Travel News Archive

• 'Travel Tips: Readers' air, cruise and hotel secrets (USA Today)
Each week USA TODAY taps our traveling audience for the their best advice on air travel, cruising and hotels. Leave a tip or take a tip it could be run in an upcoming issue of USA TODAY.
• 'Travel agents report sluggish sales of Beijing Olympics package tours (The Japan Times)
Sales of package tours to the Beijing Olympics have been sluggish in Japan, reflecting China's tarnished image from a series of incidents, including food poisoning cases, and the lack of tickets for the finals of popular events, according to travel agency officials. Major travel agencies have so far seen sales of tours to the Beijing Olympics, which start Aug. 8, standing at only 50 percent to ...
• 'FBI seizes travel, fundraising documents in corruption probe of Ohio county official (Newsday)
CLEVELAND (AP) _ Federal agents who raided the office and home of a top Cuyahoga County official as part of a corruption probe were looking for evidence on fundraising, travel and contacts with outside contractors, according to an inventory of seized items released Tuesday.
• 'Maltese must wait for visa-free travel to US (Times of Malta)
Maltese citizens will have to wait at least until the end of this year to travel to the US without a visa.
• 'Alderman looks to limit travel budget, change policy (Rapid City Journal)
The Rapid City council's proposed 2009 travel budget is recommended to be reduced by $15,000, but one alderman said more work should be done to set limits on council members' travel habits.
• 'On the Road: 'Travel Writing' and 'Log of the S.S. The Mrs. Unguentine' (The New York Sun)
Peter Ferry's "Travel Writing" (Harcourt, 294 pages, $24) is the first debut novel I have read that includes, as a plot point, a forecast of its own sales. "We intend to sell a few books," announces the book's protagonist, who is also named Peter Ferry, as he throws the book down on the table of his enemy Dr. Albert Decarre, whose misdeeds will now be read about all over town, Pete declares, ...
• 'Bayern travel to Japan without their stars (The Star)
MUNICH: Luca Toni, Franck Ribery and Tim Borowski are among a group of top players who failed to travel to Japan yesterday for Bayern Munich's upcoming friendly against Urawa Red Diamonds in Tokyo.
• 'Business Travel Professional Development Graduates Honored at NBTA Convention (Hospitality Net)
Los Angeles -- The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) and its Foundation today recognized graduates of NBTA's three business travel management professional development courses. The graduates were honored during a General Session at the 40th NBTA International Convention & Exposition -- the largest business travel industry event in the world ? being held this week in Los Angeles.
• 'Travel (The West Australian)
Who needs to actually leave home to impress friends with tales of exotic desinations? A new website is offering to print postcards and send them. Other travel sites already offer e-cards from holiday snaps, but www.zoomandgo.com will print postcards and send them for $US1.99 in the United States or $US2.99 internationally.
• 'Temple University department of intercollegiate athletics designates Anthony Travel as official travel partner (Thaipr.net)
Temple University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced today an exclusive partnership with Anthony travel, Inc. that provides coaches, administrators and fans with comprehensive, creative

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