Latest Travel News: June 2010
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Global air travel hits pre-recession levels
Air travel worldwide finally returned to pre-recession levels in May, driven by an 11.7 percent increase in passenger traffic from a year earlier, an industry.....
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Airbus seeks to settle Airbus-Boeing dispute outside WTO
Airbus on Monday called for talks between the US and the EU to end the trans-Atlantic fight over subsidies to aircraft manufacturers, even as the World Trade.....
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FAA seeks tighter control at Long Beach Airport
Concerned about a growing potential for midair collisions, especially over neighborhoods, the federal government is considering significant .....
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UK Cruise Business Signs Major Deal With World Travel Holdings
The UK's fastest growing cruise retail business has today announced an exciting partnership with the world's largest distributor of cruise holidays.....
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Cost of air travel set to rise due to increased aviation taxes
Already facing a sharp rise in Air Passenger Duty in November, the small print of the Budget shows that more increases are likely with the Treasury planning.....
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British Airways strikes could benefit UK events sector
Unite union is expected to hold a ballot on a third round of British Airways strikes, which could be held over a 12-week period from 3 August. However, Business Visits.....
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UK travellers prefer to go it alone
According to research carried out by Leger Holidays, half of UK holidaymakers surveyed would to go on holiday alone, regardless of their relationship status. Post Office Travel.....
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U.S. Warns Americans about Travel in Toronto during G-20
The U.S. State Department has issued a travel alert to Americans planning to go to Toronto next week, warning of potential demonstrations and increased security during.....
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Tourist arrivals continue to increase, says CTO head
he Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) says tourist arrivals in the region is on the rebound with aggregate visitors to the wider Caribbean, as gauged by recorded arrivals.....
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Airline Executives Say Business Travel Is Picking Up
U.S. airline executives said recovery in business travel has accelerated alongside gains in international and domestic passenger revenue, bucking lingering concerns about higher.....
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Northeast cruise ship business booming
New England ports are preparing for what they expect will be a record number of cruise ships during this year's tourism season. The four-masted schooner Margaret Todd sits.....
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Air travel in 2050 will be safe, clean and delay-free
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has been spelling out its vision of air travel in 2050, promising clean, safe and delay-free travel for the world's travelers.....
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Summer travel in Europe is getting cheaper
Summer travel in Europe is getting cheaper, according to figures released June 9 by hotel price comparison site Trivago. The average price of a night in a European hotel.....
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UK Business Travel Agents Report 2010 Growth
CT Business Travel, one of the UK’s largest independent business travel agents has reported strong growth for the first half of 2010 and forecasts for the rest of the year.....
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Air Travel’s Costly Future
ANYONE who flies regularly knows that the state of air travel is bleak, so it may be encouraging to hear that the federal government has put together an influential group.....
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German air travel tax overshadows IATA meeting
The global airline industry lashed out at the German government's plans to impose an air travel tax at a time when Europe's aviation industry is struggling to post a profit.....
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Airlines to return to profit in 2010: IATA
The International Air Transport Association expects airlines to post a profit of $2.5 billion this year, a sharp improvement on its previous forecast for a loss of $2.8 billion, and.....
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British Airways named airline most likely to lose luggage
British Airways is the airline most likely to lose or damage your luggage, research revealed today. In a survey of more than 2,000 recent UK flyers, travel insurer LV= found that one in 3.8 BA.....
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One in four Americans plan to travel less this summer
When asked about their summer travel plans - including vacations and weekend trips - in a recent USA Today/Gallup poll, 27% of Americans say they will travel less this year than last while 18% say.....
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US Travel Association spent $356K lobbying in 1Q
The U.S. Travel Association spent $356,000 in the first quarter to lobby the federal government on travel legislation, home security and other issues, according to a disclosure report.....
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Consumers Get a Chance to Go Commercial
Madison Avenue agency executives are always joining panels to judge the merits of each other’s work. Now a panel is being, well, empaneled, to judge how well consumers do when they try to create.....
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