Archive for November, 2007

Web sites for travel planning (The Daily Record)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

NEW YORK — Planning a winter vacation? Sure, you can go online to one of the biggies like Orbitz, Expedia and Travelocity for hotel, rental car and air fare. But there’s a whole new collection of Web sites for savvy travelers.

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Northwest Airlines Issues Travel Reaccommodation Options Due to Forecasted Weather Conditions (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

EAGAN, Minn.—-Due to the forecast for severe winter weather conditions throughout the upper Midwest, Northwest Airlines has issued temporary travel reaccommodation options for customers scheduled to travel this weekend.

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Australia issues travel advisory (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

The Australian government Friday issued a new travel advisory warning its nationals to exercise a high degree of caution in the Philippines following the failed mutiny staged by Sen. Antonio Trillanes and his followers at the Peninsula hotel in Makati on Thursday.

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EU OKs Measures To Make Airline Ticket Costs Transparent-AFP (Nasdaq)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

BRUSSELS (AFP)–The European Union agreed Friday on new measures to make airline ticket costs more transparent by obliging companies to include all taxes and charges in the headline price first shown to consumers.

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Nigeria: IRS Begins Test-Run of E-Ticketing System (AllAfrica.com)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

IRS Airlines Limited has commenced the test-run of its e-ticketing system to join the league of airlines that have complied with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) 100 per cent e-ticket initial deadline of December 2007.

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Post Politics Hour (Washington Post)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Don’t want to miss out on the latest in politics? Start each day with The Post Politics Hour. Join in each weekday morning at 11 a.m. as a member of The Washington Post’s team of White House and congressional reporters answers questions about the latest in buzz in Washington and The Post’s coverage of political news.

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Any room in first class? (CNN.com)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

For years it seemed as though first-class air travel was dying a slow death. As perks such as flat beds migrated from the front of the plane backwards, few were willing to pay the 20 percent premium.

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First medals awarded at Sydney World Cup (Velo News)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Dual Olympic champion Ryan Bayley and Athens silver medalist Katie Mactier delivered Australia a golden opening night at the cycling World Cup season opener in Sydney, Australia, here Friday.

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A view from the infield - The World Cup in Sydney (Velo News)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Editor’s Note: - Connie Carpenter is at the UCI World Cup in Sydney, Australia, this week, accompanying her son, 2007 world junior time trial champion Taylor Phinney, as he enters his first elite level track competition.

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Australia warns citizens in RP (The Daily Tribune)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

The Australian government yesterday issued a travel ad-visory asking its citizens in the Philippines to take caution and avoid large gatherings after a group of rebel soldiers and its supporters seized a luxury hotel in Makati City Thursday.

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New River Line ticket machines ready (Burlington County Times)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

NJ Transit has started installing new ticket machines at River Line stations in Burlington County that officials believe will be faster and easier for riders to use.

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Ho, ho holidays (The Australian)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

HERE are 10 excellent getaways for the festive season, all with vacancies at the time of writing.

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Be alarmed (The Australian)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

From fan-cooled pith helmets to beer scooters, the year’s top 10 travel gadgets are designed to thrill

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More cruise lines catering to families (Canada.com)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Thinking of taking the kids cruising? Good idea. Cruise lines have figured out quickly that when kids travel, others follow. If one family books they might encourage another to join them and, of course, the grandparents can’t resist. All of a sudden, there are three cabins booked instead of one.

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Iata warns of severe pilot shortage (Straits Times)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

THE booming air travel industry could hit a snag if changes are not made to the training schemes to ease an impending pilot shortage.

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