Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Tourism boom threatens China's heritage sites

Tourism boom threatens China's heritage sites
CNN
"Places that were previously very remote and didn't see a lot of tourists are now seeing enormous numbers arriving because they have the money to travel," says Neville Agnew, group director of the Getty Conservation Institute, which has worked in China ...

Google to acquire Frommer's travel guidebooks
Reuters
The deal will meld the 55-year-old travel publisher's deep database of hotels and sights into a search giant that is seeking to position its services across the entire trip-planning process, from searching for a holiday destination and looking up hotel ...

Inheriting travel: Trusts can fund trips for heirs
Fox News
Lee Liebman and her family took a $6000 vacation this year that didn't cost them a dime, thanks to a relative's last wishes. Whether it's trying to make sure that their children stay in touch despite geographical distances, or wanting them to become ...

Tuesday Travel Ticker: Fifty Shades of What?
Los Angeles Times
Pitch of the week (and it's only Tuesday): “The team at Trippy, the social travel site and app, created a 'Fifty Shades of Grey' travel board and I thought you might be interested in checking it out.” The board ... Your Host.  . Los Angeles Times ...

In Ski-Resort Bankruptcy, FDIC Tries Role of Lender
Wall Street Journal
The foundation for Greek Peak's situation was laid 25 years ago, when the owner of the upstate New York attraction decided to invest in building timeshare-type vacation homes to enhance the mountain's appeal. The resort borrowed $52 million from ...

SC luxury hotels expect PGA Championship to boost bookings
USA TODAY
Payne says the PGA Championship raised awareness of the island's Kiawah Island Golf Resort and the Hermitage Hotel - a claim that travel agent Laura Allen of Atlanta-based Century Travel backs up. "Many potential guests may not have been familiar with ...

TRAVEL: TSA 'chat-downs' investigated at Boston's Logan airport
Delmarva Now
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security is investigating complaints from airport security officers that the "chat-down" program at Boston's Logan airport has become a magnet for racial profiling. The Transportation Security Administration said ...

Arraignment for tourist charged in HI water crash
San Jose Mercury News
HONOLULU—The Australian tourist charged with third-degree negligent homicide in the Hawaii watercraft crash that killed a 16-year-old California girl is expected to be arraigned. Tyson Dagley is expected to enter a plea on the misdemeanor charge ...

Panhandler who killed tourist gets life
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By David Ibata. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A 29-year-old panhandler was sentenced Monday to life in prison plus 25 years after a jury found him guilty in the Midtown shooting death of a tourist. Fulton County Sheriff's Departme Wanique Odwin...

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Google-Frommer's deal shows travel and local are two sides of ...
By Ryan Kim
Google's move to buy travel publisher Frommer's highlights how local and travel are coming together. Increasingly, the best travel services are focused on treating you like a local. And local services are becoming great resources for people ...
GigaOM

New York Beats London In Tourism Even Without Olympic Games ...
By jessicamarcus
New York Beats London In Tourism Even Without Olympic Games. "New York Is So Powerful That It Doesn't Need The Olympics To Succeed." August 14, 2012 12:57 PM. Share this. View Comments. More Activity. Facebook Activity ...
CBS New York

Google Will Buy Frommer's Travel Guides - Deadline.com
By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
Just imagine how influential the travel advice operation could become once it's pumped into Google Maps and other services for mobile devices that can dete.
Deadline.com

Google buys Frommer's travel guides from John Wiley & Sons | The ...
By Jeff Blagdon
Earlier today the Wall Street Journal reported that Google’s acquisition of travel brand Frommer’s was expected to close "shortly," but we weren’t expecting it to happen by the end...
The Verge - All Posts

Tourist Charged In Watercraft Death Of Vacaville Teen In Hawaii ...
By Lisa
The Australian tourist charged with third-degree negligent homicide in the Hawaii watercraft crash that killed a 16-year-old California girl is expected to be arraigned.
CBS Sacramento

Enotourism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Enotourism or Wine tourism refers to tourism whose purpose is or includes the tasting ... Where other types of tourism are often passive in nature, enotourism can ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enotourism

On Your Dime: Panetta's Personal Travel | The American Conservative
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has made 37 personal trips home to California since he was confirmed in July 2011, costing the American taxpayer an ...
www.theamericanconservative.com/on-your-dime-panettas-pe...

Travel Reviews on Google, a More Social Salesforce, and the Worst ...
On today's edition of mediabistro's daily podcast, Morning Media Menu, GalleyCat editor Jason Boog discussed a social network that's all business, travel ...
socialtimes.com/travel-reviews-on-google-a-more-social-salesf...

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