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01-08-2008
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Today's Travel News
Monday, January 7, 2008 |
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Tips & Bits Smoke-Free Paris? On January 1, France extended their smoking ban to include hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars and nightclubs. It will be interesting to see if Parisians, notorious for flaunting the law, will indeed extinguish their cigarettes in a nod for cleaner air and less lung cancer. Smokers still are able to light up at tables outside which may make it even more difficult to find a table at one of those charming outdoor cafes along Boulevard Saint Germain. Speaking of Paris Looking for the next hot spot to stay or eat in Paris? Or Brussels? Or anywhere the smart folks are going to this season? Check out the new website www.fabsearch.com that culls through all the trendy social and travel magazines and let’s you know where to eat and stay in various places around the globe. Users can search by publication (Elle, Town and Country, Vogue, Vanity Fair) or by city, region or country (San Francisco, Singapore, Provence). “Hot off the Press,” a section on the home page, will give you the latest news in the industry. And if you want to keep track of the info, the site gives you the option of storing your digital clippings. ...More Recent Articles |
TravelWorm.com is offering a special deal at the beautiful Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach in Oahu Island, Hawaii. Starting at $618* per person, enjoy a five night stay at this luxurious property overlooking island trees and emerald seas. ...More
Fresh on the heels of being voted the best cruise line in Alaska in the Travel Weekly Readers' Choice Awards, Princess Cruises has launched a special Alaska Wilderness Sale, offering significant savings for travel to "the Great Land." The "wave" season sale offers discounts on Princess cruisetours that combines the best of the state by land and sea. ...More
Just released from the hosptial, 14-year-old Laura Montero, the teenager who was successfully airlifted off Dawn Princess for an emergency appendectomy last month, greets the Captains and Crews of Dawn Princess and the USS Ronald Reagan who helped save her life. Above, she presents Dawn Princess Captain Marco Fortezze and USS Ronald Reagan Captain Terry Kraft thank-you notes she wrote while recovering in the hospital. ...More
Hawaii Superferry announced that it would add a second voyage between Maui and Oahu starting on Wednesday, January 16. Additionally, the current promotional $39 one-way passenger fares and $55 one-way passenger vehicle fares have been extended for travel through June 5, 2008, provided tickets are purchased by March 31. ...More
Austrian Airlines Vacation Center, a division of IMTC, Inc., has designed a bunch of heart-warming get-away packages to Europe for you and your sweetie. Check out the Vienna Valentine package, priced at a lovely $599 per person, double occupancy, consisting of roundtrip economy class air between either New York (JFK), Chicago (ORD) or Washington (IAD) and Vienna, Austria, plus three (3) nights hotel accommodation in a double room in the Superior Tourist Class Albatros Hotel. ...More
It’s now easier to travel around Spain. Just in time for the New Year two Alta Velocidad Española, AVE, or high-speed trains are now traveling even faster from Madrid to the north and to the south. The Madrid-Segovia trip time has now been reduced from two hours to only 30 minutes, and the Madrid-Valladolid trip from two and a half hours to 55 minutes thanks to the 17 miles of high-speed track that has been built through tunnels – one the fourth longest in Europe – under the Sierra de Guadarrama. ...More |
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