Hotwire ranks highest in study of independent travel website USA Today
Hotwire.com ranked highest among independent travel websites among customers who book their reservations online, according to a new survey by J.D. Power and Associates. The study looked at satisfaction levels among travelers who book airline, hotel or rental car reservations through one of the eight major independent travel websites.
Talk About Travel Washington Post
Post travel editors and writers field questions and comments every Monday at 2 p.m. ET.
Web logs, or blogs, could give you the travel bug USA Today
Web logs, or blogs, have become indispensable to travel enthusiasts planning a vacation or seeking a quick escape during their workday. More personal than Fodor's, some travel blogs provide unique, irreverent reviews of lodging, restaurants and sights. Others are more like a diary, inviting readers to join adventures vicariously as writers post from the road.
Australia Upgrades Travel Warning to Fiji on Coup Threat Bloomberg.com
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Australia urged travelers to leave the Fijian capital of Suva and upgraded its travel warning as soldiers took control of its capital and prevented Cabinet from meeting.
Many Children Must Travel to See Specialist RedNova
About half of U.S. children live within 10 miles of most pediatric specialists, but almost one in three must travel 40 miles or more to get subspecialty care.
U.K. Police to Travel to Russia in Spy Death Case Update3 Bloomberg.com
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. police officers will travel to Moscow as part of their investigation into the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
Fiji Travel Advisory - 5 December 2006 Scoop.co.nz
There is high risk to your security in Suva and an increasing risk in Fiji. We recommend against non-essential travel to Fiji at this time. There are reports that the Fiji military and President have undertaken unconstitutional actions to remove the Fiji Government.
Groups urge U.S. to relax travel, aid restrictions to Cuba Sun-Sentinel
MIAMI -- Twenty mostly Cuban exile organizations called on the U.S. government Monday to relax travel restrictions for Cuban-Americans who want to visit family on the island nation and to permit Americans to send humanitarian aid to the communist country.
Travel 2.0 Hits the UK in Time for the Holiday Travel Season With Launch of Kayak.co.uk SYS-CON Media
Kayak.com, the world's largest travel search engine, today expands with the beta launch of its first European site http://www.kayak.co.uk/ . Supported by a London-based team, Kayak.co.uk launches with the industry's most powerful flight search and Kayak Forums. The award-winning Kayak Buzz tool will be available Dec. 14 and hotel and rental car search will follow later this year.
Agency Teams Up With Travel Group to Save Dolphins Scoop.co.nz
With 2007 declared the “Year of the Dolphin,” the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has teamed up with TUI, Europe’s leading travel group, to launch a major public awareness campaign on various threats to the marine mammal’s survival such as entanglement in fishing nets and the degradation of their habitats.
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