Travel News Archive

• 'ShopSmart: Clearing up opaque travel sites (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
If you don't mind flying blind, purchasing your travel needs from an "opaque" Web site could save you a bundle.
• 'U.S. seeks ways to handle travel and health crises (NorthJersey.com)
The SARS and avian flu threats in recent years and the lack of preparedness before Hurricane Katrina have stirred aviation and government officials to consider a possible health crisis, especially with global business and travel becoming ever more common.
• 'Fire victims' families set to travel to France (RTÉ News)
The families of the two Irish students who died in a house fire in France are expected to travel there later today. Patricia McDonald, who was 21 and from Cootehill in Co Cavan, and 20-year-old Carol Nolan from Greenhills in south Dublin were both students at the Institute of Technology in Tallaght.
• 'Tri-State Travel League continues play this week (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)
Bowlers looking for something to do on a Sunday and willing to test their shot-making ability against house conditions across the Tri-State can do so starting today when the Tri-State Travel League begins the second half of the 2005-06 season at Blue Ribbon Lanes in Ashland.
• 'Wallbounce Travel Experiences (Gadling)
Another new internet adventure travel company on the prowl looks to win you over with once in a lifetime type experiences offered by few. Wallbounce gives people the wings to fly, the raft to row, the chance to look "haute" and an opportunity to peer behind the curtain. Indystar has a piece describing creator, Robin Wilson's inspiration and thoughts as to why Wallbounce is any different
• 'Crush travel to Las Vegas for two-day workouts (OurSports Central)
DENVER - The 2005 ArenaBowl Champion Colorado Crush will head west this week when they travel to Las Vegas for a two-day practice session against the Gladiators from Tuesday, January 10th through Wednesday, January 11th.
• 'Travel, tourism bouncing back / Conventions and visitors returning, but room rates and airfares are going up (San Francisco Chronicle)
Commercial flights will be fewer in number, more expensive and even more crowded, especially domestically. Hotels will fill up sooner and rooms will cost more. And conventioneers will be out in force, as both business and leisure travel increase in the new...
• 'ROAD & TRAVEL Magazine Announces 2006 International Car of the Year Awards Winners (The Auto Channel)
DETROIT, Jan. 7, 2006; ROAD & TRAVEL Magazine (RTM) announced its 10th Annual International Car of the Year Awards (ICOTY) winners at a black tie ceremony today.
• 'LOCAL EVENTS, ESCORTED TOURS & TRAVEL INFO (Portland Oregonian)
The area code for all phone numbers is 503 unless otherwise indicated. Tour previews: Four Seasons Travel gives a free presentation at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday, featuring a three-day trip to Crater Lake National Park, departing July 31. Costs start at $473.
• 'Travel trends (Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier)
NEW YORK (AP) ---- While travel to perennial favorites like Los Angeles, Orlando, New York and Las Vegas is always strong, some unexpected destinations --- from Colorado and Arizona to Croatia and China --- are showing up as hot spots for travel as the 2006 season begins.

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