Travel News Archive

• 'Travel-fee bill creates turbulence (Sun-Sentinel)
Airlines are battling hotels, theme parks, rental-car companies and other travel businesses over a plan to make many overseas visitors pay $10 each to bankroll a national advertising campaign.
• 'Tell us your travel plans (San Francisco Chronicle)
Are higher gas prices and air travel costs prompting you to change your travel and vacation plans? The Chronicle wants to hear from readers who are rethinking travel plans as well as those who plan to stay the course. Contact us at squeeze@sfchronicle.com,...
• 'Blanket Bay tops travel award (TVNZ)
Queenstown's Blanket Bay has been voted New Zealand's Leading Luxury Resort 2008. The World Travel Awards are one of the world's most comprehensive travel trade polls and are considered the "Oscars" of the industry.
• 'Jennifer Openshaw: With travel costs steep, consider affordable home-based luxuries (Market Watch)
When I?ve written about summer travel in years past, I?ve recommended spas and inexpensive vacations in French-speaking locales. Those are still good ideas, but this year, given the state of the economy and steep gas prices, it makes more sense to stay close to home.
• 'Intrepid Travel goes MAD (Scoop.co.nz)
Intrepid Travel has taken its commitment to responsible travel one step further with the introduction of Intrepid MAD (Make a Difference) projects. These innovative ' voluntourism ' adventures are an opportunity for New Zealander's to get involved in community development and to make a difference to the world.
• 'Travel guru to tell Congo tales (Irish Examiner)
ONE of the world?s best-loved travel writers, Redmond O?Hanlon, is guest speaker at the Immrama Literary Breakfast taking place next Sunday in Lismore, Co Waterford.
• 'Sector Snap: Online travel stocks mostly decline (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Most online travel stocks declined Monday, with Orbitz Worldwide Inc. falling as a Citi Investment Research analyst started covering the stock with a "Hold" rating, citing strong competition.
• 'New travel guide: America's Best Zoos (AP via Yahoo! News)
A new themed travel guidebook is out with recommendations for visiting the country's best zoos.
• 'New Zealand Luxury Lodge Wins Travel ?Oscar? (Scoop.co.nz)
World Travel Awards today (Tuesday 10 June) announced that Queenstown?s multi-award winning Blanket Bay has been voted New Zealand's Leading Luxury Resort 2008.
• 'Travel agents campaigning to boost Japanese going overseas (The Japan Times)
travel agents are launching a fresh campaign to increase the number of Japanese travelers overseas to 20 million in 2010 as the number dropped in 2007 for the first time in four years to about 17.29 million. The number of foreign visitors to Japan climbed to an all-time high of 9.15 million last year, up 12.9 percent from the previous year, preliminary Justice Ministry data show. Read the ...

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