Travel News Archive

• 'Recession-proof travel (MSNBC)
With a tightening economy across the board and travel expenses in particular putting the squeeze on your budget (can you say "fuel prices?"), many travelers are looking for ways to "Go Anyway" without going broke as well.
• 'Hotels seek workers on eve of summer travel season (The Charlotte Observer)
The shortage of workers at Ted Blair's three hotels near Yellowstone National Park is so severe that Blair himself might soon be busing tables and stripping beds. Less than a month before the start of the summer travel season, Blair and other hotel owners are scrambling to find low-wage employees because Congress dramatically reduced the number of guest-worker visas during last year's ...
• 'A long way to travel for two DNF's (RallySport Magazine)
A trip requiring a lot of preparation, planning and travel across the Tasman to New Zealand ended on a low note with ?DNFs? on both days for the Snooks Motorsport entry of its Datsun Stanza in the Dunlop Otago Classic Rally, conducted over the weekend of May 10 and 11.
• 'Travel goods that go the extra mile (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
At the Travel Goods Show 2008, industry bigwigs showed off their latest and greatest travel offerings. Here are trends our correspondent spotted, with picks for products that showcase them well.
• 'BTN's 2008 Procurement Practices Survey: Applying Metrics To Travel Management (Business Travel News)
MAY 12, 2008 -- Negative financial expectations and positive results yielded by applying procurement practices to travel management are accelerating interest in what companies decide to measure, the models of measurement they devise and the tools they use to do so.
• 'Memorial Day travel expected to decline (The Capital Times)
With gasoline and airfare prices going up, the number of Americans traveling Memorial Day weekend is expected to go down for the first time in 10 years. AAA released its Memorial Day travel report Thursday, predicting a .9 percent decrease in travel for the Memorial Day holiday as 37.9 million Americans travel 50 miles or more from home. About 31.7 million will travel by car, a 1 percent ...
• 'Kirilenko misses practice because of travel visa (Sports Illustrated)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko missed practice Thursday because of a travel visa, a day before Utah faced the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals.
• 'Administration looks to ease summer air travel (The Hill)
The Bush administration announced new rules designed to reduce congestion at three New York-area airports and to provide passengers more information about flight delays and travel costs.
• 'Bridge lorry causes travel delays (BBC News)
A lorry which became stuck under an Aberdeenshire bridge, causing travel delays, is freed.
• 'Treasury Secretary Paulson to Travel to the Middle East (United States Department of the Treasury)
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. will travel to the Middle East later this month to reiterate the United States commitment to open investment and discuss the economic benefits of nations around the world remaining open for investment.

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