News from CNN: The crippled cruise liner Costa Concordia lies aground near the coast of Italy after striking a reef in January. Twenty-five people were killed in the Costa Concordia accident Captain accused of abandoning ship and is facing charges A House committee may look at tougher cruise regulations Washington (CNN) — Survivors of the [...]
Archive: February, 2012
News from The Seattle Times: NEW YORK — Holiday Inn’s parent company is developing a new hotel chain aimed at travelers who want to work out and eat healthily on the road. InterContinental Hotels Group is planning to open the first Even hotels in early 2013. The hotels — to open in major U.S. cities [...]
News from New York Times: I DON’T usually write about relatives’ travel travails, but this one may be instructive as the domestic air travel system steadily contracts. My mother-in-law, who is 82, was stranded Saturday night at Dulles International Airport outside Washington on a trip home that began when my wife and I drove her [...]
News from Huffington Post: As the winter months begin to thaw, the travel season will be upon us. Post 50s may find themselves pulled in multiple travel directions with reunions, college graduations, weddings and other obligation trips filling up their travel calendars and invading their savings. Forty-one percent of U.S. travelers spend the majority of [...]
News from msnbc.com: NAIROBI, Kenya — A French fishing vessel reached an Italian cruise ship drifting powerless in the Indian Ocean overnight and was towing it to a nearby Seychelles island, the Seychelles Coast Guard said Tuesday. Seychelles authorities said they are making arrangements to evacuate people to the island of Descroches and then transfer the [...]
News from Daily Mail: By Frank Barrett, Mail on Sunday Travel Editor Last updated at 5:33 PM on 26th February 2012 Burton and Taylor, Bogart and Bacall, Madonna and George Clooney… The Splendido’s ‘Golden Book’ – the leather-bound volume that lists the signatures of the great and the good who have passed through its reception [...]
News from USA TODAY: The Associated Press Updated PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico – Mexican security officials say an armed group has robbed 22 foreign tourists who were traveling by bus near the coastal city of Puerto Vallarta. Carnival Cruise Lines Cruise passengers robbed at gunpoint were heading back from a tourist attraction near Puerto Vallarta to [...]
News from The Augusta Chronicle: Associated Press ABOARD AMERICAN AIR-LINES FLIGHT 9454 — Eric Mueller’s vacation started when his plane filled with smoke. Soon, people slid down an emergency chute, inflated life vests and climbed into a raft. Back | Next L.M. OTERO/ASSOCIATED PRESS Eric Mueller laughs and films for his blog as a cabin [...]
News from Las Vegas Review – Journal: Posted: Feb. 24, 2012 | 2:33 p.m. Shrinking airline schedules have slowed the recovery of passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport. During January, nearly 3.2 million people boarded or disembarked planes in Las Vegas, a scant 0.3 percent better than the same month one year ago. By contrast, [...]
News from USA TODAY: Whether you’re a bonafide “leapling” born on Feb. 29 or just a bargain hunter looking for an excuse to hit the road, plenty of hotels and resorts are trotting out incentives in honor of next Wednesday’s Leap Year Day. A sampling: –A “Leap to the Beach” room deal at The Sanderling [...]