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Australian tax office lifts 'Crocodile Dundee' travel ban
SYDNEY, Sept 3, 2010 (AFP) - - Australian tax officials lifted a controversial travel ban on "Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan on Friday, leaving him free to return to his home in the United States,...


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Earl may affect holiday travel - www.roanoke.com
Almost a million Virginians are expected to travel over Labor Day weekend, the traditional end of summer, even as forecasters try to gauge how closely Hurricane Earl will sweep past the East Coast. ...
Irvine Marriott Hotel Eases Orange County Vacation Budgets With the...
Irvine, CA (PRWEB) September 3, 2010 Everyone needs a vacation sooner or later, but budgeting an affordable trip is a challenge. Sometimes the greatest costs come from simple travel elements like...
Increase expected for holiday travel
Labor Day travel by South Dakotans is expected to increase by 11 percent this year over last, according to a AAA survey.Of the 115,000 South Dakotans expected to travel at least 50 miles from home,...
Paul Hogan allowed to travel
ACTOR Paul Hogan has been given permission to leave Australia after a travel ban placed on him by the Australian Taxation Office was...
AP Source: UNC's Little won't travel for LSU game
North Carolina receiver Greg Little won't travel to Atlanta for the 18th-ranked Tar Heels' opener against No. 21 LSU due to the ongoing NCAA investigation at the school, a person with knowledge of...
A hotel room with a back problem
Frequent travellers tend to emphasize certain necessary skills: proper packing, travelling light, eating right on the road. Add to that list an under-appreciated technique: hotel engineering....
Top 8 sweetest U.S. attractions.
Travellers with a sweet-tooth can indulge as they take in the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of these sweet spots, which include chocolate fountains, ice cream empires and jelly bean feasts....
Airport food prices can eat up your budget
Travellers may grumble about the high cost of flying, with charges for bags, seat selection and other services that once were free. But for many fliers, the fleecing starts at the airport, where they...
UNC receiver Little won't travel for LSU game
North Carolina receiver Greg Little won't travel to Atlanta for the 18th-ranked Tar Heels' opener against No. 21 LSU due to the ongoing NCAA investigation at the school, a person with knowledge of...
Bumper-to-bumper again as epic China traffic jam returns
A huge traffic jam stretching at least 120 kilometres (75 miles) reappeared in northern China Thursday, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck, state media said. State television...
Ghana: EU blacklists cargo airlines
Submit your comment The EU's executive yesterday banned one Ghanaian cargo airline from flying into Europe and limited the operations of another after the UK warned that both were unsafe to...
Regional airlines sputter with mishaps
Jet producer Bombardier Thursday told the Global Times that the Huaxia Airlines accident in Guiyang, Guizhou Province Saturday will not hamper the future of jet sales in China. "The CRJ series...
Phoenix airport worker arrested in luggage thefts
Michael Hegstad, 23, was arrested on suspicion he stole items worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from the luggage of passengers passing through Phoenix Sky Harbor International...
Hurricane blows out Continental Airlines fees
Continental Airlines are sparing customers a storm of fees waiving costs for people whose flight plans may be affected by Hurricane Earl. With weather conditions expected to remain fierce, the...
Second homes: Beauty, wealth, variety and Pebble Beach
The Lone Cypress: Tourists gladly pay for the pleasure of driving the Pebble Beach Resort-owned 17-Mile Drive, one of the most scenic roads in the...
Labor Day Weekend Travel Expected to Rise
The American Automobile Association projects an increase of 3.9 percent from 2009.This year, more than 1.6 million Floridians are traveling at least 50 miles away from their home this weekend,...
More travelers turning to smartphones
CHICAGO — Travel suppliers and the online agencies that sell their bookings are targeting a new breed of jet setter who cannot be bothered booking trips in advance. These travelers are...
Hotel guests hunker down to ride out Earl
Lee Taylor of Harlow, N.C., buys ice for his family to ride out the storm as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast Thursday in Atlantic Beach,...
Frontier Airlines will expand Omaha service
DENVER — Frontier Airlines said Thursday it will expand service in Omaha with new flights to Southern California beginning early next year and will resume seasonal nonstop service to Florida in...
Delta reducing Bismarck flights
BISMARCK, N.D. — Bismarck is being affected by Delta Air Lines flight reductions. Airport Manager Greg Haug told KXMB that Delta in October will pull one of its two daily flights from...
Singapore Airlines joins Tourism WA to boost visitors
Singapore Airlines and Tourism Western Australia (TWA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly promote tourism to Western Australia. The three-year partnership sees a joint...
Alaska Air Group reports 10% gain in August traffic
Alaska Airlines , is reporting a 10 percent increase in traffic for the month of August after increasing its capacity by 7.1 percent. As a result, Alaska Airlines showed a 2.2 percent increase in...
POLL: Are you anti-Alaska Airlines after the Timbers news?
announced a partnership with Alaska Airlines, which became the official airlines of the team and its jersey sponsor. The move makes Alaska Airlines the first airline jersey sponsor in the 15-year...
AAA expects more state residents to travel over holiday weekend
Of the 115,000 South Dakotans expected to travel at least 50 miles from home, 102,937 will drive, an 11.5 percent increase over last year. More than 3,000 will fly, an increase of 5.6 percent, AAA...
Ex-STARS air ambulance clerk admits embezzling $210,000 for travel, landscaping
In an agreed statement of facts filed with provincial court on Thursday, Olaronke Adunal Fakunle, 40, acknowledged she embezzled the money while working as accounts payable clerk for STARS and used...
Travel warning before Pope visit
Traffic management plans are being finalised across central Scotland to minimise disruption during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in two weeks time. Transport Scotland advised travellers to plans...
Hurricane Earl travel update: Airlines waive change fees, predict Labor Day delays
U.S. airlines are warning passengers flying along the East Coast from Maine to Asheville, N.C., over the next few days that they may face weather delays related...
SAS says to host first mile-high gay wedding
Scandinavian airline SAS said Wednesday it plans to host the first-ever in-flight gay wedding in December, and is searching for a suitable couple to walk down the airplane aisle. "It will be a very...
Iran's first lady of skiing trains on grass
The first Iranian woman to enter an Olympic ski event, Marjan Kalhor, before a grass skiing practice at Dizin Ski resort, 70 km from Tehran....
Delta plans to cut premium seats on planes
MINNEAPOLIS — Delta Air Lines Inc. plans to upgrade the seats on its Boeing 747s next summer, while cutting the number of seats in the plane's most expensive cabin. Delta detailed the...
Atlantis CEO Ron Williams will chair HTA
on Thursday. Williams, president and CEO of Atlantis Adventures, one of Hawaii’s largest ocean tour operators, takes over immediately and succeeds Kelvin Bloom, who remains an HTA board...
Ex-Microsoft employee suing American Airlines for bad landing
A former Microsoft employee is suing American Airlines for a harrowing landing that she says has caused permanent damage. Bellevue resident Jewel Thomas had worked for Microsoft for six years and...
Hawaiian Airlines offering passengers sneak peak of Hawaii Five-0
Hawaii Five-0 television series. Under an exclusive marketing agreement with the show’s producers, Hawaiian Airlines is airing the debut episode of the Honolulu crime drama series remake on...
Labor Day holiday travel should be up from last year
Vehicles head off North Carolina's Outer Banks Thursday on the Croatan Highway as Hurricane Earl approaches. Earl could dampen travel along the entire Eastern Seaboard over the holiday...
Michelle Wie cruises to victory in Canadian Women's Open
Michelle Wie pumps her fist after knocking in a birdie putt on No. 8 during the final round of the CN Canadian Women's Open on Sunday in...
Travel reading: Global Birding
Birders who enjoy traveling should check out National Geographic’s new book, Global Birding Traveling the World in Search of Birds by Les...
Hartsfield parking lot goes ticketless
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ’s west economy lot just went ticketless. Credit card in/out, an automated ticketless system is now available in the west economy lot, letting...
New Mexico wins $900,000 for airport improvements
has approved four new grants, totaling $925,232, for safety improvements and planning at three municipal airports in New Mexico, and for statewide studies. ...
American Airlines Names New Vice President Of Base Maintenance
(RTTNews) - American Airlines has named William Collins as its next vice president of base maintenance. He will assume the job on October 1 and will be based out of Tulsa. Collins will oversee the...
OAS Assistant Secretary General Calls on the Caribbean to Strengthen its Electoral Democracies
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, today opened a regional consultation on political party strengthening and campaign financing in Kingston,...
iPhone's mTrip app uses augmented reality
The new iPhone application, mTrip, is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smartphone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign...
In Andalucia, passion plays out on city streets
In Spain's Andalucia region, revelry and religiosity go hand in hand: The same passion and energy dedicated to partying is put into long, solemn, religious processions that clog the city's narrow...