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Waterboarding: Torture and … Tourist Attraction?

Waterboarding an attraction at New York amusement park

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

Mixed feelings as tourists spend cheap dollars

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

Online travel agencies fear years of fast growth are over

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

American Airline sues parent of Kayak.com and Sidestep.com

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

Visit Florida partners with Southwest for more tourists

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

AirTran Airways launches service between Richmond International Airport and New York LaGuardia Airport

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

Detroit tourism discouraged by mayor's jailing

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

Are you nutty enough to be the next blog star?

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

Alaska Airlines violates union contract

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

Fly with the stars

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

Airline fees: Who's the stingiest?

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

Greyhound scraps ads after Canada bus 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

Tom Parsons: The three biggest enemies to airlines today are fuel costs, the Internet and Southwest

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

Mesa Air fighting Delta on loss of contract

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

Orbitz narrows loss as it shifts away from airline bookings

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

NTA encouraged by Obama's open mind on US travel marketing

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

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air notify 1500 customers of payment card misuse

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

Southwest Airlines announces new vice president

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

ATCA announces 2008 Glen Gilbert Memorial Award Winner

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...

GPS navigation steers Utah tourists into trouble

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

Verified Identity Pass confirms it has found laptop reported missing at San Francisco Airport

By eTN

NEW YORK, NY (August 5, 2008) - Verified Identity Pass, Inc.

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Mesa Disputes Delta's Allegations

Delta cancels Freedom CRJ-900 Delta Connection agreement

By eTN

PHOENIX, AZ (August 5, 2008) - Mesa Air Group Inc.

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Four new airline fees - and how to avoid them

Airlines do their best to steal your money. Don't just stand there, steal it back.

By Christopher Elliott, Tribune Media Services

The airlines don't want you to read this.

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JetBlue

Should JetBlue Sell Itself?

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

YTB faces legal action in California for illegal pyramid scheme

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

Quarter of all US airline flights late: government

By reuters.com

WASHINGTON - One-quarter of all flights by U.S.

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Emergency landing at lax

Smoke in cockpit force American Airline emergency landing at L.A. airport

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

World's first carbon-neutral luxury private airline

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

Free public exhibit opens exploring the evolution of the South Street Seaport

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...

JetBlue charging $7 for pillow, blanket kit

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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