Travel News Archive

• 'Foggy travel throughout the South (weather.com via Yahoo! News)
Dense fog will likely create many travel problems this morning across the South.
• 'High-tech travel: Touring Washington by Earthcomber (USA Today)
Column: I hate feeling clueless. But standing in Dupont Circle, where streets shoot out like spokes on a wheel, it can be easy to miss some gems in one of the city's most eclectic neighborhoods. To help find my way one recent afternoon, I clutched a hand-held Palm Pilot that included the navigational travel guide Earthcomber.
• 'Students can get credit, funding for travel to Israel, Lebanon, and 11 other areas (The Harvard Crimson)
After significant pressure from students and faculty, the College has repealed its policy of withholding funding and credit for study, research, and travel in some countries that the State Department identifies as risky for travel.
• 'ShareChat News: Southern Travel's dismal half year not as dire as expected (ShareChat)
Tourism company Southern Travel Holdings has reported its December net profit fell 53% to $238,000, but it was not as dire as a warned in November. The NZAX listed company warned in November the fall-off in Japanese tourism could see the profit down by up to 80%.
• 'Travel on landslide-prone highway banned (INQ7.net)
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The Department of Public Works and Highways continued to enforce the travel ban along the Aurora side of the Bongabon (Nueva Ecija)-Baler Highway as mild rains hit the area.
• 'Kinzua Outdoor and Travel Show planned for this weekend (The Bradford Era)
There are several new events planned for the whole family at the fifth annual Kinzua Outdoor and Travel Show this weekend at the Bradford Mall.
• 'China online travel group Ctrip.com profits jump (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - China's top online travel agent, Ctrip.com International Ltd. , said on Wednesday that quarterly profits rose 50 percent, fueled by growth in airline ticket and packaged tour sales.
• 'Ninth-Ranked Bears Travel to Washington, Washington State to Begin Pac-10 Play (CalBears.com)
BERKELEY - WHAT'S AHEAD: The ninth-ranked California women's tennis team travels to the Northwest this weekend to begin Pac-10 play against the University of Washington (1-3) on Friday, Feb. 24, at 11:00 a.m. The Bears then travel to Pullman to take on Washington State (4-3), Saturday, Feb. 25, at 11:00 a.m.
• 'Karibu Travel Fair set for June (IPP Media)
The Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism (MNRT) and the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) have organised a two-day travel and tourism Fair to be held in Arusha beginning June 2.
• 'Australia cautions on travel to Bahrain (Khaleej Times)
MANAMA ? Just hours before Australia?s first-ever Asian Cup match yesterday in Manama, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade reissued its travel warning for Bahrain.

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