European Air Travel
BRUSSELS — Budget airlines in Europe gained 13 million more passengers last year, with cheaper prices pulling in customers amid an overall drop in air travel.
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World's Best Affordable Beaches
By Sarah Tuff
The price of becoming a temporary castaway needn't break the bank. In fact, some of the world's finest beach-lounging locales are pretty darn affordable.
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Asian Budget Airline Market
By Alex Kennedy
Singapore - Asia’s budget airlines will prosper as the region’s economic recovery takes hold and its middle class grows, but rising fuel costs could hurt profits, the industry’s top executives s
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Abu Dhabi
By Zahraa Alkhalisi
A United Arab Emirates-based investment company will start a low-cost airline from Abu Dhabi next year, al Khaleej reported, citing industry sources it didn’t identify.
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Singapore Airlines
By Chan Sue Ling
Singapore Airlines Ltd. cut Chief Executive Officer Chew Choon Seng’s salary by 20 percent and parked planes in response to a global travel slump.
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Northern Territory
By Alyssa Betts
Tight-fisted tourists have been using a cemetery as their campground in a desperate bid to save cash.
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Jerusalem Tourism
JERUSALEM - Israel's Tourism Ministry has budgeted nearly $4 million for next year to develop tourism in Jerusalem.
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Air France-KLM
By Luc Citrinot, eTN Senior Managing Editor Asia (in Paris)
Over the last few weeks, rumors and false information on a possible conversion of Air France-KLM short/medium-haul network into a low cost operation abounded so much that the management of the French
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New Zealand
Tourism is getting an extra $20 million, bringing annual funding to $89m, Prime Minister John Key says.
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Misleading Charges Taints Perception
By eTN Staff Writer
The latest Kaizo Advocacy Index - a twice yearly assessment of online reputations - looks at 20 leading brands across four industry sectors.
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Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines jumped into South Florida's airline brawl Wednesday afternoon with a $9 each-way fare sale on its nonstop flights between Fort Lauderdale and Los Angeles.
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Paris Air Show
LE BOURGET, France — Asian and low-cost airlines defied worries about the global recession and placed dozens of orders with Airbus at the Paris Air Show on Tuesday, in sharp contrast to rival Boeing
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JetAmerica
A new low-cost airline will begin serving mid-sized U.S. cities that it thinks larger carriers have left behind.
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State Tourism Liaison Concerned
By eTN Staff Writer
The Hawaii Tourism Authority is looking at a potential 5 percent cut in their marketing budget, as it deals with Hawaii’s wilting tourism.
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Cuts Would Cripple PA Tourism Industry
By eTN Staff Writer
As the busy summer travel season begins, Pennsylvania's leading tourism official today said the Senate Republican budget proposal to cut tourism funding by a staggering 73 percent would cripple one of
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Finally, Cattle Class worth flying
This week we're giving a shout out to Air Tahiti Nui for providing an outstanding flying experience in the BACK of the plane.
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Dubai
Low-fare air just landed smack-dab in the middle of the Middle East - specifically in skies-the-limit Dubai.
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Region Still Considered A Hot Spot
By eTN Staff Writer
Arabia continues to remain a favorite among investors and operators in the tourism and hospitality sector, in particular those in the budget segment, according to Jonathan Worsley, co-organizer of the
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Australia
By abc.net.au
The Australian tourism industry is facing an uncertain year with predictions the global economic crisis will see the number of overseas visitors to Australia drop by about 250,000.
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Airline Industry
By businessweek.com
They're no Steve Eisman – the American hedge fund manager who made a fortune essentially by betting on mortgage-backed securities to drop in value – but budget airlines might just end up joining h
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