Travel News Archive

• 'Johnson County Travel Routes (KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids)
From the West: For travel into the west UI campus or west Iowa City, use Highway 1 or Melrose Ave. For eastbound traffic on Iowa 6, use Camp Cardinal Boulevard to get to Melrose Avenue; avoid the Highway 6/ First ave area.
• 'Trial for travel agent scheduled for Sept. 15 (Lahontan Valley News)
The Fallon travel agent accused of embezzling money from more than 30 people is scheduled to go to trial Sept. 15.
• 'Kayak.com Travel Search Adds Display Ads to Targeted Ad Network (Search Engine Journal)
Travel search engine Kayak.com has launched a display advertising platform optimized for the travel industry. The new ad platform is based upon technology developed by Sidestep.com, which Kayak.com purchased in December 2007. Like Google AdWords style text ads, the new display ad system helps travel marketers target their ads based on search criteria including destination, origination, [...]
• 'Travel (The West Australian)
International tourists are visiting WA in record numbers and spending record amounts of money but statistics to be released today will reveal that domestic travel in the State has declined.
• 'New travel guides out on zoos, left-wing landmarks, literary destinations, road trips (Canoe Travel)
NEW YORK - Several new themed travel guides are out to suit different tastes and help you create niche itineraries. One is on the country's best zoos, another on left-wing landmarks, a third on literary destinations, and lastly, from Fodor's, an all-purpose guide to the U.S.
• 'Continental expects strong summer travel bookings (BizJournals)
Continental Airlines Inc. said it expects customer travel demand to remain "solid" during the summer months as it formulates plans to downsize its fleet. (CAL)
• ''Smart' games geared to little boys, girls ease travel woes (USA Today)
If you plan to travel with a preschooler or kindergartener, instead of filling a bag full of coloring books, puzzles and find-the-differences cards, you could pack the same kind of activities in a more compact manner by grabbing Smart Boy's Gameroom or Smart Girl's Playhouse, two Nintendo DS games by UFO Interactive.
• 'Transat quarterly sales up 18 per cent to $1.08B: 'people will continue to travel' (Canadian Business)
Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press June 12, 2008 - 2:59 p.m. MONTREAL - A dramatic rise in fuel prices and dwindling travel demand in a sluggish economy could force Transat A.T. Inc. (TSX:TRZ.B) to temporarily ground some of its aircraft, the integrated tourism operator said Thursday.
• '2008 Business Travel Survey: Buyers' Prospects Rise After Hotels' Strong '07 (Business Travel News)
JUNE 09, 2008 -- Travel buyers are beginning to see better negotiating opportunities as the seemingly insurmountable momentum propelling the hotel industry for the past few years begins to show signs of slowing, even though 2007 proved another banner year for hoteliers in terms of rate and revenue growth and profit.
• 'International travel expected to increase despite economy (USA Today)
The economy is troubled and the dollar is weak. But one forecast suggests that Americans aren't giving up international travel.

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