Travel News Archive

• 'Travel briefs (The Columbus Dispatch)
travel guides mark birthday The Rough Guides travel book series is celebrating its 25th birthday this year with the publication of 25 pocket-sized books that feature "25 ultimate experiences."
• 'Talal seeks travel ban on killers of Bugti (Dawn)
QUETTA, Aug 24: Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti, chief of his own faction of the Jamhoori Watan Party, has appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to impose a foreign travel ban on people involved in the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti.
• 'Travel briefs (The Columbus Dispatch)
Michigan's Air Zoo opens space center The Air Zoo, an aviation attraction in Portage, Mich., has opened an interactive space and science center that features space-travel artifacts.
• 'Sloatsburg travel plaza on Thruway gets recycling containers (The Journal News)
Recycling containers for glass, plastic, newsprint and aluminum cans are now available at the Thruway's Sloatsburg rest area. The state Thruway Authority said it placed the containers last week at six of its busiest travel plazas in "highly visible" locations outside the main entrance.
• 'Travel auctions can net deal or disappointment (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
LONG BEACH, CALIF. - The grungy hotel room reeked of smoke. The bathtub was rusty. The bedspread and furnishings were dingy relics. But I couldn't leave. I'd already paid $155 in an online travel auction for the Queen Mary Hotel room -- $91 for the room, a $20 commission, $24 in taxes and $20 to upgrade to a room with a window. I'd taken a risk. And lost. Online travel auctions promise fabulous ...
• 'Surge in international travel spurs online battle (USA Today)
Surging growth in international travel is driving revenue increases at the foreign units of U.S. online travel agencies and has spurred heated competition for a bigger slice of the lucrative and expanding market.
• 'Travel troubleshooter: Charter credit limited to charter flight (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Q I booked my honeymoon through TransGlobal Vacations last year. One of our flights was delayed because of mechanical difficulties, and my husband and I were each given a travel credit of $150 to use within the next year. Earlier this year I bought two tickets to Las Vegas through TransGlobal, which has since become Funjet Vacations. I sent the travel credits to an address in Milwaukee, as ...
• 'TRAVEL BRIEFS (The Columbus Dispatch)
Students seek stories about National Road Students at Ball State University are searching for stories from people who live and travel along the National Road to include in a TV documentary about the highway.
• 'Wellington may charge for peak hour travel (The New Zealand Herald)
Wellington Regional Council is investigating the possibility of charging motorists a congestion tax during peak hour travel. A consultant's report has found the system has been successful in other parts of the world.
• 'Philippine travel Consultants Visit Empire (BruDirect.com)
Bandar Seri Begawan - The Empire Hotel & Country Club recently hosted a familiarisation visit for a group of travel consultants from Emphasis travel & Tours, Inc from the Philippines who were in Brunei from August 19 to 21, 2007.

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