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 [...]
News from Washington Post: Coming & Going Local airports on the rise, new cruise search engine, and more Flying high The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has released its 2011 passenger statistics. According to the report, Reagan National served 18.8 million passengers last year, a nearly 4 percent increase over 2010. Meanwhile, 23.2 million passengers passed [...]
News from eTurboNews: Real People | Real Service | Real Choice Feb 23, 2012 PHUKET, Thailand – HotelTravel.com is offering special discounted hotel rates just in time to promote the Java Jazz Fest (from March 2-4), one of the largest and most popular musical festivals of its kind in Asia. HotelTravel.com Chief Information Officer, Olivier [...]
News from The Seattle Times: ABOARD AMERICAN AIRLINES 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. Mueller loved every minute of it. Most days he runs a book-review website. But on this day he was [...]