TRAVEL NEWS
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Travel chaos after Tube safety row
Commuters have been hit by travel chaos because of a row over safety on London Underground.
The Circle and Hammersmith and City lines were suspended and the District line was partially suspended after drivers refused to take out trains, claiming problems with the braking system.
ukpress.google.com (page not found)
The Circle and Hammersmith and City lines were suspended and the District line was partially suspended after drivers refused to take out trains, claiming problems with the braking system.
ukpress.google.com (page not found)
Friday, September 28, 2007
UK Rail fares taking passengers for a ride
The British train network is a confusing, expensive mess - so bad even National Rail Enquiries and station staff get things wrong.
money.uk.msn.com
money.uk.msn.com
Singapore receives record visitors in August
Singapore said Wednesday a record 911,000 visitors went to the city-state in August, the highest ever for that month.
theage.com.au
theage.com.au
Labels: Singapore
London's black cabs go white in Abu Dhabi
A fleet of specially modified London taxi cabs will soon be touting for fares on the roads of the United Arab Emirates, the firm behind the project announced this week.
smh.com.au
smh.com.au
Labels: Abu Dhabi, London cabs
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Germany to build maglev railway
Germany has come up with the funds to launch its first magnetic levitation - or maglev - rail service.
news.bbc.co.uk
news.bbc.co.uk
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Air travellers three times more likely to develop thrombosis
People who fly are more than three times more likely to develop deep vein thrombosis, according to a study of regular travellers.
guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
Labels: air travel, DVT
Monday, September 24, 2007
Scottish ski advert leads to trouble on the pistes
The Scottish Tourist Board has been accused of trying to lure winter sports enthusiasts to the country with "misleading" decade-old footage of snow-covered mountainsides.
travel.independent.co.uk
travel.independent.co.uk
Sunday, September 23, 2007
US issues new travel warning
The US Department of State on Friday issued a travel warning that informed US citizens of ongoing security concerns in Pakistan.
dailytimes.com.pk
dailytimes.com.pk
Labels: pakistan, travel warning, USA
Core sector slowdown may derail luxury travel ride
Will India's dodgy road and airport infrastructure slow down the growth of the luxury travel and retail market? The jury at the Economic Times dialogue on 'luxury on the go' believes it will.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Why Terminal 5's opening could spell a long summer of confusion
Starting next week, thousands of volunteers will be spend a day at Heathrow's new Terminal 5. In return for a free lunch and a "goody-bag", they will help test the systems at the £4.3bn project. But far from solving the airport's problems overnight, the controversial new terminal will precipitate a summer of confusion at Heathrow - and seriously diminish public transport links for millions of the users of Europe's busiest airport.
travel.independent.co.uk
travel.independent.co.uk
Labels: airport, Heathrow, Terminal 5, UK
UK rail travel enjoys passenger boom
Rail travel is now at its highest level for more than 60 years, it has been announced.
ukpress.google.com (page not found)
ukpress.google.com (page not found)
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Dubai to invest $150 mln in Zanzibar resort
Dubai government-owned Istithmar will invest $150 million in developing a luxury resort in the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar, the private equity firm said in a statement on Thursday.
reuters.com
reuters.com
Friday, September 21, 2007
Amsterdam buys brothels in red light clean up
The city of Amsterdam announced Thursday that it will invest up to 15 million Euros to help clean up its famous red light district by buying brothels there.
au.news.yahoo.com (page not found)
au.news.yahoo.com (page not found)
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
EU threatens visa restrictions against Canadians travelling to Europe
The European Union's top justice official Tuesday threatened to slap visa restrictions on Canadians travelling to the 27-member bloc if Ottawa did not keep its promise to lift visa requirements on new EU member states.
canadianpress.google.com (page not found)
canadianpress.google.com (page not found)
Labels: canadians, European Union, visa
Extinction Is at Hand for Paper Airline Tickets
The paper airline ticket will be all but extinct by the end of May, the head of an international airline association said on Monday.
nytimes.com
nytimes.com
Labels: airline tickets
Monday, September 17, 2007
Shanghai tops out world's third-tallest building
A topping out ceremony for the world's third-tallest building - the 101 storey, 492 metre Shanghai World Financial Center - was held on Friday morning after the last beam was laid to mark the completion of construction.
chinadaily.com.cn
chinadaily.com.cn
Labels: China, shanghai, skyscraper
Sunday, September 16, 2007
London-to-Sydney bus tour set for roll-off
A group of 38 adventurers with three months and £3750 ($A9000) to spare will today board the inaugural London-to-Sydney bus service, which will wind its way through Gallipoli, Delhi and Bangkok before arriving in Sydney before Christmas.
theage.com.au
theage.com.au
Belfast-Dublin train may run hourly
Hourly services could be introduced on the Belfast to Dublin railway line, ministers north and south of the border said today.
rte.ie
rte.ie
Labels: belfast, dublin, trains
Friday, September 14, 2007
Wait for passports returns to normal
The U.S. State Department has restored passport service to the standard six to eight week processing time for routine applications, and no more than three weeks for expedited service.
seattletimes.nwsource.com
seattletimes.nwsource.com
Row over visitors' centre at the Giant's Causeway
A property developer has said he is being used as a political football in a row over proposals to build a visitors' centre at the Giant's Causeway.
news.bbc.co.uk
news.bbc.co.uk
Labels: giants causeway, northern ireland, UK
Australia issues travel advisory on Mindanao
Australia on Thursday issued a travel advisory to its citizens in the Philippines, warning particularly of possible terror attacks against power facilities in Mindanao.
globalnation.inquirer.net
globalnation.inquirer.net
Labels: Australia, mindanao, philippines, travel warning
Tory group backs new flight tax
Tax rises for UK short-haul flights and for "gas-guzzling" cars are needed to combat climate change, a Conservative policy review group has said.
news.bbc.co.uk
news.bbc.co.uk
Labels: climate, environment, tax, UK
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Beijing shows off new airport terminal
Beijing showed off its new multibillion-dollar airport terminal today - a mammoth glass and steel structure with a gracefully sloping roof that the owners said is meant to impress visitors to China's capital for the 2008 Olympics.
theage.com.au
theage.com.au
Labels: airport, Beijing, China, Olympics
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
London Prices Top Of The World
London has overtaken Tokyo and Paris to become the world's most expensive city for dining out, researchers have found. The average cost of a three course restaurant meal for one is up 2.9% on last year to £39.09 including one drink, tax and service.
uk.biz.yahoo.com
uk.biz.yahoo.com
Labels: expensive, London, price
Romance returns to rail travel
The new Eurostar line to the continent is an engineering wonder of the age and it has added lustre to a Victorian architectural jewel.
telegraph.co.uk
telegraph.co.uk
More riders wanted for rail travel
Illinois a good model for improving service. Proponents of high-speed rail gathered Monday at Amtrak stops including Springfield, Galesburg and Macomb to tout increased ridership and announce a new Web site to make it easier for people to get information about the trains.
pjstar.com (page not found)
pjstar.com (page not found)
Labels: amtrak, high-speed train, USA
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Libya unveils bold ecotourism project
Cyrene, Libya: Here in this remote eastern region of Libya whose bleak hills resemble a lunar landscape, the Green Mountain Sustainable Development Area is the latest in a spate of Libyan projects that form a sort of global coming-out party for a country that for decades was a pariah.
iht.com
iht.com
Labels: ecotourism, libya
Thousands of Americans flout U.S. travel ban to see 'forbidden fruit' of Cuba
...thousands of U.S. tourists already travel to Cuba behind Washington's back and many say being sneaky is part of the fun. Some are scrambling to get to the island while Fidel Castro is still alive, fearing the U.S. government could scrap the travel ban once he's gone and bring profound change to Cuba.
canadianpress.google.com (page not found)
canadianpress.google.com (page not found)
Labels: Cuba, travel ban, USA
U.S. nominates Greece to join program for visa-free travel
Greece took a step on Monday toward becoming the first country to benefit from a new U.S. law that would expand a program for visa-free travel to the United States.
iht.com
iht.com
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Renewed Interest in High-Speed Rail
While sleek new passenger trains streak through Europe, Japan and other corners of the world at speeds nearing 200 mph, most U.S. passenger trains chug along at little more than highway speeds - slowed by a half-century of federal preference for spending on roads and airports.
ap.google.com (page not found)
ap.google.com (page not found)
Labels: high-speed train, USA
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Sydney voted best city
A survey of 30,000 readers of luxury travel bible Conde Nast Traveller put Sydney in first spot for favourite overseas city, ahead of Paris, New York and Rome.
smh.com.au
smh.com.au
Labels: Sydney, travel awards
Eurostar sets new record for Paris-London dash
A Eurostar train shattered the record for the quickest rail journey between Paris and London today, using a new high-speed track that shaved some 30 minutes off the previous fastest time.
theage.com.au
theage.com.au
Labels: Eurostar, London, paris
London airport strike cancelled
A proposed 24-hour strike by maintenance workers at Heathrow and Gatwick airports has been called off.
news.bbc.co.uk
news.bbc.co.uk
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Tour firms lose 'green' tax case
A legal challenge to the way the government's "green" tax on air travel was introduced has been thrown out by the High Court.
news.bbc.co.uk
news.bbc.co.uk
Labels: air travel, environment
India is the numero uno travel destination
Known for its incredible snake charmers and age-old monuments to the world of tourism, India has emerged as the numero uno travel destinations trailing beauties of Italy, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand.
India's emergence to the top spot, over the fourth last year, was revealed by a survey conducted by a widely-read British magazine Conde Nest Traveller, which gives away Readers Travel Awards, considered to be the Oscar awards of the tourism industry.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
India's emergence to the top spot, over the fourth last year, was revealed by a survey conducted by a widely-read British magazine Conde Nest Traveller, which gives away Readers Travel Awards, considered to be the Oscar awards of the tourism industry.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Labels: India, travel awards
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Tube strike causes travel chaos
London Underground passengers suffered travel chaos when workers went ahead with a 72-hour strike causing the cancellation of most Tube services.
guardian.co.uk (page not found)
guardian.co.uk (page not found)
