Travel News Archive

• 'Travel package buyers grounded (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
About 1,000 people are out of travel packages they bought through an online auction site associated with the Points of Light Institute. The nonprofit, headquartered in Atlanta, will repay those who lost money, said Michelle Nunn, its president and CEO. An internal investigation is not over, and it is unclear how many people will not get trips they paid for. The final cost to the charity is ...
• 'Local travel eases pressure on vacation budgets (MSNBC)
The national average for gasoline prices recently edged over $4 a gallon, airlines are cutting flights, temperatures are climbing, storms are disrupting travel and the airport is as brutal a place as it's ever been. It makes you think about just staying home this year ? and why not?
• 'Britain, U.S. Push for Mugabe Travel Ban (The New York Sun)
Rusutsu, Japan ? Prime Minister Brown of Britain, vowed to punish the "criminal cabal" running Zimbabwe yesterday as Britain and America urged the United Nations to impose a global travel ban on President Mugabe and 13 allies. A draft resolution preventing Zimbabwe's leaders from crossing any international frontier and freezing their overseas assets was submitted to the U.N. Security Council. ...
• 'Travel (The West Australian)
Australia has again been rated a tourist hotspot by US travellers, with Sydney voted fourth best city in the world in a new magazine survey. US travel magazine Travel + Leisure released the results of its World?s Best Awards today, with Bangkok taking out the top spot on the World?s Best City list.
• 'Boeing Lifts 20-Year Jet Delivery Forecast on More Air Travel (Bloomberg.com)
July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co. raised its 20-year forecast for world jetliner deliveries by 2.8 percent, saying air travel is expanding and carriers will need new, more fuel-efficient planes to replace aging jets amid surging oil prices.
• 'Travel almanac (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Keep pet food from spilling in the car TUCK IN: Do you travel with your pet? More than 29 million Americans do.
• 'Torkells Exits Budget Travel (Mediaweek)
Erik Torkells, who resigned as editor of Newsweek Inc.?s Budget Travel, might make his next trip to an online job.
• 'HSBC Insurance first to offer 'Green' Travel insurance scheme (Thaipr.net)
**HK$2m programme to support the use of ?eco-blocks? to reduce air pollutants** HSBC Insurance is launching a revolutionary ?green? travel insurance programme in partnership with The Hong Kong Polytec
• 'Parents balk as Wellington ties rec, travel teams (The Palm Beach Post)
A vote to force children participating in the travel baseball league to play also in the less competitive recreational baseball program drew large crowds and passionate reactions from parents early Wednesday morning.
• 'For many, golden years mean less travel, more work (USA Today)
Many older Americans had long envisioned retirement as a period of adventure a time to indulge in frequent trips out of town to see relatives and explore places. But with food, health care costs and fuel prices soaring, many retirees have been forced to downsize their dreams of travel.

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