Travel News Archive

• 'Club Members Enjoy Travel Stories (Garden City News)
Community Club Presents "Humorous Memoirs Of World travel" When the original speaker scheduled for the November 7 general program of the Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead had to cancel due to a family emergency on the other side of the country, a past-president of the club remembered that another past-president had casually mentioned that she could "possibly" fill in
• 'Excise Taxes on Air Travel to Rise (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Excise taxes on domestic segments of air travel and the use of international facilities will rise slightly in 2008, the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday.
• 'Northwest Airlines Announces Travel Reaccommodation Options Due to Forecasted Weather Conditions (Centre Daily Times)
Due to the forecast for severe weather conditions throughout the Midwest, Northwest Airlines (NYSE:NWA) has issued temporary travel reaccommodation options for customers scheduled to travel Friday, December 28 or Saturday, December 29. The temporary reaccommodation options allow customers to travel earlier or later than originally scheduled without penalty.
• 'The weirdest travel stories of 2007 (USA Today)
2007 was not kind to travelers. Flights were packed and delays legion. Gas prices soared. The dollar tanked. But at least travel news offered some levity. USA TODAY's Jayne Clark reviews stories that made us shudder or laugh. And laugh we did, because if we didn't have a sense of humor about travel's vagaries, we would have just stayed home.
• 'Stateline residents seek travel adventures (Beloit Daily News)
As Stateline Area residents get their exotic escapes planned for them by travel agents and tour services, they also are finding bargains and adventures along the way.
• 'Travel warning issued for Pakistan (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Australians have been advised not to travel to parts of Pakistan following the assassination of Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
• 'Record tourism seen in Japan in 2008: travel group (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A record nine million foreigners are expected to visit Japan next year, drawn both by the country's culture and the upcoming Group of Eight summit, Japan's largest travel agency said Thursday.
• 'HotelsCombined.com Finds Laterooms.com (TUI Travel PLC) Leads in Hotel Availability for Edinburgh's Hogmanay (Centre Daily Times)
HotelsCombined.com, the leading hotel meta-search site, has found hotel reservation website Laterooms.com (TUI Travel PLC) to offer the best availability for last minute hotel bookings for popular New Year's Eve hotspot Edinburgh, days before the city approaches its world-famous Hogmanay celebrations.
• 'Travel stories that flew in 2007 (The Age)
Airlines, sex and scandals proved most popular with online travel readers this year.
• 'Oil firms nudge Europe to slight rise, offsetting travel weakness (Market Watch)
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares managed a small advance on Thursday, as investors simultaneous rewarded energy producers and punished travel and leisure firms on the news of the assassination of former Pakistan leader Benazir Bhutto and a sharper-than-forecast drop in U.S. oil inventories.

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