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Travel Safety Update - Africa / Middle East.
Aug 9, 2009 A regional tourism expert has warned it would be OtragicO if the ferry disaster which may have claimed 60 lives in Tonga deters tourists from visiting the island nation. The countryOs . . .

Travel Safety Update - Asia / Pacific.
Aug 9, 2009 Bangkok Airways, ATR Bangkok Airways has resumed operations at Koh Samui airport, the scene of yesterday's fatal crash of an ATR 72. The first flight today departed from Koh Samui at . . .

Travel Safety Update - Europe.
Aug 9, 2009 Aero-Instruments, Airbus Ohio-based Aero-Instruments has received US FAA parts manufacturer approval (PMA) to market retrofit pitot probes for a large variety of Airbus aircraft, giv . . .

Travel Safety Update - Latin America / Caribbean.
Aug 9, 2009 As a result of attack on two British nationals in Bacolet, Tobago, the British High Commission will be moving to update the travel advisory that has been issued about Trinidad and Toba . . .

Travel Safety Update - North America.
Aug 9, 2009 Congress is processing a law that will require the US FAA to mount research and development on systems for detecting and eliminating cabin air contamination by oil-based fumes. The res . . .

Travel Security Update.
New York (AirGuide - Travel Security Update) Aug 9, 2009 As a result of attack on two British nationals in Bacolet, Tobago, the British High Commission will be moving to update the travel advisory . . .

Destination News - Car Rental.
New York (AirGuide - Destination News - Car Rental) Aug 9, 2009 Alamo Rent A Car, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental Effective Aug. 1, the Taylor family of St. Louis, owner of Alamo Rent . . .

Destination News - North America.
Aug 9, 2009 Amtrak Amtrak and First Class Motorcycle Tours have teamed to offer two new vacation packages which include first-class accommodations on AmtrakOs Auto Train that allows motorcycle r . . .

Destination News - Golfing.
New York (AirGuide - Destination, Golfing News) Aug 9, 2009 Butte, Colorado Gunnison-Crested Butte, Colo., has announced September Splendor in the Rockies, a range of events and outdoor recreati . . .

Destination News - Rail, Road.
New York (AirGuide - Destination, Rail, Road News) Aug 9, 2009 Eurostar Eurostar has reported an increase in the number of passengers using its Print Anywhere ticketing service. Around 70 percen . . .

Destination News - Hotel, Resort & Spa Asia / Pacific.
Aug 9, 2009 MaldivesO Huvafen Fushi The MaldivesO Huvafen Fushi launched an innovative new package aboard its exclusively designed Dhonis. Guests staying in one of Huvafen FushiOs ocean or beach . . .

Destination News - Hotel, Resort & Spa Europe.
Aug 9, 2009 The Gleneagles Hotel The Gleneagles Hotel, VisitScotland, Connoisseurs Scotland and the host organizing committee will welcome executives from VirtuosoOs top 50 travel agency members . . .

Destination News - Hotel, Resort & Spa Latin America / Caribbean.
Aug 9, 2009 Fairmont Hotels The Fairmont Southampton and The Fairmont Hamilton Princess are the official hotel sponsors for the 2009 Bermuda Music Festival, which will take place at the Keepyard . . .

Destination News - Hotel, Resort & Spa North America.
Aug 9, 2009 Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel Once thought impossible, some hotels in Waikiki have slashed their rates by 50 percent or more in an attempt to re-ignite demand for their rooms, according . . .

Travel Health Watch.
New York (AirGuide - Travel Health Watch) Aug 9, 2009 Disneyland Hotels Disney hotel workers employed as restaurant servers, dishwashers, housekeepers, front desk agents and bellmen at the three . . .

Travel Technology News.
New York (AirGuide - Travel Technology News) Aug 9, 2009 The Wi-Fi trade group has over the last 10 years kept together the notion that every device with Wi-Fi on the label should work at the grea . . .

Airline News - Africa / Middle East.
Aug 2, 2009 Aria Air, Illyushin Aria Air Il-62 originating in Tehran crashed on landing at Mashhad Friday, killing at least 16 including the carrier's managing director, in the second fatal cras . . .

Airline News - Europe.
Aug 2, 2009 The United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) has made the forward thinking decision to incorporate additional technology to help them with their efforts to keep contraband out of the countr . . .

Airline News - Latin America / Caribbean.
Aug 2, 2009 Aero Cuenca Aero Cuenca, on September 14th, will begin operating a new airline which will fly between Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca and Loja with an Embraer 145, with capacity for 30 peop . . .

Airline News - North America.
Aug 2, 2009 Lower oil prices boosted the broad US airline sector Tuesday, but major airlines stood out after an analyst noted their share prices were likely to outperform those of discount carrier . . .

Low Cost Airline News - Asia / Pacific.
Aug 2, 2009 AirAsia Malaysian low-cost AirAsia is doubling its Kuala Lumpur-Tiruchirappalli service to twice-daily from once-daily from 1 September due to strong demand. The airline says that it . . .

Low Cost Airline News - Europe.
Aug 2, 2009 AirBerlin Air Berlin will begin serving Pristina from Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover and Munich up to twice-weekly, daily from Zurich and weekly from Geneva on Nov. 4. Jul 23, 2009 . . .

Low Cost Airline News - North America.
Aug 2, 2009 AirTran Airways AirTran Airways announced that it is the first airline in North America to board Icelandic Glacial Natural Spring Water for sale. Icelandic Glacial becomes the second . . .

Airport News - Africa / Middle East.
Aug 2, 2009 Aria Airlines, Illyushin Aria Airlines, Illyushin Il-62 that crashed in Mashhad on July 24, killing 16, was attempting to land too fast, Iranian Civil Aviation Organization Director . . .

Airport News - Asia / Pacific.
Aug 2, 2009 Air Astana Air Astana launched a thrice-weekly Astana-Novosibirsk service using Fokker F50s. Jul 21, 2009 AirAsia Malaysian low-cost AirAsia is doubling its Kuala Lumpur-Tiruchir . . .

Airport News - Europe.
Aug 2, 2009 The United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) has made the forward thinking decision to incorporate additional technology to help them with their efforts to keep contraband out of the countr . . .

Airport News - Latin America / Caribbean.
Aug 2, 2009 Aero Cuenca Aero Cuenca, on September 14th, will begin operating a new airline which will fly between Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca and Loja with an Embraer 145, with capacity for 30 peop . . .

Airport News - North America.
Aug 2, 2009 Lower oil prices boosted the broad US airline sector Tuesday, but major airlines stood out after an analyst noted their share prices were likely to outperform those of discount carrier . . .

Travel Safety Update - Africa / Middle East.
Aug 2, 2009 Aria Airlines, Illyushin Aria Airlines, Illyushin Il-62 that crashed in Mashhad on July 24, killing 16, was attempting to land too fast, Iranian Civil Aviation Organization Director . . .

Travel Safety Update - Asia / Pacific.
Aug 2, 2009 Boeing Thailand's department of civil aviation reports that crew fatigue, poor training and inadequate crew resource management were the reasons for the 16 September 2007 One-Two-Go . . .

Travel Safety Update - Europe.
Aug 2, 2009 Aeroflot-Nord, Boeing Spatial disorientation of the pilots, particularly the captain, was one of the factors that led to the loss of an Aeroflot-Nord Boeing 737-550 that crashed on a . . .

Travel Safety Update - North America.
Aug 2, 2009 US National Transportation Safety Board swore in Deborah Hersman, a member for five years, as chairman. She succeeds Mark Rosenker, who announced his resignation last week. Before join . . .

Travel Security Update.
New York (AirGuide - Travel Security Update) Aug 2, 2009 The United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) has made the forward thinking decision to incorporate additional technology to help them with their . . .

Destination News - Car Rental.
New York (AirGuide - Destination News - Car Rental) Aug 2, 2009 Auto Europe Auto Europe is offering fabulous savings for travel to Europe. These savings will expire on July 31, 2009, so book ear . . .

Destination News - Africa / Middle East.
Aug 2, 2009 Aseer Twenty-two kilometers was the distance between Abha city in Aseer (south of Saudi Arabia) and Al Soda, the highest point in Asir, west of Abha City, 3,000 meters above sea leve . . .

Destination News - Asia / Pacific.(introduction of skis by CMH Heli-Skiing)(renovation of Mvenpick Hotel)(Qantas Vacations )
Aug 2, 2009 CMH Heli-Skiing Two of the ski industryOs most innovative companies, CMH Heli-Skiing, the company that introduced heli-skiing, and K2 Skis, known for its cutting-edge ski design, hav . . .

Destination News - Europe.
Aug 2, 2009 Aer Lingus It's not too late to plan an affordable summer getaway and Ireland's experts at The Aer Lingus Vacation Store invite you to visit the Emerald Isle this August by introduci . . .

Destination News - North America.
Aug 2, 2009 Baltimore, Fort Lauderdale, New Orleans, San Francisco and Tampa Bay are the top U.S. destinations to market their cities via Twitter, according to a report released by New York-based . . .

Destination News - Golfing.
New York (AirGuide - Destination, Golfing News) Aug 2, 2009 Cancun Authorities of the zone stated that Mexico plans to build in the Caribbean, a spa with more than 50,000 hotel rooms and dozens . . .

Destination News - Rail, Road.
New York (AirGuide - Destination, Rail, Road News) Aug 2, 2009 Jet Republic, Greys Executive chauffeur car company Greys has signed a partnership deal with Jet Republic, a private aviation compa . . .

Destination News - Hotel, Resort & Spa Asia / Pacific.
Aug 2, 2009 Mvenpick Hotel The Mvenpick Hotel Saigon is undergoing a massive renovation that will modernize the entire facility. Mvenpick Hotels & Resorts, the Swiss hotel group, assumed managem . . .

Destination News - Hotel, Resort & Spa Europe.
Aug 2, 2009 Adler Thermae Spa and Wellness Resort Adler Thermae Spa and Wellness Resort in TuscanyOs Orcia Valley is offering a "Romantic Spa Break.O For centuries, the Etruscans, the Romans and . . .

Destination News - Hotel, Resort & Spa Latin America / Caribbean.
Aug 2, 2009 Casa Kalfu Casa Kalfu is completing the last details for its next opening in December of this year. It will have 14 rooms decorated in a fine way, a first category equipment, meeting . . .

Destination News - Hotel, Resort & Spa North America.
Aug 2, 2009 In the US, hotel loan defaults and foreclosures are on the rise. Alarmingly, the rate of increased shutdowns is expected to speed up even further. Hotel owners are returning keys and w . . .

Travel Environment Watch.(Company overview)
New York (AirGuide - Travel Environment Watch) Aug 2, 2009 Amtrak Amtrak is joining efforts to voluntarily and publicly report its greenhouse gas emissions and undergo an independent assessment . . .

Travel Health Watch.
New York (AirGuide - Travel Health Watch) Aug 2, 2009 British Airways British Airways has told its check-in staff to look out for passengers showing symptoms of the H1N1 virus and to alert docto . . .

Travel Technology News.
New York (AirGuide - Travel Technology News) Aug 2, 2009 Baltimore, Fort Lauderdale, New Orleans, San Francisco and Tampa Bay are the top U.S. destinations to market their cities via Twitter, acco . . .

Airline News - Africa / Middle East.
Jul 19, 2009 Air Arabia Maroc Air Arabia Maroc will commence thrice-weekly Casablanca-Amsterdam service Aug. 3 aboard an A320, becoming four-times-weekly Aug. 24. Jul 16, 2009 Etihad Airways, . . .

Airline News - Asia / Pacific.
Jul 19, 2009 The European Union says four Indonesian airlines, including Garuda, the country's flag carrier, will be allowed to fly to the continent again because of "significant" air safety impro . . .

Airline News - Europe.
Jul 19, 2009 European Commission air safety regulators have extended the blanket ban on air carriers to Kazakhstan and Zambia, but have eased restrictions on certain airlines in Indonesia and Ango . . .