North America
Waterboarding: Torture and … Tourist Attraction?
NEW YORK - A man with a black hood pours water on the face of a prisoner in an orange jumpsuit strapped to a table: no, it's not Guantanamo Bay naval base, but New York's Coney Island amusement park.
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US on sale
By sfgate.com It didn't take an investigative reporter to discover that there are swarms of international tourists in San Francisco this summer.
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online travel
By Kyle Peterson, Reuters / iht.com CHICAGO - Online travel agencies, after growing rapidly for years, could face a slump in bookings later this year when U.S. airlines start reducing the number of tickets for sale.
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AA law suit
By dallasnews.com Fort Worth-based American Airlines is suing the parent of meta-search sites Kayak.com and Sidestep.com, saying the Web sites violated its agreement to use the airline's airfare content.
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Florida
By bizjournals.com Southwest Airlines and Visit Florida have forged a promotional partnership to target key markets such as Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, Pittsburgh, Dallas and the Boston area.
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Two New Daily Nonstop Flights
By eTN ORLANDO, FL (August 7, 2008) - AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc., today began service between Richmond International Airport and LaGuardia Airport in New York.
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Detroit
By JOHN GALLAGHER and TOM WALSH, freep.com Larry Alexander, president and CEO of the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, was wooing out-of-town business leaders at the PGA golf championship this morning when news broke of Mayor Kwame K
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Southwest Airlines Holds Online Casting Call
By eTN DALLAS, TX (August 7, 2008) - America holds auditions for hot new models, undiscovered singers and dancers who want to make it big.
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Airlines Disputes Ruling Of Arbitrator
By eTN SEATTLE, WA (August 7, 2008) - An arbitrator has ruled that Alaska Airlines violated its contract with the union that represented ramp service agents in May 2005 when it outsourced ramp work in Seattl
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SkyBridge Private Air Introduces Famous Friends Concierge
By eTN LOS ANGELES, CA (August 7, 2008) - SkyBridge Private Air is introducing Famous Friends(R), its exciting new concierge program.
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Airline fees
By RICHARD ZOGLIN AND DEIRDRE VAN DYK , time.com Curse you, JetBlue. That, at least, has been the flying public's response to news that the airline has found another long-taken-for-granted amenity and started charging for it.
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Greyhound beheading
By ROB GILLIES, AP Writer TORONTO - Greyhound has scrapped an ad campaign that extolled the relaxing upside of bus travel after one of its passengers was accused of beheading and cannibalizing another traveler.
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Addiction to cheap airfares is causing travel ruin
By Chris Pummer, marketwatch.com SAN FRANCISCO - Return for a moment to 1981 and the dawn of airline deregulation: People Express launches a no-frills service with $29 regional one-ways and $99 coast-to-coast fares cheap enough for a
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Delta ditches mesa air
By azcentral.com Mesa Air Group is due to lose another chunk of commuter-flight business from Delta Airlines, a move Delta blamed on the airline's poor performance.
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Orbitz
By chicagotribune.com Orbitz Worldwide Inc. posted a narrower second-quarter net loss amid strong international results and efforts to shift focus away from airline bookings.
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National Tour Association Statement
By eTN LEXINGTON, KY — The National Tour Association said today that it is encouraged by Senator Barak Obama's comments to the Orlando Sentinel that he is open to travel marketing if it can be demonstrativ
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Former Employee Diverted Payment To Personal Account
By eTN SEATTLE, WA (August 6, 2008) - Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group, Inc., are notifying about 1,500 customers of payment card misuse by a former call center employee.
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Kay Weatherford Appointed
By eTN DALLAS, TX (August 6, 2008) - Southwest Airlines is pleased to announce Kay Weatherford as Vice President Revenue Management & Pricing.
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John Crichton Named
By eTN ALEXANDRIA, VA (August 6, 2008) - Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) is pleased to announce the 2008 winner of the Glen A. Gilbert Memorial Award.
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GPS? Please...
By usatoday.com CANNONVILLE, Utah — A GPS device led a convoy of tourists astray, finally stranding them on the edge of a sheer cliff.
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Preliminary Investigation Indicates No Information Compromised
By eTN NEW YORK, NY (August 5, 2008) - Verified Identity Pass, Inc.
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Mesa Disputes Delta's Allegations
By eTN PHOENIX, AZ (August 5, 2008) - Mesa Air Group Inc.
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Four new airline fees - and how to avoid them
By Christopher Elliott, Tribune Media Services The airlines don't want you to read this.
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JetBlue
By wsj.com Which will be the better business decision for JetBlue Airways: selling pillows and blankets for $7, or selling itself to a competitor like Southwest Airlines?
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California ag catches up with YourTravelBiz.com
By travelagentcentral.com In a move that will be welcomed by many professional travel agents, California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. has sued YourTravelBiz.com for operating a gigantic pyramid scheme.
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one out of four
By reuters.com WASHINGTON - One-quarter of all flights by U.S.
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Emergency landing at lax
By freeinternetpress.com Passengers were evacuated Tuesday morning from an American Airlines jet that made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport when smoke was detected in the cockpit.
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Growthink Helps Safari Air Take Flight
By eTN LOS ANGELES, CA - Growthink, the leading Strategic Advisory and Investment Banking Services Firm to Emerging and Middle Market Enterprises, announced today that the firm has been named advisor of reco
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Public Debut Of Architectural Model Of The Seaport Redevelopment Plan
By eTN NEW YORK, NY — General Growth Properties announced today the opening of “Seaport Past & Future,” a free public exhibit that takes visitors through two centuries of growth and change at the South
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And the craze goes on...
By SAMANTHA BOMKAMP, AP Business Writer NEW YORK - JetBlue Airways Corp. said Monday it is now charging customers for pillows and blankets.
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