Travel News Archive

• 'Top Travel Spots For Game Fans (Forbes)
Gamers, grab your consoles. The real adventure awaits.
• 'Pittsburgh travel agencies announce merger (BizJournals)
Two of the Pittsburgh region's largest travel agencies have merged.
• 'Wright Travel temporarily relocates airport business center (BizJournals)
The Wright Travel Airport Business Center at Nashville International Airport is relocating temporarily during airport renovations.
• 'Expedia to buy Italian online travel agency Venere (BizJournals)
Expedia Inc. said it plans to buy online travel agency Venere Net ApA of Rome from Advent International for an undisclosed price. (EXPE)
• '?stanbul places among top 3 European cities in travel survey (Zaman Online)
?stanbul has been selected as Europe's third-best city, outranking traditional favorites such as Paris, Barcelona and Vienna, in a survey conducted by a US travel magazine.
• 'Iraq asks Philippines to ease travel ban (UPI)
MANILA, Philippines, July 15 (UPI) -- Iraq issued a request to the Philippine government Tuesday, asking the country to lift a travel ban to allow foreign workers to aid in reconstruction.
• 'Sabre to Overhaul Hotel Rate Negotiation Process with New Simplified, Web-based Solution for Corporate Travel (Hospitality Net)
About Sabre Travel NetworkSabre Travel Network, a Sabre Holdings company, provides the most comprehensive end-to-end solutions for corporate and leisure travel. The Sabre GDS is the foundation for these solutions, providing a ready-built efficient marketplace that connects travel suppliers, including hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotels, with more than 55,000 travel agency locations. ...
• 'The Adventurer Travel Series (Forbes)
Check in regularly for in-depth adventure travel coverage and videos in which Forbes reporters bring the world's unique spots to life.
• 'Fostex FR2-LE Field Recorder Selected By NASA To Travel on Space Shuttle (Harmony Central)
Fostex is pleased to announce that the FR-2LE Field Recorder has been selected by NASA to travel on the Space Shuttle (STS) and International Space Station (ISS) in the fall of 2008 as the primary audio capturing device.
• '3 plead to charges in plot that changed air travel (AP via Yahoo! News)
In a case that changed the face of air travel, three men charged with a plot to kill trans-Atlantic airline passengers with bombs in soda bottles admitted Monday they intended to cause explosions.

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