Travel News Archive

• 'Oil Squeezes Air Travel Options (CBS 5 Phoenix)
Tourism and travel industries face "serious collateral damage" as travelers face dwindling choices when it comes to air transportation. 12:30 p.m.
• 'Travel Deals /Bargains from around the world (The Buffalo News)
The week's best travel bargains around the globe:
• 'Plane travel may hit air pocket (Express India)
The recent hike in aviation fuel has come as a dampener to domestic air passengers. According to Chennai-based APAI, there is a strong possibility of domestic air travel not showing any growth this year.
• 'Flooding shouldn't affect travel to SBC (BPNews.net)
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Despite record flooding in the Indianapolis area three days ahead of the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting, travel to the convention should not be affected as floodwaters recede, convention manager R. Clark Logan Jr. said.
• 'Even limited travel has its wonders (San Francisco Chronicle)
Summer's coming, so let's see where we are. In a recession. (Your president may not be able to say it, but a travel editor can.) For people worried about keeping their jobs and their houses, vacation may enter the realm of the unthinkable. The lucky ones who...
• 'CGC extends Nokia-Qmiles travel promotion (AME Info)
Consolidated Gulf Co (CGC) and Qatar Airways have extended their popular 15,000 Qmiles Nokia travel promotion on the back of a huge response.
• 'Air travel gets costlier from today (The Times of India)
MUMBAI: With public sector oil firms increasing Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) sale prices by 18.5 per cent, major air-carriers have raised fuel surcharge with effect from Tuesday, making air travel costlier.
• 'Bridging the Gap: Young adults take a time out for travel (Baltimore Examiner)
A growing number of high school and college students are emulating a long established British tradition of opting out of the rat race and taking a "gap year" to travel abroad and experience other cultures.
• 'For UW doc, travel is the best medicine (Seattle Times)
Christopher Sanford, a Seattle travel-medicine doctor, spends most of his days helping globe-trotting travelers stay healthy. Before they head off...
• 'Nokia-Qmiles travel scheme date extended (Gulf Times)
CONSOLIDATED Gulf Company (CGC) and Qatar Airways have extended till June 30 their ?limited stock joint travel promotion? on the purchase of high-tech Nokia phones.

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