Travel News Archive

• 'EU Nations to Expand Borderless Travel (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Citizens from nine new EU member nations, most in Eastern Europe, will be able to travel passport-free to most other countries in the bloc as of Dec. 21, after EU justice and interior ministers on Thursday endorsed landmark plans to lift border checks.
• 'Travel Troubleshooter: Separated on my flight (CNN.com)
His mother is scheduled to fly to Hawaii with his aunt and cousin, where they plan to board a cruise. But hours before they leave, Lawrence Dean Parrish finds out that their flight schedules have been changed. Now his mother, who is 74 and suffers from glaucoma, is flying solo and his aunt and cousin are on another flight. Neither the travel agency nor the cruise line will help. Is her vacation ...
• 'Passport-free travel to begin for citizens of nine more European countries (Seattle Times)
Citizens from nine new European Union member nations, most in Eastern Europe, will be able to travel passport-free to most other countries...
• 'Soldiers offered free bus travel (BBC News)
Royal Anglian Regiment soldiers are being offered free bus travel in Norfolk and Suffolk.
• 'Haj travel curbs only on those involved in militancy, says Azad (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News)
Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday said his government would deny security clearance of travel documents only to those directly involved in militancy. This paves the way for clearance for some 400 people who were stopped from Haj owing to adverse reports from police. The government is yet to decide whether the move will cover all families blacklisted for foreign travel ...
• 'Profiles In Travel Management: Thinking Globally, Acting Regionally (Business Travel News)
With future aspirations of globally consolidating its travel management services, the Interpublic Group of Companies is taking a regional approach, with American Express Business Travel handling its U.S. and Canadian travel management operations and HRG recently consolidating its top five travel spending countries in Europe into a regional travel management structure.
• 'Teams' early season travel plans placed on standby (USA Today)
Before the start of every season, fans across the country analyze their team's schedule and make travel plans around the expected big games of the year. Take yourself back to August and think about what might have been this weekend.
• 'Web Travel Resources, Part 2 (Washington Post)
Last week I gave you a guide to some of the best, most popular, and little-known travel planning Web sites.
• 'EU nations endorse expansion of bloc's borderless travel zone (International Herald Tribune)
EU nations unanimously backed plans on Thursday to expand the bloc's borderless travel zone to nine other member states by lifting passport checks required for European Union citizens at their land and sea crossings.
• 'Ministers warn Muslim pilgrims over rogue travel agents (Guardian Unlimited)
Ministers are warning the 25,000 British Muslims who will make the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca next month to beware of rogue travel agents, amid concern that conmen are exploiting the religious faithful.

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