travel

Smartphones have changed the way we travel
Beyond maps and travel guides, tech-savvy travelers are turning to smartphones to check aircraft seat charts, track taxis and get room service.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:49:15 GMT - (USA Today)

Uganda MPs demand minister travel ban over graft
A Ugandan parliamentary panel called Wednesday for a travel ban on cabinet members implicated in a massive corruption scandal during the 2007 Kampala Commonwealth summit.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:24:02 GMT - (AFP via Yahoo! News)

WATCH: Spring Break Travel Deals
Gabe Saglie from Travelzoo on the hottest destinations. Travelzoo - Travel - Recreation - Travel and Tourism - Travel Services
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:02:26 GMT - (ABC News)

Travel may broaden the mind but it can also pump up your cellphone bill
MONTREAL - Travel may broaden the mind and rejuvenate the spirit but it can also pump up your smartphone bill to pretty unhealthy levels.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:25:00 GMT - (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

Armed robbery at travel agents
Police appeal for information after an armed robbery at a travel agents in which staff were threatened with a knife.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:33:44 GMT - (BBC News)

SuperGold card travel under scrutiny
Free off-peak travel for elderly people under the SuperGold card is set to exceed its annual $18 million budget and the Government is looking at ways of reining it in which may impact on services.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:37:18 GMT - (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)

Travel: Backpackers saving Aussie tourism
BACKPACKERS are arriving in greater numbers and spending more despite a global downturn in travel.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:45:36 GMT - (News.com.au Travel)

China expected to stimulate world travel economy in 2010
Although the financial crisis of 2009 greatly affected all sectors of the travel industry, the World Travel Trends report released on Wednesday in Berlin predicted a slight recovery from some regions, including a strong boom commencing from China. Rolf Freitag, the CEO of IPK International, a world travel research monitor that tracks the trends in outbound travel demand, told Xinhua on Wednesday ...
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:12:39 GMT - (People's Daily)

GERALD KRAMER: Money Smarts - The good old days of air travel
There was a time when air travel was fun, exciting and basically hassles free. Travelers behaved civilly. And guess what? The airfare included a decent meal, and all the other amenities of flying (checked luggage, pillows, blankets, snacks). There was minimum, if any, security. You could even go to the gate with relatives to see them off. I once had a ticket for a cancelled business trip. I gave ...
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:35:00 GMT - (Naples Daily News)

Do you travel with or without a group?
Travel columnist Janice Law weighs the pros and cons of traveling with a group or alone.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:54:46 GMT - (Galveston County Daily News)