Travel News Archive

• 'Travel to and within Asia-Pacific up 10.4% (Bangkok Post)
Figures compiled by the Pacific Asia travel Association (Pata) show that tourism to the 36 Asia Pacific countries and cities gained 10.4% in the first quarter of the year to 76.6 million _ 12.5 million more visitors than in the same period last year.
• 'England s travel plans in disarray (The Star Online)
LONDON: England's travel plans to the World Badminton Championships in California have been thrown into disarray by the strikes that have crippled Heathrow Airport.
• 'Travel guide for Jewish sites (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
GRETNA, La. -- A Jewish museum in Rio. Kosher pizza in Sao Paulo. A monument to Golda Meir in Montevideo. And kosher tacos in Mexico City. All this and more is described in "A Travel Guide to the Jewish Caribbean & South America," by Ben G. Frank.
• 'Travel help: Falling stars in Puerto Vallarta (MSNBC)
When she books a room at an all-inclusive resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Denise Abbott believes she's paying for a four-star resort. But a day later, the hotel mysteriously loses a star. Should her travel agent, Travelocity, find another four-star hotel for her? And what do all those stars and diamonds mean, anyway?
• 'Family Travel: One Last Summer Fling (Newsweek)
Aug. 22, 2005 issue - Jennifer Foley of Annapolis, Md., knows her days of summer are numbered. This week she and her 8-year-old daughter Jacqueline are taking a trip to Houston.
• 'Attacks leave travel plans up in air for Benton graduate (Benton Courier)
Benton's Jamie Fugitt, right, and Amanda Tackett were going to enjoy time in London soon, but Tackett's travel plans are on hold after the bombings in London Thursday. Fugitt is currently studying in England.
• 'Online travel bookings in Asia to grow to US$16b in 2006: Abacus (Channel NewsAsia)
SINGAPORE : Online travel bookings in Asia are set to double 2003's figures to US$16 billion by 2006, according to a report by Asia's leading air ticketing and reservations company.
• 'Experience others' adventures in travel books (The News-Press)
You may be one of the many people who comes to the library for travel guides for an upcoming vacation. You may not know that the same area of the library also houses books that chronicle adventures other people have enjoyed or endured in distant places.
• 'Forest travel comment period extended (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
The Gallatin National Forest is granting an extra three weeks for the public to comment on its proposed travel plan. The comment period is now open until Sept. 2.
• 'US issues Gaza travel warning (Gulf News)
Occupied Jerusalem: The State Department on Friday reiterated a warning that advised US citizens to defer any unnecessary visits to the West Bank, avoid all travel to Gaza and carefully weigh the need to go to Israel.

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