Egypt tourism takes a hit from protests

Egypt tourism takes a hit from prophet protests
The Associated Press
Egypt, for example, generates 6.7 percent of GDP from travel and tourism and Tunisia is around the same level with 6.6 percent, with benefits to related businesses pushing the figures even higher, according to the London-based World Tourism and Travel ...

Fashion shows travel continents and eras in Paris
CBS News
Balmain's creative nomad Olivier Rousteing, meanwhile, replaced last season's muse — the Russian Empire's Faberge Egg — to travel to the artisanal wicker-weavers of Cuba to give his summer collection a unique panache with its hints of in-vogue black.

Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Austin, Texas
Reuters
AUSTIN, Sept 28 (Reuters) - In Austin, flip-flop-wearing University of Texas students mingle with coat-tie-and-boot-clad state lawmakers and technology workers in jeans. The Lone Star State capital prides itself on its slacker vibe, but it's also the ...

Tourism dramatically up in Lower Manhattan
Wall Street Journal
Associated Press. NEW YORK — The number of tourists visiting Lower Manhattan has risen dramatically since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. That's according to the city's tourismbureau. It reports that the area below Canal Street is the second ...

Downturn? Not in first class, say China's globetrotting shoppers
Reuters
Shen is one of many luxury travel organisers who still see the money rolling in from executives and members of the "fu er dai" - the second generation of wealthy families - despite China's economic uncertainty. "If you look at your affluent Chinese ...

Fall Travel: A Necessary Weekend In Upstate New York (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post
Fall foliage, or at least the first signs of color, was meant to start creeping down the shores of New York's Hudson River this past weekend. So, in search of golden leaves and crisper temperatures, I headed up to New Paltz, New York. The town was ...

Bon voyage to travel plans? American labor issues concern flying public
Dallas Morning News
She's one of many American Airlines passengers worried that their travel plans might be disrupted by the increasing number of flight cancellations or delays due to a dispute between the carrier and its pilots. Travelers have seen American's flight ...

Fla. tourism chief moving to national organization
Sacramento Bee
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The leader of Florida's public-private tourism agency is leaving to head a similar national organization known as Brand USA. ... Brand USA was created by federal law in 2010 to launch the nation's first global tourism marketing effort.

Tiger Tourism Banned In India
By Lauren Tyler
The Supreme Court in India has temporarily banned tourism in the central areas of the country's 41 tiger reserves in an effort to protect the last of India's.
The Inquisitr

Commerce Department appoints industry members to tourism board ...
By Elissa Elan
It was established by the Travel Promotion Act, which was signed into law by President Obama in 2010. Its goal is to market the United States as a travel and tourism destination to visitors from all over the world. The appointments, which were ...
NRA News Blog

'Skeptic-in-Chief' Aaron Sagers Talks Travel Channel's 'Paranormal ...
By Michael O'Connell
Aaron Sagers is no Fox Mulder. An entertainment journalist, who's found himself writing more and more about the paranormal since Ghost Hunters launched a new unscripted genre in 2004, he considers himself a skeptic.
Television

It's a Snap! Travel photos from around the world - TODAY Travel
From Maroon Bells in Aspen, Colo., to sunny San Francisco to Italy's Tuscany region, we love all the photos from our readers this week. Scroll through this impressive set of images and vote for your favorite. Then check out the results at the ...
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From Yahoo! News: Time travel is a staple of science fiction, with the latest rendition showing up in the film "Looper." And it turns out jumps through time are ...
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On World Tourism Day, Taj city Agra a story of neglect

On World Tourism Day, Taj city Agra a story of neglect
New York Daily News
The UP tourism department looks hardly prepared to create the kind of ambience required to encash the boom in the industry," said Shishir Bhagat, president of Wake Up Agra, an NGO working on different issues that people in the city face. Tourism ...

TUI Travel sees encouraging winter holiday sales
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - TUI Travel, the world's biggest tour operator, said it had sold more summer holidays this year than a year ago and that early sales of winter getaways had been encouraging. The group, which owns Thomson and First Choice, on Thursday ...

Travel As Frustration, Frustration As Freedom
Huffington Post
During my days as a broker in the heart of the city of London, I felt marginalized from life. Disconnected. Trapped behind a computer screen. Caught in a world created for me by others. Then everything changed. I stumbled across the epic movie "The ...

Travel Warning Issued: For Canada?
Gadling
Previously voted the world's most recommended country to visit just days ago, Canada's popularity took a turn for the worse this week as Iran's foreign ministry said Iranians should avoid travel to Canada. The move was in response to Canadian diplomats ...

'Travel helped me stop being afraid of the world'
The Seattle Times
Andrew McCarthy on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. McCarthy, an actor whose best-known films include "Pretty in Pink" and "St. Elmo's Fire," is also a travel writer for major magazines and has just written a travel memoir, "The Longest Way Home: One Man ...

94 percent of online travel sites' customers want airline fee information ...
eTurboNews
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Open Allies for Airfare Transparency today released the results of a summer 2012 travel experiences survey, conducted online by leading market research firm Harris Interactive among 2,310 U.S. adults ages 18 and older, which found ...

eTurboNews

Tourism and sustainable energy most relevant for state
Power Engineering Magazine
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Sept. 27 -- On this day, September 27, we once again come to an environmentally important date - the World Tourism Day, being commemorated all across the world with relevant programmes targeting various sections of the ...

Uganda Tourism Earnings Jump to $805 Million on Gorilla Tracking
Bloomberg
Tourism beat coffee exports as the country's top earner of foreign currency. The Uganda Coffee Development Authority reported export earnings of $449 million in the 12 months through September last year. To contact the reporter on this story: Fred ...

ekathimerini.com | Tourism target holds great potential
By By Stathis Kousounis
If Greece could meet the target of 20 million foreign tourism arrivals it would result in revenues of at least 12.8 billion euros from abroad, while in terms of the total impact on the economy it would mean an additional 7 billion euros -- or 3 ...
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International Travel For Less (http://internationaltravelforless.com/) is a travel agency that books the cheapest international tickets around. They hire travel agents to service your specific needs, and will book your corporate business trip, family ...
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500 Gallon Propane Leak Impacting Amtrak, SEPTA Travel In ...
By SteveBeck
Amtrak was forced to suspend rail traffic in the Wilmington area while firefighters worked to control a propane leak in an Amtrak yard on the north side of the city.
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Holiday travel tips: How to get the best deals - CBS News Video
CBS News video: Holiday travel tips: How to get the best deals - With Christmas less than three ...
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Watch: How Time Travel Works, Rejected Pitch for 'Being John ...
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Travel pack for 20 days trip trough Japan with laptop and dslr ...
Hi guys, i'm planing a trip to Japan in may or august 2013 and i need a travel pack with a day pack to use around the cities (although i may do some trekking).
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Candidates hear from leaders in travel industry - Daily Inter Lake ...
Candidates hear from leaders in travel industry HEIDI GAISER/Daily Inter ... Some of the speakers are directly tied to the tourism industry, while others' links are ...
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Exclusive Fall Travel Deals

Exclusive Fall Travel Deals
ABC News
I've said it before but that won't stop me from saying it again: Shoulder season is one of the best times of the year to travel. We're in shoulder season right now, the time of year following the peak summer travel season when airfare is cheap, crowds ...

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Global travel and tourism 'fairly optimistic'
Independent Online
The state of travel and tourism globally looks fairly “optimistic”‚ especially amidst the global economic slowdown‚ SA's Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Wednesday. The minister was speaking at The World Tourism Day business breakfast...

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After Choppy Seas, Some Smoother Sailing
Wall Street Journal
Captain Stubing would have jumped out of his knee-high socks if he saw the behemoths sailing the seas today. Since "The Love Boat" helped popularize cruises, the number of passenger berths has grown nearly ninefold. Industry leader Carnival Corp. alone ...

Wall Street Journal

Report: More fees, less choice for air travelers
Boston.com
WASHINGTON (AP) — Airline passengers can expect fewer carriers to choose from, fewer flights to smaller cities and more baggage and other fees as the industry continues to grapple with high fuel prices and a weak economy, according to a government ...

Tourism key to unlocking Philippines future
MarketWatch
MANILA (MarketWatch) — The Philippines enjoys a reputation as home to the happiest people on earth. People rather than products have cemented the nation's place as one of Asia's rising economic stars. The Philippines has overtaken India as the world ...

Actor turned travel writer, Andrew McCarthy confronts his fears
Buffalo News
Twenty years ago, actor Andrew McCarthy read a book about walking the Camino de Santiago, the ancient pilgrimage route in Spain, and it inspired him to walk the Camino himself. "That sort of changed the way I felt in the world and it helped me stop ...

Tourism a bright spot in global economy: UN World Tourism Organisation
Economic Times
But Taleb Rifai, secretary general of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, warned thattravel taxes, particularly against the aviation industry, risked "severely affecting" that recovery.Tourism figures worldwide were hit hard by the 2008 ...

Holiday travel gouges — can you avoid them?
Chicago Tribune
With Christmas and New Year's Days falling on Tuesdays, many of you will also be taking the two Mondays off from work, meaning two successive four-day weekends and an 11-day period with only three working days. A vacation clearly beckons. But travel ...

The best ways to earn free travel
MarketWatch
Earning a free airline ticket or hotel room rarely has been simple for leisure travelers. Now it's getting even trickier. Credit-card issuers have been pushing travel-rewards cards more in recent months — they represented 48% of offers mailed out in ...

Tesla promises free solar-powered travel with new 'Supercharger ...
By Stephen C. Webster
You're stuck,” he said. “They have this idea that you can't go anywhere. What we're showing today is, in fact, you'll have more freedom [with electric cars] than with anything. You'll be able to go anywhere and feel really good about your travel.
The Raw Story

Flight Canceled? Travel Insurance Could Have Helped | Gadling.com
By Chris Owen
As American Airlines canceled hundreds of flights through October, passengers were left scrambling for alternate flights or airlines to handle thei.
Gadling

Andrew McCarthy Believes Americans Are Afraid To Travel
By Todd Rigney
Although Andrew McCarthy is best known for his work in such 80s classics as Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, and the cult comedy classic Weekend at Bernies,
The Inquisitr

Travel Tech: Best In-Flight Accessories | Travel News from Fodor's ...
By news@fodors.com
Whether you're on a long-haul flight headed somewhere exotic or a short-haul business trip, passing the time at 30000 feet means bringing the right accessories, like these essentials.
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Tourism Department confident of attaining P1.9T revenue target ...
Tourism secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. said that with projects that improve ... APac tourism sector wants gov'ts to stop imposing too-high travel taxes · Stem cell ...
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Can't Afford To Travel? Bollocks! You Can't Afford To Stay ... - Gadling
'How do you afford to travel so much?' This is the question I get all the time from disbelieving ...
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Want more Travel? ... Have book and pen, will travel ... Wednesday Sep 26 Underwater volunteer vacations Eco-tourism; Wednesday Sep 26 LA's luxury whisky ...
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Buyometric Upgrades its Travel Section to First Class - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: Buyometric has launched its Travel section. It features UK and international destinations with typical savings of over 50%.(PRWEB) ...
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Friends and travel companions - Dec 6th to Jan. 11 2013 - Lonely ...
Hi All,My name is Dylan and I'm a grad student from Chicago traveling to India, Nepal, Bangladesh and HOPEFULLY the Maldives. I have to be in Kerala and ...
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DC wins suit against travel sites

Ruling in suit against travel sites is win for DC
CBS News
WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia can collect sales taxes on the rates hotel guests pay for rooms they book through online travel companies, a judge has ruled. The city has been collecting taxes on the wholesale rates that the companies pay to ...

Travel industry expects growth this year
Bizjournals.com (blog)
More than 70 percent of American Society of Travel Agents members who answered a survey by the association said their revenues, transactions and client lists for this year have been the same or exceeded a year ago, and most expect the trend to continue ...

Travel Taxes: High, Only Partially Avoidable
SmarterTravel.com (blog)
That's the most highly taxed big city in the United States, according to a new report from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). At the other end of the scale, four big South Florida cities, three California cities, Portland, Oregon, and ...

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World Tourism Promotes Cultural Understanding, Sustainability
AllAfrica.com
One of the world's most popular travel destinations, the United States offers tourists a range of possibilities. More than 20 million people travel to the United States every year to experience its natural wonders, historic landmarks and lively ...

Hotwire: Top US cities where hotel, air and car rental rates have dropped
Boston.com (blog)
If you're looking for some steep discounts for fall travel, discount travel Hotwire.com has some suggestions. Their just released September 2012 Hotwire® Travel Savings Indicator features the top five cities in North America where hotel, air and car ...

Elong Drops on Tourism as Facebook Sinks Renren: China Overnight
Bloomberg
“Tourism was already slowing and now you have this. Travel stocks are going to suffer.” Renren, which runs a real-name social networking website in China, plunged 4.8 percent to $3.95, the steepest slump in three weeks. Facebook (FB) tumbled as much as ...

Tesla's Superchargers Let Model S Owners Travel Long Distances ...
By Stan Schroeder
Owners of Tesla's Model S will be able to travel without spending a dime on recharging, thanks to the company's new Superchargers.
Mashable

Travel + Leisure Design Awards 2013 | ArchDaily
By Alison Furuto
American Express Publishing Corporation The call for entries was recently announced for the ninth annual Travel + Leisure Design Awards. Honoring the.
ArchDaily

Pet Travel 101 | Care2 Healthy Living
By TAILS
If you have a four-legged companion who expects to go everywhere you go, planning ahead is a must.
Care2 Healthy Living

Brittany Ferries Strike Affects Travel, Business In Three Countries ...
By Sean McLachlan
Because of this indefinite stoppage we are recommending customers to travel to Dover where we currently have special arrangements in place with P&O Ferries and MyFerryLink to accept Brittany Ferries tickets [see website for details]. Unused Brittany Ferries crossings will be refunded." One of Brittany Ferries' destinations is Santander in Spain, where I live part time. Port fees, customers using local businesses, ... World Tourism Day Promotes Energy Awareness With Photo Contest ...
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Travel | The Guardian
exploradores glacier. New lodges and tours in the remote Aisén region of Patagonia could put it firmly on the travellers' map – if the Chilean government doesn't ...
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Top Destinations | Intrepid Travel
Our People · Why Group Travel · Trip Styles · Trip Themes · Destinations · Africa · Antarctica · Asia · Central America · Europe · Middle East · North America ...
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Travel to Morocco - Lonely Planet travel forum
WELCOME TO SAHARABEREBER: travels around MoroccoIn SaharaBereber we organize tours and trips to Marrakech desert tours and trips with the best ...
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Travelzoo's early bird holiday travel deals - Fox 2 News Headlines
It's never too early to start thinking about holiday travel. Whether it's long Thanksgiving break or a Christmas vacation, Travelzoo.com Senior Editor Gabe Saglie ...
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Wanting to plan an escape for half term? Check out ... - Travel - Msn
Wanting to plan an escape for half term? Check out some great trips deals from Travelzoo. From London to Paris and Cornwall to Cuba; we reveal the best half ...
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Travel tips from those who know best

Nailing Travel to an Art
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Road Warrior provides travel tips from those who know best: busy executives and other globetrotters. See previous columns. Based in Hong Kong and New York, Sundaram Tagore has visited 90 countries and spends two weeks of every month traveling to ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Now Online | T Fall Travel 2012 - NYTimes.
The fall travel issue of T begins in Tel Aviv, where we visit Claire Danes on the set of the hit spy series, “Homeland.” Next it's off to Cape Bjare, ...
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Gadling Gear Review: Solar Chargers For Travel | Gadling.com
By Kraig Becker
Keeping all of our electronic gadgets charged while traveling can be a real challenge, particularly if you're visiting a remote part of the world wher.
Gadling

The 'Right' Way To Travel: My Defection From The 'Holier Than Thou' Brigade

Huffington Post (blog)
If there's one thing that irritates me, it's people who think they are "holier than thou" when it comes to travel. These are the people who trump every travel experience you mention with one of their own that they consider intrepidly superior to your ...

Cuomo Goes Fishing for Tourism in New York's Adirondacks Region
Businessweek
Photographers chased New York Governor Andrew Cuomo across a ridge for almost an hour, attempting to catch his image as he trolled for trout in a rowboat about 100 feet below. It was the backdrop of the state's tallest mountains painted with the gold ...

In California, 'birth tourism' appears to grow
Kansas City Star
Critics call it "birth tourism" and the practice is solidly entrenched in the Los Angeles area, though so-called maternity homes catering to expectant mothers from East Asia are also advertised in the San Francisco Bay Area. No one knows how many ...

China-Japan Islands Dispute Stokes S. Korean Tourism Boom
Businessweek
Mainland Chinese visits to Japan surged 72 percent through July from a year earlier to 947,600, making it the second- biggest source of visitors after South Korea, according to the Japan NationalTourism Organization. Overall outbound travel numbers ...

Travel advisory for tourists in Palestine...
By Terry Weber
How to avoid occupying forces when you're traveling in Palestine.
Mondoweiss

Locals hope yodelling class boosts Austrian tourism | The Raw Story
By Agence France-Presse
Go hiking in the Alps around Salzburg these days and you won't be surprised to hear a resounding “Hol-la ra-e ho-e he!” Amid the green pastures and snowy peaks that famously inspired Julie Andrews to launch into song in “The Sound of ...
The Raw Story

Travel To-Do List: 7 Trips Every Woman Should Take In Her Lifetime ...
By Winona Dimeo-Ediger
Travel is good for us. Leaving familiar surroundings pushes us out of our comfort zone, introduces us to new cultures and experiences, and allows us to view the - Full Size Image.
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Family Travel Marketing Strategies Fail Families - Technorati Travel
Travel has failed to market to the "new" family. ... Guide-Diet and Beauty Secrets of Travel Pros"; Gorillaland by Greg Cummings; The Travel and Tourism Industry ...
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Question on train travel - Lonely Planet travel forum
I am arranging train tickets before my trip through an agent, who tells me that for certain trains on my itinerary, there are only three classes available: hard seat, ...
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Welcome to another post of helping a reader travel! As I've mentioned before, I have not been to every destination (unfortunately), but do get questions from ...
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Agri-tourism destinations seek to expand their seasons

Agri-tourism destinations seek to expand their seasons
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)
They're not just charming spots to spend a bucolic afternoon picking your own apples anymore. From Bloomsbury Farm's corn maze and zip-line rides to Wilson's Orchards's tractor trips and outdoor weddings, more Eastern Iowa farms are adding ways to ... 

Travel digest: Finding the best fall colors, celebrating cranberries ...
wisconsin, travel, tips, reviews. ... for the best seasonal color is easy with the Fall Color Report, produced each autumn by the Wisconsin Department of Tourism.
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Fleeced by Fees When You Travel? - NYTimes.com
We have all learned by now that the travel industry loves a surcharge, and most of us ... for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management at New York University.
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Go in search of fresh perspectives in Berlin - Europe - Travel - The ...
Except this isn't an internet dating site. Plus One Berlin is a new city-break company run by British-born Clare Freeman. The idea germinated when she worked ...
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Taiwan's tourism may gain slightly from Diaoyutai row: travel agents
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, Sept. 23 (CNA) Taiwan's tourism industry may gain a slight boost from China's week-long national holiday in October, particularly in light of the territorial dispute between Japan and China over the Diaoyutai Islands, travel agents said Sunday ...

Travel charges that sneak up on you
Bend Bulletin
A record $1.85 billion in fees and surcharges was collected last year for hotels alone (up from $1.2 billion in 2000), according to Bjorn Hanson, divisional dean of the Tisch Center for Hospitality,Tourism and Sports Management at New York University.

AP Exclusive: Neglect ruins Marcos' prized shoes
Boston.com
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Termites, storms and neglect have damaged part of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos' legendary collection of shoes and other possessions left behind after she and her dictator husband were driven into U.S. exile by ...

Travel Bright With JumpFromPaper's Play Hooky Messenger Bag
Wired (blog)
Try as I might I simply cannot deny the genuine charm of JumpFromPaper's innovative line of messenger bags and purses. Created by Taipei-based designers Chay Su and Rika Lin, these real-life products are, as the name implies, painstakingly crafted to ...

Wired (blog)

Teacher turns to travel, running 'Eco-Immersion' agency
Philadelphia Inquirer
What Hill and Rodriguez, 48, of Upper Darby, believe distinguishes Chill Expeditions from other travel companies is their commitment to what they call "Eco-Immersion," or experiential learning vacations. In essence, it's turning a vacation spot into a ...

Philadelphia Inquirer

Travel news: Double-decker buses begin touring New Orleans
Detroit Free Press
Double-decker buses touring New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS -- The bright red open-top double-decker tour buses that are seen all over New York, London and Paris have arrived in New Orleans. City Sightseeing New Orleans will operate daily from 9 a.m. to 5 ...

World Tourism Day Promotes Energy Awareness With Photo - Gadling
By Chris Owen
World Tourism Day is coming up on September 27 and the United Nations World TourismOrganization (UNWTO) hopes to raise awareness about the role of. ... Travel Troubles: What To Do When You Lose Your Passport Abroad ...
Gadling

Fiesta Royale Hotel donates to Ministry of Tourism - ModernGhana ...
Accra, Sept. 23, GNA The Fiesta Royale Hotel in Accra, as part of its corporate social responsibility, on Saturday donated 100 packs of snacks and drinks to the Ministry of Tourism in Accra. The donation was to support the Ministrys ...
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Addington makes the travel A-list | Stuff.co.nz
By Nicole Mathewson
Forget Auckland's Viaduct or Wellington's art scene, the Christchurch suburb of Addington has been singled out by Lonely Planet as one of New Zealand's most "hot and happening" places.
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NH Tourism Industry Expects 'Spectacular' Fall Foliage - weather.com
But that won't happen again this year, said Tai Freligh, spokesman for the New Hampshire Division ofTravel and Tourism Development. The nearly perfect ...
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New I-80 travel-time estimate signs in Reno-Sparks - Las Vegas Sun ...
Help for I-80 commuters in Reno-Sparks; New signs give real-time travel estimates.
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Travel from Hakone - Lonely Planet travel forum
Hi,I'm struggling to work out the most feasible route between Hakone and Tayakama and whether a day trip or stop off on the way to Kamikochi is possible and ...
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Book away from American this fall?

'Book away from American this fall,' expert warns
USA TODAY (blog)

"Book away from American this fall."That's the take from Scott McCartney, the respected Middle Seat columnist for The Wall Street Journal. He's advising his readers from booking away from American Airlines for travel this fall, saying that the airline's operation "is in shambles" and that the carrier has become too unreliable. ... 

Singapore Boosts Tourism Spending With F1 Amid Slowdown
Businessweek
This has offset concerns that Europe's protracted sovereign-debt crisis may limit travel, he said. Singapore forecast arrivals to rise to 17 million and tourism spending to S$30 billion ($24.5 billion) by 2015. The opening of two casino resorts that ...

France ups embassy security after prophet cartoons
Boston.com
The French Foreign Ministry issued a travel warning Wednesday urging French people in the Muslim world to exercise ''the greatest vigilance,'' avoiding all public gatherings and ''sensitive buildings'' such as those representing the West or religious ...

Low budget, weak research hinders tourism development – Baba Jamal
Ghana News Agency
He said the World Economic Forum's Travel and Tourism competitiveness index for 2011 ranked Ghana 108th out of 139 countries in terms of tourism competitiveness which was a slight improvement form its 110th position in 2009. The country also placed ...

First Class Travel for Luxury Yachts
New York Times
GENOA, ITALY — On the eve of the 65th Cannes Film festival this year, Lady Joy, a star American attraction, arrived by ship under gray, rain-spitting skies in this grimy north Italian port, before setting off along the coast for the French Riviera ...

Jet Age Tourism Comes to 'Russia's Tibet' - the Altai
Voice of America
Russia's remote Altai Republic has long been seen as 'Russia's Tibet.' Long isolated by rugged mountains, this region on the border with China and Mongolia, has just opened up to jet age tourism. VOA correspondent James Brooke reports from Altai.

Tourism Employment: Is India Capitalising?
JustLuxe.com
Travel Tourism Employment: Is India Capitalising? By: jenny | Posted on September 19, 2012 | 0 Comments (1) (0). Travel and Tourism Industry is booming worldwide and has been accepted and received as a main source of employment in the modern world.

Travel taxes: high, only partially avoidable
Chicago Tribune
You'll pay more than $40 a day in taxes to visit Chicago. That's the most highly-taxed big city in the United States, says a new report from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). At the other end of the scale, four big South Florida cities ...

Senkaku Fight Hits Tourism Industry
Wall Street Journal (blog)
China's largest online travel company, Shanghai-based Ctrip.com International Ltd ., says it is treating the political standoff like a natural disaster and allowing many travelers to get a full refund, which the company says has already led to ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Scientists ponder interstellar travel at NASA-backed space summit ...
By Tom Dart, The Guardian
Topics: interstellar travel. In one room, scientists debated whether the White-Juday Warp Field Interferometer will help find a way to bend the space-time continuum and make interstellar travelfeasible within a lifetime. In another, they estimated ...
The Raw Story

Travel to Europe in mid Feb for Honeymoon | Europe Forum - Fodor's
By Nikesh_Agarwal
Hi, I am really confused where to travel in Europe in February, 2013(around 10th)...I am looking for a 10-12 day trip. can anyone plz help me to finalize my destination and places i should be visiting... Regards, Nikesh Posted in the Europe ...
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Actor Andrew McCarthy Reveals How Travel Enriched His Life in ...
By Fox and Friends
He found stardom in the 80s as part of the iconic Brat Pack, but now actor Andrew McCarthy has discovered a second career – as a travel writer! For the past decade, McCarthy's been documenting his love for travel, even writing a new book ...
Fox News Insider

Travel Photo Tips from the Masters – Intelligent Travel
By Leslie Trew Magraw
Even though the two of us are immersed in the wonderful world of travel every day as part of Traveler's digital team, we discovered we had a lot to learn when it came to taking magazine-worthy photographs. Though Jim and Dan believe in the ...
Intelligent Travel

Best Western International Hotels - Travel Professionals
Best Western International is with . Find out more about our hotels, job opportunities and more!
www.bestwestern.com/travel-professionals/

Travel from Potosi to Mechapa area - Lonely Planet travel forum
Hi guys,This is a little off the beaten path in Nicaragua, but I am visiting Cosiguina with a group of 7 people in December, and wanted to head over to Mechapa ...
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New Tourism Service Accommodates Unique Travel ... - Miami Herald
PRNewswire/ -- School is back in full swing, and many high school and college students will be studying abroad. But Foreign Exchange Experiences Abroad for ...
www.miamiherald.com/.../new-tourism-service-accommodates...

Travel Photo Challenge - Wondrous Waterfalls Photos | Pictures ...
View Travel Photo Challenge - Wondrous Waterfalls on Yahoo! Lifestyle India. See Travel Photo Challenge - Wondrous Waterfalls and find more pictures in our ...
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Luxury travel is making a slow rebound

Luxury travel is making a slow rebound
USA TODAY
The investment bankers, Wall Street lawyers and other elite business travelers served by high-endtravel service Ovation Travel, for instance, are buying just 3% more first-class airline tickets this year than they were last year, according to Ovation ... 

Luxury Travel Misses The Point
Huffington Post
This weekend, I decided to travel with my boyfriend Henrique to the island of Koh Samet. Less foreigner-infested than sex tourism hotspot Pattaya, but approximately the same distance from Bangkok, Koh Samet provides a more "real" Thailand travel ...

Senkaku Fight Leaves Trail of Carnage in Tourism Industry
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Nothing like rising international tensions to cast a pall over tourism. Travel companies say they are seeing slowing business between China and Japan as the two countries ratchet up the rhetoric in a territorial dispute over a group of East China Sea ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Volunteer Tourism: Part I
Huffington Post (blog)
With 50 years of combined tourism experience between myself and my partner and mother Marcia Gordon, we have seen many examples of ways that travelers to Africa can engage with the communities where they are traveling. Some were amazing and ...

Tuesday Travel Ticker: Airlines want to deal directly
Los Angeles Times
It's an effort to steer people away from online travel agencies such as Expedia, Orbitz and Travelocity, which charge the carriers commissions of roughly $10 to $25 a ticket. Frontier Airlines, FlyFrontier.com, is the latest carrier to jump into the ...

US introduces travel curbs for citizens in Pakistan
Xinhua
ISLAMABAD, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The United States has imposed travel restrictions for its employees throughout Pakistan following angry protest demonstrations against the anti-Islam film, the U.S. embassy said Tuesday. The restrictions have been ...

Richard Branson on space travel: "I'm determined to start a population on Mars"
CBS News
(CBS News) Virgin Airlines CEO, Richard Branson has revolutionized the travelindustry but the billionaire entrepreneur already has his sights sets on virgin territory. As the U.S. government closes its shuttle operation, Branson's Virgin Galactic is ...

CBS News

Travel to Canada dries up in July
CBC.ca
Statistics Canada says travel to Canada in July declined 2.5 per cent in July compared with June, mostly because of fewer American visitors. The federal agency says there were a total of 2.1 million trips to Canada in July. Same-day car trips by U.S...

CBC.ca

Travel Tuesdays: A Sense of Place
Wicked Local (blog)
I've been thinking a lot about how my sense of place affects me when I travel. When I first arrived in Niamey, Niger, for a few moments, my physical surroundings overwhelmed me. I found myself searching for something familiar-anything similar to ...

Wicked Local (blog)

Travel Channel's 'Travel Like A President' Launches Series Of ...
By DOMINIC PATTEN
Politics is in the air, literally. With the first of its Travel Like A .. limited series of specials, TravelChannel is going backstage and wheels up with.
Deadline.com

Travel & Leisure Magazine Ranks NYC As America's Dirtiest City ...
By skschust
The Big Apple moved into the number one slot after ranking fifth last year after 35000 readers were polled by the magazine. It also took first place for being the loudest and rudest city.
CBS New York

Travel Tuesday: Fall Family Getaways! | Black and Married With Kids ...
By Kirstin Fuller
We love a good discount on family getaways. Great Wolf Lodge wants your family to enjoy a fabulous fall getaway with a 20% discount for booking early.
Black and Married With Kids.com...

Beach tourism unaffected in Islamist-led Egypt - minister | Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian beach tourism is here to stay, the tourism minister in the Islamist-led administration said on Tuesday, saying any Islamic investment ...
uk.reuters.com/.../uk-egypt-tourism-idUKBRE88H0O4201209...

Travel permits to Tibet! - Lonely Planet travel forum
Byblos provides the unique opportunity for individual travelers to travel to Tibet! Since June 2012, it is officially only possible to enter Tibet with a group of five ...
www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID...

BBC - Travel - Toronto's shoe museum has sole : Arts & Architecture ...
Top 5 travel stories. Read. 1: Is Fire Island still a hotspot? 2: Medical tourism grows in Bangkok · 3: America's craft beer explosion · 4: The Paris coffee revolution ...
www.bbc.com/.../20120917-worldwide-weird-torontos-shoe-...

Travel Channel wants you to “Travel Like…” » Realscreen
The series of specials, detailing the traveling techniques of the rich, famous and powerful, will first reveal how to Travel Like a President.
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India Travel Tours launches New Packages

India Travel Tours launches New Packages To Rajasthan And Golden Triangle
JustLuxe.com
... Travel Tours says, “Launch of new packages to Rajasthan and Golden Triangle is a routine exercise to review our existing package deals. Our emphasis is not upon winning the business race but we have made changes to deliver better tourism value to ...

Decide if travel is really worth it
CNBC.com

"Do you often need to get on a plane to go to a meeting? Travel consumes a lot of time, and you shouldn't show up in person just because that's what you've always done. Here's how to assess the real value of travel: 1. Understand the true cost. The full cost of your trip isn't limited to airfare, hotel, and meals. Consider the hours spent getting to the airport, waiting in the terminal, and returning home. Don't forget to factor in the opportunity costs — the value you could have created if you had stayed put. . . ."

Mining Companies Back Tourism Plan
AllAfrica.com
SOME leading mining companies on the Copperbelt have endorsed Government's plan to involve them in opening up new investments in the country's tourism sector. And Tourism Minister Sylvia Masebo said the tourism sector was a strategic piller of the ...

Ask a travel pro: What are charters?
STLtoday.com
Every Monday we ask a few questions of a St. Louis travel professional. Last week, we talked about a charter to Huatulco, Mexico. We had a number of questions about this whole charter business, so this week, we talked to Joe Lang of Joe Lang Travel of ...

US updates travel warning to Lebanon
AFP
WASHINGTON — The United States on Monday updated its travel warning to Lebanon amid a convulsion of anti-US outrage in the Middle East, and suspended grants to Americans wishing to study in the country. Urging Americans to avoid alltravel to ...

AFP

Multiculturalism still has a long road to travel
Sydney Morning Herald
There was much intimidation and considerable violence to and from the Muslim demonstration outside the United States consulate in Sydney on Saturday. The banners included such messages as ''Behead Those Who Insult Islam!!!'' and ''Obama, Obama ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Travel from Stuttgart to Nuremberg Cruise ship port | Europe Forum ...
By BYoung4u2
We will be driving from Stuttgart to Nuremberg to pick up a cruise but I am having trouble finding the exact location of the port. We will most likely be using a Sixt Co. rental car and I would like to drop it off as close to the port as possible.
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The Importance of People in your Travel Photos
By Guest Contributor
Travel photos can be inspiring with sweeping landscapes, aerial flyovers and perfectly manicured hotels and resorts, making you want to book your travel plans right now. It's like looking through a window and you imagine yourself standing ...
Digital Photography School

Disneyland Travel: Did You Know These Attractions Were Inspired ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
It's no secret which movies served as inspiration for Disneyland rides like Dumbo the Flying Elephant or Snow White's Scary Adventures. Even more subtly-named attractions like the Mad Tea Party and Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters allude to ...
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed

U.S. Updates Travel Warning to Lebanon — Naharnet
The United States on Monday updated its travel warning to Lebanon amid a convulsion of anti-U.S. outrage in the Middle East, and suspended grants to ...
www.naharnet.com/.../53860-u-s-updates-travel-warning-to-le...

Tourism Ireland launches special ME packages
Travel, Tourism & Hospitality. » ... Tourism Ireland launches special ME packages ... Tourism Ireland has announced a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live like a ...
www.tradearabia.com/news/TTN_222088.html

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