Travel News Archive

• 'Holiday travel bargains going fast (The Arizona Republic)
For anyone waiting to get a great airfare or travel deal for Christmas or New Year's, the advice from people who know is: Don't wait. Book now. Availability is shrinking and prices are going up, not down.
• 'Trouble spots travel advisory overhaul (Sunday Mail)
THE travel advisory system for Australians heading overseas is to be overhauled to put the onus on individuals to decide where and when not to travel.
• 'Travel experts: Little impact on Aruba from Alabama boycott call (Picayune Item)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Gov. Bob Riley's call for a tourist boycott of Aruba, where an Alabama teen has been missing since May 30, had little or no immediate impact and is unlikely to deter trips to the Caribbean island, travel experts said.
• 'Travel Sites Facing New Competition (RedNova)
By Aman Batheja, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Nov. 12--The big three online travel sites -- Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz -- are facing new competition from another trio of Internet heavyweights.
• 'Canada, U.S. Reach Deal on Air Travel (AP via Yahoo! News)
Canada has reached a deal with the United States to liberalize air travel and cargo transport between the two countries and beyond, Canada's Transport Minister announced Friday.
• 'Travel officials in China tour Hawaiian Islands (KPUA Hilo)
HONOLULU (AP) _ About a dozen travel industry executives from China will participate in a weeklong cruise around the islands beginning tomorrow. The participants from Guangdong were invited following Governor Linda's visit to China in June.
• 'Holiday Air Travel Expected to Increase (RedNova)
By Suzanne Marta, The Dallas Morning News Nov. 12--For Flower Mound resident Brian Borichevsky, flying to San Diego for $400 a ticket over Christmas just wasn't in the budget. He found tickets for half the price, but only if he added two hours of travel to his itinerary.
• 'SEW: Travel Search Tips (Gadling)
Anyone else struggling to keep up with all the travel tools out there on the web? It is awesome that consumers have so many options, but how do we choose the tool that is right for our travel searching needs? Articles like this one about real-time flight tracking from Search Engine Watch are a big help. Expert researchers and web search gurus like Gary Price do the compare/contrast
• 'Town takes legal action against Pilot Travel Center (Post-Tribune)
BURNS HARBOR ? The Town Council has directed its attorney to take legal steps to force the Pilot Travel Center to provide the security it promised last year.
• 'HOLIDAYS:THE TRAVEL AGENTS' TEST (Sunday Mirror)
ARE High Street travel agents on their way out, to be replaced by the internet and telephone bookings? Last week Mytravel closed 110 of their Going Places shops, pointing out that, because about a fifth of its holidays now sold online, the company no longer needs such a huge network.

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