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Travel Europe News Archive03-Apr-2006
Europe's news media loves April Fool's pranks (CTV.ca)When it comes to April Fool's Day, Europe's media has the last laugh. Two centuries after the tradition began, media outlets still try to convince the gullible of the outrageous and improbable.
Luxury trains evoke romantic era of rail travel (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Well-heeled tourists, eager to rediscover the romance of an earlier era, are taking to the rails in increasing numbers on board trains with names that evoke the age of luxury Travel.
Business Travel: Good news for airlines (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)In the domestic airline business, less bad news is good news these days. So some industry people are congratulating one another about new estimates that airlines in North America will collectively lose only about $5.4 billion this year, compared with $10.8 billion in 2005. That projection, by the International Air Transport Association, is based on an assumption that oil prices will average $57 a
Brits Urged to Avoid Travel to Fla. Town (AP via Yahoo! News) School officials in southwest Florida said terrorism concerns led them to keep a high school band from marching in a London parade, but now angry British officials are telling travelers that Fort Myers is no safe haven, either.
TRAVEL BRIEFS (The Columbus Dispatch)ESPN and Orbitz have teamed to create ESPN Sports Travel, a booking and travelinformation site for sports fans. The new Web site ? sports.espn.go.com-/travel/index ? allows users to book flights and hotels through Orbitz without leaving the ESPN.com Web site.
Attacks leave travel plans up in air for Benton graduate (Benton Courier)In the wake of Thursday's bombings in London, Amanda Tackett said today that she is going to "evaluate everything" for a few days before deciding whether to join her fiance, Jamie Fugitt, in Europe.
American students continue foreign treks this summer (Pioneer Press)Jessica Serrano, a student at the University of Miami, is no stranger to travel. Last summer she backpacked through Europe; in 2004, she studied in New Zealand and Australia. This year, she's going to Southeast Asia, a new destination that she feels would benefit most from her tourist dollars, especially areas damaged by the 2004 tsunami.
News analysis: Rice visits Europe to seek consensus on Iran (People's Daily)U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice concluded her visits to Germany, France and Britain on Sunday, but differences remained, in spite of her efforts to seek consensus on the Iranian nuclear issue.
Travel Notes (San Jose Mercury News)Thousands of ancient artifacts from the Acropolis never seen by the public will be showcased at a new Athens museum expected to open next year, Greek officials in Athens say.
ACRO Global Exec Speaks at Boston Globe Travel Show (PR Web)ACRO Global President/CEO David Boggs delivered a presentation on Selling Travel Online to Travel professionals at the Boston Globe Travel Show on March 24, 2006. The event was held at the World Trade Center in Boston, Massachusetts. [PRWEB Apr 2, 2006]
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