Monthly Archives: December 2009
Eurostar races to get passengers home for holidays
Eurostar scrambled to get tens of thousands of passengers home for the holidays as it resumed service of high-speed trains under the English Channel on Tuesday, four days after a service shutdown
Travel 2010: Shanghai, Vancouver, Mexico, Orlando
Forecasts for 2010 predict that more people will be traveling, but the numbers are still well below what they were before the recession. Still, if you can afford to get away, interesting
Museum exhibits pictures drawn by Delta passengers
A museum is showing artwork collected by a Delta flight attendant who started handing out crayons to passengers after the Sept. 11th attacks. The Palm Springs Air Museum is showing “Plane Art
Have smartphone, will travel like never before
Struggling to communicate with foreigners in their own language is one of the most interesting aspects of traveling for many people, but new smartphone applications and other technological advances are changing the
$8.5B CityCenter’s centerpiece opens Vegas-style
Visitors by the thousand streamed into the newest casino-resort on the Las Vegas strip early Thursday, an influx that casino officials hope will help yank Sin City from its two-year economic funk.
1 million UK holiday travelers face strike chaos
More than a million people faced travel chaos over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays as baggage handlers and check-in staff at Heathrow and Aberdeen airports announced strikes in tandem with work
The decade in travel: Technology and terrorism
Remember getting through an airport without removing your shoes, dumping your water bottle or showing ID? Remember when buying plane tickets by phone was faster than using a clunky Web site with
Boeing determined 787 will finally fly
Weather permitting, Boeing Co. plans to finally get its new 787 jetliner into the air Tuesday, more than two years after it had intended. The test aircraft completed its ground tests during
Famed blue diamonds to join up at Smithsonian
Two of the world’s most famed blue diamonds will be on display together starting in January. The 31.06-carat Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond will join the 45.52-carat Hope Diamond at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of
Oh no, you didn’t!
Waiting. That’s the worst mistake a traveler can make these days. It’s what Femi Adenuga did after buying tickets for his parents to fly from Lagos to Pittsburgh through Travelocity. “A week



