Airline Advisories
By eTN Staff Writer
Due to a winter weather system currently affecting the US mid-Atlantic and northeast, some flight operations may be affected, resulting in flight delays and/or cancellations.
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Olympic Tourism
Sallie Reavey picked up the phone at her charming Briar Rose Inn and the caller asked about rooms in mid-February.
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Provocative Properties
By eTN Staff Writer
From seductive city dwellings to bewitching beach-side escapes, TripAdvisor says these properties offer serious va-va-voom for Valentine's vacationers seeking a sultry sanctuary a deux.
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner
By Dominic Gates
Boeing showed off the interior of a 787 Dreamliner parked Wednesday at Paine Field and provided a glimpse of some advances on the 787 assembly line inside the factory.
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Chinese Tourism To Korea
By Do Je-hae, Kwon Mee-yoo
Korea has high hopes for hosting Chinese travelers, who are increasing in number worldwide and getting bolder with their overseas spending. By 2020, Korea wants to host 10 million Chinese tourists.
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Cruise News
By Alison DaRosa
Eleven new cruise ships - with 27,263 new berths - will hit the high seas this year.
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Premium Business Traffic Increases
By eTN Staff Writer
Reflecting the increase in premium business traffic between the UK and Brazil, TAM Airlines has introduced a new First Class cabin on its daily services between London Heathrow and São Paulo Guarulho
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Turkish Air To Buy Boeing Planes
ISTANBUL - National flag-carrier Turkish Airlines, which aims to carry 20 percent more passengers in 2010, said on Thursday it would buy 20 planes from U.S.
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Asia-Pacific Tourism Recovery
Travel and tourism, vital elements in the Asia-Pacific region's economy, have been staging a recovery since late 2009, with growth strongest within the region.
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CEO To Take On Dual Role
By eTN Staff Writer
YTB International, Inc., a provider of e-commerce business solutions for individual consumers and home-based independent representatives in the United States, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, the Bahamas, the US
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British Departure Tax
By NICK CHURCHOUSE
Letters from Prime Minister John Key on long-haul travel taxes have been ignored for more than a year by British counterpart Gordon Brown, and the tourism industry is gearing up to fight them.
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Accommodation Pricing
By Skye Grove
FIFA’s announcement that it has released 65,000 of its MATCH-booked rooms in the western Cape has caused considerable debate about the actual demand for accommodation during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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Airline Safety
By JOAN LOWY
WASHINGTON - A year after a regional airliner crashed into a house near Buffalo, N.Y., killing 50 people, the government has failed to implement most of the safety reforms it promised in response to t
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Tahiti Hit By Cyclone
By MICHAEL FIELD
Hundreds of tourists were taken to emergency centres as severe Cyclone Oli hit French Polynesia this morning.
This morning Oli was 250 kilometres south west of Bora Bora and moving south east.
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Machu Picchu Rail Repairs
By John Quigley
Peru’s government will help repair the privately owned rail line that takes tourists to the Machu Picchu ruins in a bid to limit economic losses for the country that could reach $800 million.
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Rebuilding Water And Sanitation Infrastructure
By eTN Staff Writer
With the message that we must continue to support Haiti well after the emergency relief program is over by planning now to rebuild the country’s water and sanitation infrastructure, international wa
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Talented Man Will Be Missed
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is deeply saddened and shocked by the passing of Prof. Rex Nettleford.
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Upping The Penalty To A Felony
By eTN Staff Writer
HONOLULU, HI - Senator Gary Hooser has introduced Senate Bill 2441, upping the penalty for harming or killing the Hawaiian Monk Seal and all other endangered species in Hawaii.
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Accessibility In Southern Sudan
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Work in progress has been described as impressive last week, when a site inspection showed substantial advances on this key traffic artery, which connects Juba and the rest of the southern Sudan with
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No More Visa On Arrival
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
It was learned earlier in the week that Burundi has apparently changed their entry policy to the country for foreign visitors, now demanding that every visitor obtains a visa through a Burundi diploma
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