Travel Europe News Archive

08-May-2006

 

    Today in Travel (KCAU-TV)Special from CSMonitor.com The Next Best Thing to Being There Have the Travel bug, but, can't hit the road? Arounder offers impressive virtual tours of some of Europe's most popular destinations.

    Cheap flights make European travel faster (Chicago Tribune)Planes, trains (but not automobiles): While young Travelers have long relied on trains to Travel affordably throughout Europe, now those on even a shoestring budget can afford to fly.

    Shoestring budget can include air travel (Orlando Sentinel)While young travelers have long relied on trains to travel cheaply throughout Europe, now those on even a shoestring budget can afford to fly.

    Holiday-makers head for Europe once again (Gulf Times)By Arvind Nair HOLIDAY-MAKERS, especially Qataris, are once again visiting Europe after having stayed away since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US.

    Travel Notes (San Jose Mercury News)Five stars were awarded to just two of the 125 spas visited by inspectors for the Mobil Travel Guide's 2006 edition. A California spa and a New York one -- the Spa Montage at Montage Resort in Laguna Beach and the Spa at Mandarin Oriental in Manhattan -- won the travel guide's top ratings.

    E-Travel for May 7 (Kansas City Star)Deals, developments and discussion about the world of electronic travel: ? PBS star Rick Steves has a tour guide for your ears. His free audio tours of Paris ? including the Louvre and the Museum of Orsay ? and of the nearby Versailles Palace are online at www.rick steves.com and on iTunes. They are available as a podcast and include printer-friendly tour maps. Color images are included to help

    Become a Home Based Travel Agent (CyberSignal)Earn money from home as an independent travel agent. Easy start-up. No experience necessary. A legitimate business opportunity. You can even earn commissions on your own travel.

    Online Booking Expands Beyond U.S., Individual Travel (Business Travel News)AUGUST 01, 2005 -- Use of online booking systems by U.S. businesses last year increased and spread across the board, with many corporate travel buyers from small, midsize and large companies alike reaching company thresholds for online booking adoption and looking to the next technological frontiers, including expanded global online booking, meetings management and full systems integration.

    Travel Europe's Da Vinci Code trail (Houston Chronicle)A question nags at me as I travel the trail through France, England and Scotland that Dan Brown set out in the pages of his book. Why would anyone chart a vacation from the pages of a pulp thriller? But I'm clearly not the first one to do so.

    Galileo Emirates offers travel agents speedy access to medical travel insurance (AME Info)Galileo Emirates has teamed up with International Health Insurance (IHI)/BUPA and Lifecare International Dubai, to offer Travel agents in the Gulf and Middle East with another value-added product for retail and corporate Travel customers.

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