Travel News Archive

• 'House GOP Considering New Travel Rules (ABC News)
House Republicans Considering Ban on Privately Paid travel for Members
• 'From dengue to diarrhea, exotic travel brings health risks (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News)
traveling to Africa or Southeast Asia? Malaria and dengue fever are the big worries. In the Caribbean and South America, it's infections from worms and other parasites. In south-central Asia, respiratory illness.
• 'Exotic Travel Brings Many Health Risks (ABC News)
From Dengue Fever to Malaria and Diarrhea, Exotic Travel Brings Many Health Risks
• 'From dengue to diarrhea, exotic travel brings health risks (KRON 4 Bay Area)
Following for release at 5 p-m, Eastern time UNDATED (AP) _ Travel to exotic destinations can also bring exotic illnesses.
• 'Chinese Rich Favor Travel, Luxury Brands (AP via Yahoo! News)
China's wealthy entrepreneurs favor travel, swimming and luxury foreign brand names, according to a study released Wednesday that quizzed nearly 600 business people on their personal preferences.
• 'Swimmers set to travel to China (BBC News)
A 10-strong British swimming squad will travel to a training camp in Macau.
• 'GOP Leaders Consider Ban on Privately Paid Travel (Fox News)
Some House Republicans lead the effort to put a ban on privately paid congressional travel.
• 'House G.O.P. Considers Ban on Lobby-Paid Travel (New York Times)
A ban on privately financed travel is likely to be unpopular with many lawmakers as well as a variety of special-interest groups.
• 'Travel Oregon hires chief strategic officer (The Portland Business Journal)
The Oregon Tourism Commission -- doing business as Travel Oregon -- has created the position of chief strategic officer and hired a tourism industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience to fill it.
• 'House GOP Considering New Travel Rules (AP via Yahoo! News)
House Republicans, seeking to recover their standing with voters in the wake of a lobbying scandal, are considering a total ban on privately funded congressional trips, the lawmaker leading the reform effort said Wednesday.

Back to Travel News Archive