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Travel: Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Guide to Eating Well in St Barth's...
With more than a dozen restaurants across three continents, Michelin-three-star chef Vongerichten is a more-than-seasoned traveler whose cuisine will be served as part of this year's Relais & Chateaux Grand Chefs Dinner on April 16.
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Travel Smarter 2012: New approaches to sustainable travel ...
By Jessica Marati
They'll choose leisurely modes of transport like trains, bicycles, and barges; stay in long-termvacation rentals instead of hotels; and structure itineraries that allow enough time to savor experiences. Not only is the ... Many travelers are tired of following the tourist path, preferring instead to experience new places as locals. Enter, the ... New certification programs are in the works from groups like UK non-profit Tourism Concern, but nothing really beats personal research. Rather than limit ...
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Chinese tycoons just got their exclusive travel brand | CNNGo.com
By CNNGo staff
Domestic business travelers got two dedicated hotel brands; geeks were let loose on a newtravel-focused social website, Fengche.com; and now the nouveaux riches have been presented with an exclusive travel brand, as one of China's biggest travel websites, Ctrip, launches HHtravel (鸿鹄逸 ... Wang says wealthy Chinese normally don't travel through tourist agencies, simply because “most agencies can't arrange what these people want, for example, to climb Kilimanjaro in Africa.
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EU Places Travel Ban on Assad's Wife
New York Times
BRUSSELS — The European Union on Friday expanded sanctions on Syria and placed a travelban on President Bashar al-Assad's family, including his wife, as the United Nations envoy Kofi Annan headed to Moscow and Beijing to press proposals for an ...

EU bans Syrian president's wife from travel, shopping
Reuters
After Friday's decision, EU border guards will refuse her entry if she tries to travel into the bloc. But Britain will have to allow her in if she uses a British passport. EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels also expanded the list of people facing ...

Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic could be dampened weather
al.com
More than four inches of rain had fallen at the course by Thursday afternoon, canceling the pro-am for the Champions Tour's Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, John Fitzhugh) SAUCIER, Mississippi -- Weather permitting, the strongest ...

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Diplomats say wife, other relatives of Syria's Assad given travel bans, assets ...
Washington Post
Also Friday, the United Nations' top human rights body sharply condemned the crackdown and the UN announced that the joint UN-Arab League envoy, Kofi Annan, would travel to Russia and China for more talks aimed at peacefully resolving the crisis.

Recommended: NC braces for tourism impact of 'Hunger Games'
msnbc.com (blog)
“It will have a tremendous tourism impact for years to come.” The film used more than 4000 extras, all of them from North Carolina, and also had a crew of around 500, the majority of them coming from the state. The film is about a post-apocalypse ...

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Lift Travel Advisory, Balala Tells UK
AllAfrica.com
By Brian Otieno, 23 March 2012 TOURISM minister Najib Balala wants the United Kingdom to lift a travel advisory on Kenya by its citizens after Judith Tebbutt was released by her abductors on Wednesday. Tebbutt, a Briton, was abducted seven months ago ...

Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Helsinki, 2012 World Design Capital
Reuters
Known as the tourist tram for its circular, one-hour route, it is an ideal way to see popular spots. Download an audio guide beforehand at www.dewhurstdesigns.co.uk/helsinki/ 10 am - Get off at the Helsinki Opera House and walk towards the Olympic ...

Mexico Tourist Auto Insurer Results for 2011 Released
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
2011 was a difficult year for Mexico Tourist Auto Insurers. www.mexpro.com has compiled the list of the Top Ten Tourist Auto insurers in Mexico 2011 Premium and Paid Claims results Flagstaff, AZ (PRWEB) March 23, 2012 Mexpro.com, the leading provider ...

Travel abroad figures in naturalization
New York Daily News
Q. I travel to my home country almost every month to take care of a family business. In the summers, when my children are out-of-school, I'm there two or three months. Will my travel keep me from becoming a US citizen? A. So long as you spent at least ...

New York Daily News

North Carolina is hungry for 'Hunger Games' craze
Fox News
The highly anticipated blockbuster, "The Hunger Games", is spurring a new appetite for tourismin North Carolina. “It's starting to hit us how huge 'Hunger Games' is going to be for North Carolina,” said Aaron Syrett, director of the North Carolina ...

List Vacation Rental & Home Exchange Free on http://www.bobzio.com for ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer
California vacation rentals & home swaps are in high demand on http://www.bobzio.com. Bobzio.com is offering free listings to California vacation rental owners and other high demand resort locations during the Spring Rental Season.

Scripps buys Travel Channel Intl.: UK-based company sold for $103 million
Chicago Tribune
LONDON -- Scripps Networks Interactive has bought UK-based Travel Channel Intl. for £65 million ($103 million). Deal is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2012 once regulatory approval is given. The Travel Channel airs in 20 languages ...

How to Protect Your Family Vacation from Scams in 2012 with Rent My Vacation Home
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Rent My Vacation Home dot com gives tips on how to avoid Vacation Home Fraud.Whether you are a homeowner or vacationer remember these safety tips below. New York, New York (PRWEB) March 23, 2012 In a interview with Jay Kalin of Rent My Vacation Home ...

EU slaps travel ban on Assad's British-born wife
AFP
Diplomats said European Union foreign ministers gathered in Brussels had agreed an assets freeze and travel ban on "Assad's wife, mother, sister and sister-in-law", and eight other members of his entourage. Joining the talks, British Foreign Secretary ...

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Real Madrid To Open Resort In United Arab Emirates
Huffington Post
Club executives revealed plans on Thursday to build Real Madrid Resort Island, complete a 10000-seat stadium, a five-star hotel, beach-side bungalows and an amusement park on a man-made island sponsored by emirate Ras Al-Khaimah, the AFP reports.

Contiki Vacations Partners with Forever 21 on Travel Style Competition
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Fans of specialty fashion retailer asked to define their 'travel style' for a chance to win Contiki Europe vacation. Anaheim, CA (PRWEB) March 23, 2012 Contiki Vacations, the worldwide leader in fun travel packages for 18-35 year olds, is teaming up ...

OpenJaw Technologies and Airtrade to Power New Possibilities for Travel Fulfilment
MarketWatch (press release)
DUBLIN & HAARLEM, Netherlands, Mar 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- OpenJaw Technologies (Dublin, Ireland), online technology partner to the world's biggest travel brands and leading travel fulfilment company, Airtrade (Haarlem, The Netherlands) a BCD ...

Chicagoans travel to Mexico, Cuba for pope's historic trip
ABC7Chicago.com
But despite some easing of travel restrictions, tensions between the US and Cuba are still high. "Families have been split just in half," said Javier Fernandez Jr., who fled Cuba with his family when he was five. Now he's hoping for a new regime in his ...

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“Up Greek Tourism” Posts Crowd-Funded Billboard in Times Square, New York ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, Mar 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Up Greek Tourism, a private initiative promoting Greece as a touristic destination, today announced the successful completion of its first milestone, to place a giant billboard in New York's Times Square, ...

Andrew Harper, on his secret identity and a local resort he loves
Los Angeles Times
Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report has been praising and detailing luxurious, exclusive travel for more than three decades. The report recently released its Grand Awards 2012, a list that picked a newcomer to the Southern California resort world as one of ...

Travel show filming work on NH-Maine bridge
Boston.com
A crew from the Travel Channel was filming some of the work as the nearly 90-year-old bridge is being taken apart to make way for a new one. The Portsmouth Herald reports (http://bit.ly/GPOqAC) Don Wildman, host of the show "Off Limits," was even ...

Photos: Team plans $1 billion resort and theme park
SFGate.com (blog)
At a press conference Thursday, the team unveiled plans for “Real Madrid ResortIsland.” The island in Ras Al-Khaimah, north of Dubai, is set to open in 2015 and cost $1 billion. Plans include bungalows, a theme park, a hologram show playing Real ...

SFGate.com (blog)

EU imposes travel ban on Assad wife
The Press Association
Meanwhile, the United Nations said the joint UN-Arab League envoy, Kofi Annan, would travel to Russia and China for more talks aimed at peacefully resolving the crisis in Syria. The UN estimates that more than 8000 people have been killed since an ...

Diplomats say wife, other relatives of Syria's Assad hit with travel bans ...
Washington Post
Asma Assad, 36, was born in London and has British citizenship, and an EU official said that likely meant she could not be banned from travel to the UK The UN estimates that more than 8000 people have been killed since an uprising began in Syria a year ...

ShareThis Names The “Most Social” Travel And Sports Publishers ...
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Anthony Ha is a writer at TechCrunch, where he covers media, advertising, and startups. Previously, he was a staff technology writer at Adweek, worked as a senior editor at the tech blog VentureBeat, and was also a reporter at the Hollister ...
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Photographers Travel 1000 Miles to Highlight the Importance of the ...
By David DeFranza
Florida is home to some of the country's most important swamp and mangrove habitats—including the famed Everglades—and many of these areas are protected in state and national preserves. These protected areas, however, remain ...
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Assad's wife faces EU travel ban
By adekunle
BRUSSELS (AFP) – President Bashar al-Assad's wife Asma, a Western-educated former banker and style icon, faces an EU travel ban and asset freeze along with other members of Assad's family, diplomats said Thursday. Asma al-Assad is ...
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Travel Into The Depths Of The Amazon Rainforest With Google ...
Many will never have the opportunity to explore the natural wonders of the Amazon, but Google has made it possible for armchair adventurers to experience all of it courtesy of Google Maps Street View. Announced yesterday on World Forest ...
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Turn Your Online Travel Reading Into a Guidebook With This App
By Sarah Kessler
Travel writing is often more useful to travelers of the armchair variety than those actually planning a trip. A new app called Dcovery, however, wants to make travel blogs, articles and other writing a more practical resource for actual travel.
Mashable

Real Madrid Resort Island will open 2015 in UAE | ArchDaily
By Sebastian J
The 430000 sqm resort will be supported by the government of the Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah. “Real Madrid Resort Island will be a major tourist and sporting centre of great dimensions and the highest level. This extraordinary complex will ...
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Paul Gauguin Cruises Unveils m/v Tere Moana's 2013 Itineraries
MarketWatch (press release)
BELLEVUE, Wash., March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Paul Gauguin Cruises (www.pgcruises.com ), operator of the highest-rated and longest continually sailing luxury cruise ship in the South Pacific, the m/s Paul Gauguin, unveils 2013 itineraries ...

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