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Wednesday, December 20th, 2006As we embark on the New Year soon, I’m going out on a little limb to make a Five great and probable Travel Predictions for the splendid year of 2007.
US Lifts Cuba Travel Restrictions Fidel Castro’s eternal rule over Cuba ends with his passing mid 2007. Diplomatic relations immediately improve between the US and [...]
Fiji Travel Warning, still in trouble
Monday, December 11th, 2006I waited to report on the Fiji political situation, as I expected it to blow over. However, almost a week later, Fiji still faces political unrest. Basically, the military is in the middle of an overthrow of the government. After it started, many countries posted travel warnings because of the potential dangerous conflict.
This has [...]
Cellphones on Planes - no need for snakes
Sunday, November 12th, 2006Snakes on planes cellphones on planes? Which would you prefer? Ok… it probably won’t be that bad. But who really wants cellphones on planes? Well, the new trend started by Emirates Airline will allow passengers to use their phones during flights.
USA Today has an article on it.
“…the airline expects to have a [...]
Travel Writers’ favorite Airports
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006Over at USA Today, Fivetravel writers have picked their favorite airports. You’ll probably need to use Internet Explorer to open it though, since it showed up terrible in my firefox (ugh..)
I think it’s a fairly interesting read. Note worthy facts:
2/5 of travel writers list LAX as least favorite airport.
1/5 states their least favorite airport [...]
UK Eases Airport Security
Thursday, September 14th, 2006A Reuters article reports that the UK is planning to ease its airport security and restrictions next week. The article doesn’t cite new, specific restrictions. During the ban of liquids and the tough luggage rules, 2,000 flights were canceled.
The canceled flights hurt Brittish Airways most. They lost an estimated $75 million to [...]
Bangkok Thailand airport Suvarnabhumi opening?
Saturday, September 2nd, 2006Bangkok’s new, hyped airport Suvarnabhumi (NBK) & (su-wan-na-poom) is expected to open on September 28, 2006 to replace the aging Don Mueang, Bangkok’s current international airport.
A recent Forbes article discusses the dark side of the recent air port opening. The Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) warns that
