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- Summer hotel rates inch lower, Travelocity says
Category: Travel
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 12:31 PM -0700
Travel services company Travelocity says its latest pricing report shows that while summer airfare rates have increased slightly, hotel rates have actually declined.[more]
- Passenger recounts hot, sweaty tarmac wait
Category: Travel
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 11:32 AM -0700
"The plane was hot when we got on, and we just sat there miserable for quite some time." That is how Tony Morales, a passenger on a Delta Air Lines flight stuck on a tarmac in Phoenix, described...[more]
- Cruise ship strikes whale in Alaska
Category: Travel
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 11:10 AM -0700
A Princess Cruise ship operating in Alaska has fatally struck a whale near Juneau.[more]
- Cruise ship strikes whale in Alaska
Category: Travel
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 11:10 AM -0700
A dead whale has been discovered pinned to the bow of a Princess Cruises luxury liner near Juneau, the third such incident for the company's Alaska fleet in a decade, officials said on Thursday.[more]
- Opt-out charges aggravate travelers
Category: Travel
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 10:47 AM -0700
Terri Widder hesitated seconds before she booked a recent flight from Chicago to Tulsa. Something felt wrong.
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- Arizona tourism fears long-term effects
Category: Travel
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 08:57 AM -0700
Leisure travel seems unaffected by the immigration controversy so far, but Arizona tourism officials say they are worried about the long-term impact on lucrative business travel.
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- Visitors to Hawaii up for seventh straight month
Category: Travel
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 08:38 AM -0700
Hawaii recorded its seventh consecutive increase in visitors in June, welcoming 625,522 last month, a 13.6 percent jump over June 2009, the Hawaii Tourism Authority reported Wednesday.[more]
- Italy seeks private sponsors to restore Colosseum
Category: Travel
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 08:00 AM -0700
Italian officials are seeking to raise some €25 million (about $32 million) in private money to finance the restoration of one of the country's iconic landmarks: the Colosseum.[more]
- Fresh airport amenities make the wait fly by
Category: Travel
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 07:08 AM -0700
There’s no need to sit by the gate and twiddle your thumbs, especially if you find yourself at one of the many airports offering fresh new amenities or special summer programs.[more]
- Navigating Europe in the digital age
Category: Travel
Publish Date: 07-29-2010 05:58 AM -0700
From downloadable audio tours to ebooks, technology is changing how we travel. Still, a good map and some common sense will make trips smoother, says travel expert Rick Steves.
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