Travel News Archive

• 'Trifecta of titles for top travel agency (The Maitland Mercury)
Jenny Aitchison had a trio of things to smile about at the Lower Hunter Business Enterprise Centre (BEC) Awards on Friday night. Not only was she named the Business Woman of the Year, but her family's business Northern Highland travel scooped both the Business of the Year and the Tourism awards.
• 'Roar coach blames travel for loss (The Courier Mail)
QUEENSLAND Roar coach Miron Bleiberg vowed to review his team's travel arrangements for away games after Saturday night's 2-1 loss to Perth in the A-League third round.
• 'Katrina's lingering effects felt throughout the travel industry (Seattle Times)
Hurricane Katrina's lingering effects continue to reverberate throughout the travel industry.
• 'Madonna well enough to travel with husband to Toronto (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Broken bones could not keep US pop diva Madonna from travelling to Toronto to support her husband, director Guy Ritchie, in his quest for a distributor for his latest film "Revolver," he said.
• 'Passports required for all global travel (Springfield Business Journal)
Travelers who were used to jumping through hoops to travel internationally soon will have more jumping to do. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which goes into effect Jan. 1, requires passports for travelers by air or sea to the Caribbean, and Central and South Americas.
• 'Senior Citizen Joins with Coastal Vacations to Earn an Income While Pursuing her Hobby of Travel (PR Web)
Coastal Vacations intrigued Dorothy Stauffer in her retirement years as a unique way to unite earning an income together with travel. After trying other internet marketing programs coastal Vacations was the fit that she had been looking for. [PRWEB Sep 11, 2005]
• 'Cruise travel out of New Orleans finds new ports (The Charlotte Observer)
By the time Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, cruise lines had already shifted ships out of ports in New Orleans and Mobile, Ala. Although the damage is still being assessed, it could be a month or more before cruise travel gets back to normal.
• '50 most popular travel sites have hidden gems (Chicago Tribune)
Which are the most popular travel Web sites? And if you knew the answer to that question, would you perhaps be alerted to a site or two that might prove of value to your own travel planning?
• 'Sri Lanka: Srimavopura attacks threaten civilian travel in Trincomalee (TamilNet)
Representations have been made to the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) in Trincomalee to ensure safety to Tamil and Muslim civilians who travel to and from north of Trincomalee passing through Srimavopura, a suburb an about one km north of the east port town from being attacked by Sinhala mobs. Civil groups have complained to the SLMM that Tamil and Muslim civilians are attacked at Srimavopura
• 'Travel Q & A (Sun-Sentinel)
Q. I'm looking for a place to travel in late February with daytime temperatures in the 60s and 70s. We fear Australia will be too warm. How about South Africa?

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