crossed a runway at one of the nation's busiest airports Thursday just before a plane with 89 people aboard took off behind it.
San Antonio drivers will pay less for Memorial Day travel this year
Memorial day travelers in Texas can expect to pay more for gas over the three-day weekend than the prior weekend. Still, drivers will pay $1.40 less than they did a year ago. The lower price of gasol...
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