July Fourth travel may set a record

July Fourth travel may set a record
Tulsa Beacon
The expected national 2012 Independence Day holiday travel volume could tie the past decade's previous high mark set in 2007 and represents a near 42 percent increase from 2009. The Independence Day holiday travel period is defined as July 3-8. 

'Trip Flip,' New Travel Show, Is More Than Your Average Vacation (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
In the new Travel Channel series "Trip Flip," Kreischer (previously of "Bert the Conquerer") canvasses the streets of America looking for a random duo to take on a totally tricked out vacation. Everything the vacationers do on the show is a surprise to ...

Travel Continues to Rebound; Nearly 60% of Americans Plan to Hit the Road ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"With the rebound of summer vacation travel, we've seen an increase in travel insurance sales," said Daniel Durazo, director of communications with Allianz Global Assistance USA. "This is especially true for bigger ticket purchases such as trips to ...

Egencia Releases 2012 Corporate Travel Global Benchmarking Study and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BELLEVUE, Wash., June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Egencia®, an Expedia, Inc. company, today unveiled its 2012 Global Corporate Travel Benchmarking Study and TravelManager Research. The study evaluates the current business travel ...

Travel Channel Greenlights Second Seasons of Original Series "Hotel ...
The Futon Critic
CHEVY CHASE, MD (June 28, 2012) - Following the success of the premiere seasons of TravelChannel's original series "Hotel Impossible" and "Baggage Battles," the Network has greenlit production for second seasons of both hit shows. "Baggage Battles ...

Egypt's tourism showing concern about its future under Morsi
eTurboNews
Global Travel and Tourism Industry News · Australia/ NZ & ... An Islamist's ascension to Egypt's peak of executive power has sparked the hopes of many, but the country's battered tourism industry is showing concern about its future under Mohamed Morsi ...

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Colorado tourism hopes go up in smoke
Westword (blog)
Not physically, at least, although everyone knows someone who's suffered loses -- including the people at the Flying W Ranch, a fifty-year-old tourist attraction that burned to the ground, and many residents in the Mountain Shadows subdivision, which ...

Tourism Spending in Greece Fell Through April on Fewer Visitors
Bloomberg
Tourism receipts in the first quarter declined to 719 million euros ($894 million) from 820 million euros in the first four months of 2011, according to an e-mailed statement from the Bank of Greece. Visitor arrivals to Greece decreased 9.8 percent in ...

OneTravel Ranks at 26 on Travel Weekly's Esteemed Power List
MarketWatch (press release)
The focus this year was the continual training for their agents in the call center and streamlining the website experience making it easier for customers to navigate and find great travel deals. ...Launched in the mid-nineties in a barn in ...

Vacation post: Step into romance this summer
Albany Times Union (blog)
No need to travel. Find a shady area in a local park and follow Tom Crowley and Bethany Miller on their travels in Love's Road Home, a one hundred eighty-two page novel that will be your best read of the summer. You're not interested in reading romance?

Albany Times Union (blog)

New York girl, 11, dies while playing mini golf at Florida resort
Fox News
11-year-old dies under mysterious circumstances playing miniature gold at Orlando resort. ...Another guest at the resort, Christopher Burges, of Alabama, heard the girl's screams and tried to rescue her. He was also injured, authorities said. The girl ...

National Lampoon's European Vacation
Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal writes about an EU ruling that allows a do-over if employees get sick on holiday. Chevy Chase would love this one.

July the Fourth travel expected to be most in five years
Spartanburg Herald Journal
The agency said that because July Fourth falls on a Wednesday this year, it expects more people will be attracted to travel because of the extended vacation window. The last time the holiday fell on a Wednesday, the state set a record of 520800 travelers.

Hotwire Reveals June 2012 Travel Savings Indicator
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Hotwire.com®, a leading discounttravel site, today released the June 2012 Hotwire® Travel Savings Indicator, which features the top five cities in North America where hotel, air and car rental ...

N.H. resort town enhances tourist appeal with new look, attractions
Boston Herald
It's amazing what a few million dollars can do. People have been flocking to New Hampshire beaches seeking cooler temperatures and access to the Atlantic coastline since the first Hampton Beach hotel opened its doors to the public in 1840. Trolleys ...

Singapore's Gardens by the Bay Set to Become International Eco-Tourism Icon
San Francisco Chronicle
“Our analysis shows that Singapore is headed towards even bigger receipts from tourism this year, and we have observed that more people are now keen on setting up travel agencies and othertourism-related businesses,” said Ms Low. Janus Corporate ...

Tourist operators warn of dangerous highway exit
CBC.ca
Tourism operators in St. Andrew's are questioning the safety of the exit from the main highway into the seaside town just as the area prepares for an influx of visitors. The corridor to some of southern New Brunswick's main tourist destinations has ...

Duluth tourism tries to recover after flood | Minnesota Public Radio ...
A week after floodwaters swept through Duluth, businesses are taking stock of their losses and hoping for a revival of the area's main economic engine -- tourism.
Business from Minnesota Public Radio

Duluth tourism numbers drag after historic floods | MinnesotaBrown
By Aaron Brown
Duluth is struggling with a big drop in tourism after last week's floods. The most popular tourist areas are largely cleaned up from the mess, but visitors haven't returned at normal summer levels yet. Residential areas and streets were the worst ...
MinnesotaBrown

Joah Spearman: Hey Fellas, It's Travel Shopping Season and Here's ...
By Joah Spearman
Now that the NBA season is complete, we can move onto bigger and better things. Like travel shopping. ... While many New Yorkers flock to the Hamptons and Montauk come summer, the tourism season booms in the city too. And since a ...
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NYC Educator: Happy Summer Vacation, Here Are Two Classes ...
By Miss Eyre
Happy Summer Vacation, Here Are Two Classes' Worth of New Kids. On the second to last day of school, the principal at my school got a phone call from a parent. His daughter's charter school was being closed, and he'd received a letter in ...
NYC Educator

UNWTO launching World Tourism Day 2012 campaign - eTurboNews
World Tourism Day (WTD) 2012 will be celebrated under the theme “Tourism & Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development,” inviting ... ... Global Travel and Tourism Industry News · Australia/ NZ & Pacific · Hawaii · USA & Canada ...

The cool journalist's travel kit (includes booze, of course ...
By Jim
Contently sent two writers to Aspen to cover this week's Aspen Ideas Festival. The Travel Kit they put together for their journalists has all – well, most — of the essentials, including Contently-labeled mini booze bottles. (I would have throw in a ...
JIMROMENESKO.COM

Some Luxury Travel facts from: able-cars - GatorMoms.NET
By Gator Moms Webmaster
As the UK's economy strengthens, the tourism industry is inevitably expanding its own horizons; The UK is now attracting a different kind of tourist with growing high – end options. Golfing holidays have developed fast over the last couple ... But the high-end corporate travel sector has fallen as much as 25 per cent and it's been the leisure market that has offset this drop, execs said at the two day conference in this French Riviera resort.”We still have business from families, and seasons ...
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Your Ultimate Travel Guide to Atlanta - HelloBeautiful
By Camilla Williams
Check out our Atlanta travel guide below to find out what keeps visitors and residents alike coming back for more! 1. Atlanta is well known for ... If you're that tourist that hates tourist attractions, then Virginia Highland is a must see! This popular ...
Celebrity News & Style for Black Women

Manila travel expo drawing big names in global tourism - The ...
MANILA, Philippines - A travel expo slated in Manila next month is attracting big players in the global tourism industry, immediately turning it into a popular ...
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=822187...87

Aussie travel agent 'killed over unpaid bill'
One of the men who allegedly killed Australian travel agent Michelle Smith last ... Resort in Kata Noi with nine other travel agents when the attack took place.
news.ninemsn.com.au/.../aussie-travel-agent-killed-over-unpai...

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