Online Travel Bookings

Online agencies upgrade their mobile offerings

Travel suppliers and the online agencies that sell their bookings are targeting a new breed of jet setter who cannot be bothered booking trips in advance.

UNWTO World Tourism Barometer

International tourist arrivals up 7 percent in the first half of 2010: Asia leads growth

The first six months of 2010 saw international tourist arrivals grow by 7 percent according to the August Interim Update of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.

stem cell tourism

Experts: "Stem cell tourists" risking their lives and life savings

LONDON - Thousands of people are putting their health and life savings at risk to travel to private clinics around the world for unproven and potentially dangerous stem cell treatments, British expert

Fiji Tourism

Fiji eyes Chinese tourism market

SUVA - The South Pacific Tourism Organization (SPTO) and Tourism Fiji are collaborating with Air Pacific in commissioning the China Central Television (CCTV) to undertake a TV documentary program on F

man-made pollution

World's most contaminated places

From the highways of Los Angeles to the Citarum River of Bandung, Indonesia, earth's most polluted city of Linfen, China to the streets of London, the world is laden with man-made pollution.

Aviation Security Program Enhanced

Flights between US and Liberia may begin this fall

MONROVIA, Liberia - In 2009, the US Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Liberia Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA) - by signing a Joint Statement of Int

Frequent Flyer Program

Aviation news: Continental and Aeromar ink new partnership program

MEXICO CITY & HOUSTON - Aeromar and Continental Airlines have signed a partnership frequent flyer program agreement effective August 30, 2010.

Emirates denying speculation about linkup with AMR

Emirates president: Buying a stake in AMR wouldn’t make sense

Emirates, the biggest airline by international traffic, said it has no plan to acquire a stake in AMR Corp., denying speculation of a linkup with the parent of American Airlines.

British airways incident

British Airways plane is about to crash

We're about to crash! "This is an emergency. We may shortly need to make an emergency landing on water."

Most Beautiful Lakes In The World

Ten lakes that go to all the right extremes

Highest, deepest, clearest—all of these watery wonders showcase nature at its most spectacular. Soak up the views from a boat, a cable car, a trailhead, or a castle tower.

Plitvice Lake

Brand Dissolves

Arabella Starwood Hotels And Resorts now extinct

(eTN) - The hotel brand Arabella Starwood Hotels & Resorts no longer exists, and the long-term management contracts with Starwood were dissolved this week.

Responding To Increased Arrivals

Air Seychelles to launch Chennai service

Starting November of this year, passengers traveling to Chennai, India, will have the possibility of doing so in one non-stop flight, with Air Seychelles.

Muslim friendly travel

Halal travel after Islamic banking

Frustrated by a lack of religiously sensitive travel services, Fazal Bahardeen set up a company to rate hotels on their friendliness to Muslim visitors

Air Berline wants code sharing

Air Berlin seeks code sharing with Oneworld partners

FRANKFURT - German carrier Air Berlin PLC is in talks with partners from the Oneworld airline alliance to launch its first code share flights from November, Chief Executive Joachim Hunold said Thursda

Delta Adds New Routes

Delta to launch service from London to Miami and Boston

Delta Air Lines Inc. said it’s seeking to add flights from London’s Heathrow Airport to Boston and Miami, routes flown by AMR Corp.’s American Airlines.

Global Travel Up

IATA: Global travel rose in July

SYDNEY - THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) , which represents 230 airlines, said international passenger and freight traffic rose in July as flights increased in Asia and the Middle E

Intercontinental Airline Mergers

Lufthansa: Increase in international airline mergers inevitable

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the German airline that acquired three European carriers last year, said industry mergers combining partners from different parts of the world will rise as companies seek higher

Delivery Of 12th A380 Taken

Emirates to use A380 for Dubai to Hong Kong flights

UGANDA (eTN) - A source at the Kampala office of Emirates has confirmed to this correspondent that the airline will effective October 1 of this year begin to use the giant A380 aircraft on their route

Attracting UK Football Fans

Tanzania woos British tourists through English Premier League

TANZANIA (eTN) - In its new campaign to attract more tourists from United Kingdom, Tanzania has targeted the ongoing English Premier League to market its tourist attractive icons through digital video

rechargeable lithium batteries and flier safety

Will lithium batteries be next thing banned from commercial flights?

Worried about a possible terrorist strike, American Airlines flight attendants confiscated 58 cell phones, lithium-ion batteries and charging devices from a passenger on a June 23 New York flight to B

Continental Teams Up With Aegean Airlines

Continental and Aegean Airlines to start codeshare flights

HOUSTON and ATHENS - Star Alliance partners Continental

Airlines and Aegean Airlines today announced plans to start

Q400s Must Be Checked for Cracks

Bombardier urges inspections of Q400 turboprops

Bombardier Inc.

halal-friendly travel

Catering to Muslim travelers

In his days as a jet-setting telecom executive, ready-to-eat meals were a regular part of Fazal Bahardeen's luggage.

Most Unusual Beaches

World's most bizarre beaches

While the words beach vacation usually call to mind a tropical white-sand beach studded with palm trees and lapped by turquoise waters, the truth is that the world's beaches come in all shapes and siz

Somali Pirates

UN secretary general lays out options in dealing with Somali pirates

(eTN) - An international tribunal set up by the Security Council under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter authorizing the use of force is among several options to prosecute pirates operating of