Each day, about 3,000 passengers enjoy mostly empty, heavily subsidized flights, financed by a 30-year-old program that requires the government to guarantee commercial air service to scores of small communities that can’t support it themselves.
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Posted on December 31st, 2007 by admin
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Critics question ethics of corporate-sponsored travel for governor’s entourage on visits not related to California. A charity controlled by corporate interests paid more than $25,000 for an entourage of state aides to accompany Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on a trip to China, where he was honored at an event closely connected to first [...]
Posted on December 30th, 2007 by admin
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As its name suggests, the new seven-night Romantic Ireland trip from CIE Tours International is geared toward sweethearts. With frequent departures between March 17 and Nov. 29, the trip is priced at $1,298-$1,798 without airfare and $1,744-$2,588 with air travel from New York.
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Posted on December 30th, 2007 by admin
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Dennis and Stacie Woods, a married couple from Seattle, choose their vacation destinations based on what they fear is fated to destruction. This month it was a camping and kayaking trip around the Galapagos Islands. Last year, it was a stay at a remote lodge…
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Posted on December 30th, 2007 by Calvin
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Today’s travelers are sophisticated and knowledgeable. Thanks to the Internet and the news media, leisure travelers know about many exotic destinations and now have the financial means to experience many of them.
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Posted on December 30th, 2007 by Debbie
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Sure, traveling alone can be an extremely freeing experience, with no one else to slow you down or bicker with over which sights to see along the way. But it can also be a drag. When you’re hauling your bags around on your own or after your third sunset dinner on the hotel’s veranda?alone?traveling by [...]
Posted on December 30th, 2007 by Debbie
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Rule No. 1: Travel is no fun. Really. If you think it’s all about smiling stewardesses attending to your every whim, friendly hotels offering fawning service, and romantic sunsets on the beach, it’s time for a reality check.
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Posted on December 30th, 2007 by Debbie
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ISLANDERS looking forward to New Year skiing and shopping trips still face the prospect of major disruption to travel plans as the threat of strikes at Heathrow, Gatwick and Southampton airports drew closer yesterday.
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Posted on December 29th, 2007 by admin
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WHERE IN THE WORLD TO GO? Argentina is the place to go in South America, according to South American Experience which says the country is ?excellent value?. There are now six pesos to the pound; the rate was about 1.4 pesos in 2002.
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Posted on December 29th, 2007 by admin
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Corporate sponsors of frequent trips a concern, group says The sniffles and a persistent hack prevented Mayor Richard Daley from planned visits to Paris, Madrid, London and Berlin earlier this month, but they didn’t keep him from boarding a plane for Milan, the last destination on what was to have been a [...]
Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Theodore
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WASHINGTON – The founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian spent more than $250,000 in institution funds over the past four years on first-class transportation and lodging in hotels worldwide, including more than a dozen trips to Paris.
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Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Calvin
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Just two weeks after restarting its long-stalled service, the Hawaii Superferry has canceled its Oahu-Maui trips for the third straight day today because of high seas and strong winds.
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Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Tony
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Community Club Presents “Humorous Memoirs Of World Travel” When the original speaker scheduled for the November 7 general program of the Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead had to cancel due to a family emergency on the other side of the country, a past-president of the club remembered that another past-president [...]
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Corporate sponsors of trips could be concern, group says The sniffles and a persistent hack prevented Mayor Richard Daley from planned visits to Paris, Madrid, London and Berlin earlier this month, but they didn’t keep him from boarding a plane for Milan, the last destination on what was to have been a [...]
Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Calvin
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WASHINGTON | The founding director of the Smithsonian?s National Museum of the American Indian spent more than $250,000 in institution funds over the past four years on first-class transportation and plush lodging in hotels around the world, including more than a dozen trips to Paris.
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Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Theodore
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WASHINGTON ? The founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian spent more than $250,000 in institution funds in the past four years on first-class transportation and plush lodging in hotels around the world, including more than a dozen trips to Paris. In that time, W. Richard West Jr. was away from [...]
Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Tony
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Company to offer low fare trips daily from Central Avenue office
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Posted on December 27th, 2007 by Calvin
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Rough seas prompted Hawaii Superferry to cancel its O’ahu-to-Maui sailing yesterday and today, a company spokeswoman said.
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Posted on December 27th, 2007 by Tony
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A 1 1/2 -hour flight delay isn’t too bad around the holidays — unless your checked luggage includes two ice chests full of fresh fish.
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Posted on December 27th, 2007 by Theodore
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Thinking of hitting the high seas this season? TODAY Travel Editor Peter Greenberg gives the lowdown on this increasingly popular type of vacation.
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Posted on December 27th, 2007 by Theodore
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DECEMBER 17, 2007 — Meeting Trends, the meeting and incentive division of Omaha, Neb.-based travel management firm Travel And Transport, this month announced the ability to book meeting air travel online.
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Posted on December 27th, 2007 by Debbie
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Being away from family is an everyday occupational hazard for business travelers, but trips that mean missing a holiday at home – by design or by delay – are all the more vexing.
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Posted on December 26th, 2007 by admin
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Some speculate that more business travelers of various faiths do not speak up because they do not want to be labeled as difficult or worse.
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Posted on December 26th, 2007 by Theodore
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Now that they’re again earning profits after five yeas of industry losses, American, United, Delta, Northwest, Continental and US Airways are finally forging ahead with upgrades to take on foreign rivals.
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Posted on December 26th, 2007 by Debbie
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The move strands passengers on Christmas Eve. Airline offered all-business-class flights between London’s Stansted airport and LAX, Las Vegas and New York. NEW YORK — Maxjet Airways ceased operations today, leaving jets on tarmacs and stranding passengers on Christmas Eve, and said it would file for bankruptcy protection.
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Posted on December 25th, 2007 by Calvin
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BACK WITH VENGEANCE: The restoration of peace is giving the nation?s beleaguered tourism sector a much-needed shot in the arm. SERENE : Nepal has countless historical and trekking sites, rich cultural-heritage, breathtaking chains of snow-capped mountains and a pleasant climate.
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Posted on December 25th, 2007 by Debbie
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Airline fares for business travel within the United States are expected to increase 4 percent to 7 percent during 2008, according to a forecast Carlson Wagonlit Travel of Minneapolis released to its customers this month.
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Posted on December 24th, 2007 by Calvin
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LAS VEGAS — College basketball players often are amused by perceptions that holiday tournaments staged in tourist attractions are all fun and games.
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Posted on December 23rd, 2007 by Debbie
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Holiday firm Travelscope Holidays has gone into administration, forcing around 10,000 travellers to cancel their trips.
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Posted on December 22nd, 2007 by Debbie
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Higher gas prices and airfares won’t cut into holiday travel habits, according to AAA, and that news pleases local hotels and car rental operations that pick up business when people head home for the holidays.
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Posted on December 22nd, 2007 by admin
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