msnbc.com
The Obama administration is preparing for a space tourism industry that is expected to be worth $1 billion in 10 years, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration's commercial space office said Tuesday. Rocket planes and spaceships to carry ...
msnbc.com
US space tourism set for takeoff by 2014, FAA says
Reuters
By Irene Klotz | CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The Obama administration is preparing for a space tourism industry that is expected to be worth $1 billion in 10 years, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration's commercial space office said ...
Family-Friendly Rebound at Florida Resort
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The recession and the BP PLC oil spill in 2010 hammered tourism in most states lining the Gulf of Mexico. But there are signs that hotels have bounced back, particularly at one resort Developments visited recently. The Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort ...
Somali pirates free British hostage
Reuters
By Mohamed Ahmed | NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali pirates freed British hostage Judith Tebbutt on Wednesday more than six months after gunmen killed her husband and snatched her from a beach resort in neighboring Kenya. Tebbutt's kidnapping and the ...
Reports: Pirates free British tourist Judith Tebbutt after relatives pay ransom
msnbc.com (blog)
Str / AP British tourist Judith Tebbutt, 56, who was snatched by Somali gunmen from a resortisland in Kenya and whose husband was killed. By msnbc.com staff and news services MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A British tourist snatched by Somali gunmen from a ...
Judith Tebbutt, Kidnapped British Tourist, Freed By Somali Pirates (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
By ABDI GULED 03/21/12 08:47 AM ET British tourist Judith Tebbutt, 56, who was snatched by Somali gunmen from a resort island in Kenya and whose husband David Tebbutt was killed in the attack, is seen after being freed following more than six months in ...
Kidnapped British tourist said to be freed in Somalia
Fox News
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A British tourist snatched by Somali gunmen from a resort island in Kenya was freed on Wednesday after more than six months in captivity, three Somali officials said. Judith Tebbutt was taken in September by gunmen who killed her ...
Kidnapped British Woman Freed in Somalia
New York Times
LONDON — A British tourist seized by Somali raiders from a secluded, upmarketresort on the Kenyan coast more than six months ago in an attack that claimed her husband's life was set free by her captors on Wednesday, ending a gripping drama that had ...
New York Times
Space Tourism and Private Space Travel Must Be Safe, House Panel Says
Space.com
But the FAA will hold off on imposing safety regulations for space tourist passengers until October 2015, after sufficient time working alongside spacecraft developers to better understand the risks involved, he added. The private space tourism and ...
North Carolina, where 'Hunger Games' was filmed, getting ready for fan tourism
Washington Post
And the tourism industry is prepared to cash in on them, with everything from hotel packages and zip lines tours, to re-enactments of scenes from the film and lessons in survival skills. The movie, which opens this weekend and is expected to be a box ...
Son helps free British tourist kidnapped by Somali pirates
New York Post
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A British woman kidnapped from a vacation resort in Kenya by Somali gunmen six months ago was freed Wednesday after help from her son. Judith Tebbutt, 56, was taken from the Kiwayu Safari Village luxury resortnear Lamu, Kenya, ...
New York Post
As customers come forward, travel agency accused of fraud suspends membership ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The Star-Ledger reported Monday that the state had filed a civil suit against Global TravelSolutions LLC and its owner, Jason Krieck, for allegedly defrauding customers of promisedvacation packages and benefits. More than 54 customers had filed ...
British Hostage Freed in Somalia
Voice of America (blog)
Somali gunmen kidnapped 56-year-old Judith Tebbutt from a remote Kenyan beach resort last September. Witnesses say Tebbutt was released in the Somali town of Addado Wednesday and put on a plane to Nairobi. Tebbutt later told British television she was ...
Hostage Judith Tebbutt released: Live
Telegraph.co.uk
This is our live coverage of the release of Judith Tebbutt, the British woman kidnapped by Somali pirates from a resort island on the Kenyan coast six months ago. By Lucy Jones 16:21 That's all for today's live blog. Judith is flying back to the UK ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Somali pirates free British hostage: witnesses
Reuters
| MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates freed British hostage Judith Tebbutt on Wednesday, more than six months after gunmen killed her husband and kidnapped her from a luxury beachresort in neighboring Kenya. "After efforts today, we have succeeded in ...
Outside's Active Travel Awards 2012 Honors Active New Zealand as Cycle Tour to ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Outside, America's leading multimedia active-lifestyle brand, features Active New Zealand Cycle Tours in its first-ever Active Travel Awards. The 8-day cycling tour on the South Island of New Zealand, The Zone, is included as part of the award for Best ...
British Woman Freed in Somalia
Voice of America (blog)
Somali kidnappers have freed a British woman abducted from a Kenyan beach resort more than six months ago. Witnesses say Judith Tebbutt was released in Somalia's Addado region Wednesday and put on a plane to Nairobi. British and Somali officials ...
Somali pirates free British tourist
ABC Online
Somali pirates have freed British hostage Judith Tebbutt more than six months after gunmen killed her husband and kidnapped her from a luxury beach resort in neighbouring Kenya. A pirate who identified himself as Ahmed said Ms Tebbutt had been handed ...
BC's Jumbo Glacier Resort approval revives its opponents
Globe and Mail
Opponents vow no letup in their long fight against the bold but contentious plan to build a luxury, glacier-based ski resort in the Kootenays, despite the province's final approval of the project. “It is not our intention to take this decision at face ...
Globe and Mail
If you see a summer travel deal, grab it now
Detroit Free Press
By Ellen Creager Book now for summer vacation rentals, domestic airfare, hotels and last-minute cruises. Wait to book international flights for July. That's the advice from travelprofessionals. It is especially true in metro Detroit, where summer ...
Travel agents: Don't wait for cruise deals
USA TODAY
This item was written by Johanna Jainchill, who covers the travel industry for Travel Weekly. Jainchill is serving as Guest Editor of The Cruise Log while USA TODAY Cruise Editor Gene Sloan is away. Despite a temporary slowdown in mass-market cruise ...
Judith Tebbutt released by pirates after held hostage for six months
Telegraph.co.uk
Judith Tebbutt, the British woman kidnapped from a resort island on the Kenyan coast six months ago, has been released thanks to her son. By Zoe Flood, Nairobi, Chris Irvine and agencies Mrs Tebbutt was kidnapped by Somali gunmen in September from a ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Somali Kidnappers Free British Hostage Held Since September
Bloomberg
Somali kidnappers freed Judith Tebbutt, a British hostage seized more than six months ago in an attack at a luxury beach resort in neighboring Kenya that left her husband dead, a UK government official said. “We can confirm that the British hostage ...
Bloomberg
New Partnership Between Avis Budget Group and Regus Makes Business Travel ...
MarketWatch (press release)
PARSIPPANY, NJ and DALLAS, Mar 21, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- A new multi-year agreement between Avis Budget Group and Regus, the world's largest provider of flexible workplaces, will help make business travel easier by providing Regus ...
Somali Pirates Free British Hostage Held Since September
Voice of America
Somali gunmen seized Judith Tebbutt, 56, in September last year from a secluded seasideresort in Kenya near the Somali border. Kenyan police say her husband, David, was shot dead during the attack when he tried to resist. Judith, who relies on hearing ...
Can the social web get travellers out of their armchairs?
Reuters
Travel, that most social of pursuits, has always been wise to the web; the industry was an early adopter of e-commerce booking engines, and with the advent of advice-, recommendation- and opinion-sharing sites like Virtual Tourist and TripAdvisor (TRIP ...
equestrian: international travel problems
Hey guys, I recently moved from Denmark to USA and brought my 3 year old 170cm danish gelding over with me. I will not mention any company names but I am just looking to find a little information in case there is anyone out there who has ...
LiveJournal | Ratings
Norah Jones Premieres 'Travelin' On' on Gilt's Travel Website
By Brian Anthony Hernandez
Singer-songwriter Norah Jones will unleash “Travelin' On,” from her forthcoming "Little Broken Hearts" album, exclusively on Jetsetter.
Mashable!
Funding daily: a Russian travel site, safer electric car charging ...
By Sarah Mitroff
At VentureBeat, we come across a lot of funding news every day. In order to bring you the most information possible, we're rounding up the quick-and-dirty details for the funding deals of the day and serving them up here in our new “Funding ...
VentureBeat
State Of New Jersey Sues Global Travel Solutions After It Allegedly ...
By pvictorwins
When George Bryant and his wife, of Scotch Plains, New Jersey, got a postcard offering a free cruise for joining a vacation club run by Global Travel Solutions, they looked into it. “The pitch that appealed to us was the fact that you could get ...
CBS New York
Illinois Moves Tourism Biz to F-H
By nospam@example.com (Greg Hazley)
Illinois Moves Tourism Biz to F-H. Illinois has moved its potentially lucrative travel PR account from longtime incumbent Edelman to Fleishman-Hillard, following a competitive review. Read the full story (sub req'd) | Subscribe to O'Dwyer's ...
O'Dwyer's Blog: Covering PR,...
Visa reforms seen to boost tourism - Home » Other Sections ...
The government is set to implement a number of visa reforms intended to boost the competitiveness of the Philippines as a tourism destination.
philstar.com - Breaking News
Kenya's tourism – Still an unpolished diamond | End Poverty
By Wolfgang Fengler
This should really be one of the top tourist destinations in the World. Instead, Kenya is losing ground to many of its peers. ... Source: World Bank calculations based on World Travel andTourism Council. Arrivals are not the only meaningful metric . ... More importantly, tourism is a labor-intensive activity: think of all the jobs created (about 100000 by some estimates), for park rangers, to airline crews, and hotel employees, who directly rely on it. But Kenya has much more potential than it ...
Africa Can... - End Poverty
Thin places: The reasons we travel | Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts ...
By Angela Fornelli
Sometimes, it's hard to explain why we travel. Us travelers like to view ourselves as ... I completely agree that these types of experiences can only happen when we are free of expectations and of the “tourist” mindset. We don't travel just to see ...
Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabondin...
NTA, United Motorcoach Association Modify Dates for Travel ...
By Travel World News Editor
NTA and the United Motorcoach Association (UMA) have adjusted the dates of their new January 2013 trade show to give attending members more access to each other. Travel Exchange, a combination of NTA's annual Convention and ...
Travel World News Online
Upscale demand powers Samui tourism : TTR Weekly
By TTRweekly Staff
Analyzing tourism demographics Mr Barnett said the five-year trend comparison magnified the island's reliance on international travellers. Occupancy and RevPAR metrics in the budget and economy sector which is favored by the domestic ...
TTR Weekly
Reuters
By Irene Klotz | CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The Obama administration is preparing for a space tourism industry that is expected to be worth $1 billion in 10 years, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration's commercial space office said ...
Family-Friendly Rebound at Florida Resort
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The recession and the BP PLC oil spill in 2010 hammered tourism in most states lining the Gulf of Mexico. But there are signs that hotels have bounced back, particularly at one resort Developments visited recently. The Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort ...
Somali pirates free British hostage
Reuters
By Mohamed Ahmed | NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali pirates freed British hostage Judith Tebbutt on Wednesday more than six months after gunmen killed her husband and snatched her from a beach resort in neighboring Kenya. Tebbutt's kidnapping and the ...
Reports: Pirates free British tourist Judith Tebbutt after relatives pay ransom
msnbc.com (blog)
Str / AP British tourist Judith Tebbutt, 56, who was snatched by Somali gunmen from a resortisland in Kenya and whose husband was killed. By msnbc.com staff and news services MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A British tourist snatched by Somali gunmen from a ...
Judith Tebbutt, Kidnapped British Tourist, Freed By Somali Pirates (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
By ABDI GULED 03/21/12 08:47 AM ET British tourist Judith Tebbutt, 56, who was snatched by Somali gunmen from a resort island in Kenya and whose husband David Tebbutt was killed in the attack, is seen after being freed following more than six months in ...
Kidnapped British tourist said to be freed in Somalia
Fox News
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A British tourist snatched by Somali gunmen from a resort island in Kenya was freed on Wednesday after more than six months in captivity, three Somali officials said. Judith Tebbutt was taken in September by gunmen who killed her ...
Kidnapped British Woman Freed in Somalia
New York Times
LONDON — A British tourist seized by Somali raiders from a secluded, upmarketresort on the Kenyan coast more than six months ago in an attack that claimed her husband's life was set free by her captors on Wednesday, ending a gripping drama that had ...
New York Times
Space Tourism and Private Space Travel Must Be Safe, House Panel Says
Space.com
But the FAA will hold off on imposing safety regulations for space tourist passengers until October 2015, after sufficient time working alongside spacecraft developers to better understand the risks involved, he added. The private space tourism and ...
North Carolina, where 'Hunger Games' was filmed, getting ready for fan tourism
Washington Post
And the tourism industry is prepared to cash in on them, with everything from hotel packages and zip lines tours, to re-enactments of scenes from the film and lessons in survival skills. The movie, which opens this weekend and is expected to be a box ...
Son helps free British tourist kidnapped by Somali pirates
New York Post
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A British woman kidnapped from a vacation resort in Kenya by Somali gunmen six months ago was freed Wednesday after help from her son. Judith Tebbutt, 56, was taken from the Kiwayu Safari Village luxury resortnear Lamu, Kenya, ...
New York Post
As customers come forward, travel agency accused of fraud suspends membership ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The Star-Ledger reported Monday that the state had filed a civil suit against Global TravelSolutions LLC and its owner, Jason Krieck, for allegedly defrauding customers of promisedvacation packages and benefits. More than 54 customers had filed ...
British Hostage Freed in Somalia
Voice of America (blog)
Somali gunmen kidnapped 56-year-old Judith Tebbutt from a remote Kenyan beach resort last September. Witnesses say Tebbutt was released in the Somali town of Addado Wednesday and put on a plane to Nairobi. Tebbutt later told British television she was ...
Hostage Judith Tebbutt released: Live
Telegraph.co.uk
This is our live coverage of the release of Judith Tebbutt, the British woman kidnapped by Somali pirates from a resort island on the Kenyan coast six months ago. By Lucy Jones 16:21 That's all for today's live blog. Judith is flying back to the UK ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Somali pirates free British hostage: witnesses
Reuters
| MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates freed British hostage Judith Tebbutt on Wednesday, more than six months after gunmen killed her husband and kidnapped her from a luxury beachresort in neighboring Kenya. "After efforts today, we have succeeded in ...
Outside's Active Travel Awards 2012 Honors Active New Zealand as Cycle Tour to ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Outside, America's leading multimedia active-lifestyle brand, features Active New Zealand Cycle Tours in its first-ever Active Travel Awards. The 8-day cycling tour on the South Island of New Zealand, The Zone, is included as part of the award for Best ...
British Woman Freed in Somalia
Voice of America (blog)
Somali kidnappers have freed a British woman abducted from a Kenyan beach resort more than six months ago. Witnesses say Judith Tebbutt was released in Somalia's Addado region Wednesday and put on a plane to Nairobi. British and Somali officials ...
Somali pirates free British tourist
ABC Online
Somali pirates have freed British hostage Judith Tebbutt more than six months after gunmen killed her husband and kidnapped her from a luxury beach resort in neighbouring Kenya. A pirate who identified himself as Ahmed said Ms Tebbutt had been handed ...
BC's Jumbo Glacier Resort approval revives its opponents
Globe and Mail
Opponents vow no letup in their long fight against the bold but contentious plan to build a luxury, glacier-based ski resort in the Kootenays, despite the province's final approval of the project. “It is not our intention to take this decision at face ...
Globe and Mail
If you see a summer travel deal, grab it now
Detroit Free Press
By Ellen Creager Book now for summer vacation rentals, domestic airfare, hotels and last-minute cruises. Wait to book international flights for July. That's the advice from travelprofessionals. It is especially true in metro Detroit, where summer ...
Travel agents: Don't wait for cruise deals
USA TODAY
This item was written by Johanna Jainchill, who covers the travel industry for Travel Weekly. Jainchill is serving as Guest Editor of The Cruise Log while USA TODAY Cruise Editor Gene Sloan is away. Despite a temporary slowdown in mass-market cruise ...
Judith Tebbutt released by pirates after held hostage for six months
Telegraph.co.uk
Judith Tebbutt, the British woman kidnapped from a resort island on the Kenyan coast six months ago, has been released thanks to her son. By Zoe Flood, Nairobi, Chris Irvine and agencies Mrs Tebbutt was kidnapped by Somali gunmen in September from a ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Somali Kidnappers Free British Hostage Held Since September
Bloomberg
Somali kidnappers freed Judith Tebbutt, a British hostage seized more than six months ago in an attack at a luxury beach resort in neighboring Kenya that left her husband dead, a UK government official said. “We can confirm that the British hostage ...
Bloomberg
New Partnership Between Avis Budget Group and Regus Makes Business Travel ...
MarketWatch (press release)
PARSIPPANY, NJ and DALLAS, Mar 21, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- A new multi-year agreement between Avis Budget Group and Regus, the world's largest provider of flexible workplaces, will help make business travel easier by providing Regus ...
Somali Pirates Free British Hostage Held Since September
Voice of America
Somali gunmen seized Judith Tebbutt, 56, in September last year from a secluded seasideresort in Kenya near the Somali border. Kenyan police say her husband, David, was shot dead during the attack when he tried to resist. Judith, who relies on hearing ...
Can the social web get travellers out of their armchairs?
Reuters
Travel, that most social of pursuits, has always been wise to the web; the industry was an early adopter of e-commerce booking engines, and with the advent of advice-, recommendation- and opinion-sharing sites like Virtual Tourist and TripAdvisor (TRIP ...
equestrian: international travel problems
Hey guys, I recently moved from Denmark to USA and brought my 3 year old 170cm danish gelding over with me. I will not mention any company names but I am just looking to find a little information in case there is anyone out there who has ...
LiveJournal | Ratings
Norah Jones Premieres 'Travelin' On' on Gilt's Travel Website
By Brian Anthony Hernandez
Singer-songwriter Norah Jones will unleash “Travelin' On,” from her forthcoming "Little Broken Hearts" album, exclusively on Jetsetter.
Mashable!
Funding daily: a Russian travel site, safer electric car charging ...
By Sarah Mitroff
At VentureBeat, we come across a lot of funding news every day. In order to bring you the most information possible, we're rounding up the quick-and-dirty details for the funding deals of the day and serving them up here in our new “Funding ...
VentureBeat
State Of New Jersey Sues Global Travel Solutions After It Allegedly ...
By pvictorwins
When George Bryant and his wife, of Scotch Plains, New Jersey, got a postcard offering a free cruise for joining a vacation club run by Global Travel Solutions, they looked into it. “The pitch that appealed to us was the fact that you could get ...
CBS New York
Illinois Moves Tourism Biz to F-H
By nospam@example.com (Greg Hazley)
Illinois Moves Tourism Biz to F-H. Illinois has moved its potentially lucrative travel PR account from longtime incumbent Edelman to Fleishman-Hillard, following a competitive review. Read the full story (sub req'd) | Subscribe to O'Dwyer's ...
O'Dwyer's Blog: Covering PR,...
Visa reforms seen to boost tourism - Home » Other Sections ...
The government is set to implement a number of visa reforms intended to boost the competitiveness of the Philippines as a tourism destination.
philstar.com - Breaking News
Kenya's tourism – Still an unpolished diamond | End Poverty
By Wolfgang Fengler
This should really be one of the top tourist destinations in the World. Instead, Kenya is losing ground to many of its peers. ... Source: World Bank calculations based on World Travel andTourism Council. Arrivals are not the only meaningful metric . ... More importantly, tourism is a labor-intensive activity: think of all the jobs created (about 100000 by some estimates), for park rangers, to airline crews, and hotel employees, who directly rely on it. But Kenya has much more potential than it ...
Africa Can... - End Poverty
Thin places: The reasons we travel | Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts ...
By Angela Fornelli
Sometimes, it's hard to explain why we travel. Us travelers like to view ourselves as ... I completely agree that these types of experiences can only happen when we are free of expectations and of the “tourist” mindset. We don't travel just to see ...
Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabondin...
NTA, United Motorcoach Association Modify Dates for Travel ...
By Travel World News Editor
NTA and the United Motorcoach Association (UMA) have adjusted the dates of their new January 2013 trade show to give attending members more access to each other. Travel Exchange, a combination of NTA's annual Convention and ...
Travel World News Online
Upscale demand powers Samui tourism : TTR Weekly
By TTRweekly Staff
Analyzing tourism demographics Mr Barnett said the five-year trend comparison magnified the island's reliance on international travellers. Occupancy and RevPAR metrics in the budget and economy sector which is favored by the domestic ...
TTR Weekly
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