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Sixteen people were taken to the hospital Friday, at least two in serious condition, after they were hurt in a crash between a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's airport, officials said.
Memorial Day weekend marks the start of the summer travel season. This year, travel plans mirror the state of the economy.
James Latham is joined by PCMA's chief operating officer, Sherrif Karamat, at the IMR TV set at IMEX 2013, to talk about the front page news from day 2 – IAPCO and PCMA partnering in education. Sherrif tells us more…
Executive at one of the world's largest hotel groups admits breaching TripAdvisor's rules by posting glowing reviews about the firm's properties.
Two-thirds of hotels are confident that they will see an improvement in the performance of the Irish hotel sector over the next three years, according to new research produced for AIB.
"My instincts will always be more: more meeting space, more hotel rooms. I'm pretty certain we could support a larger facility." When John Cohen was a boy growing up in the Bronx, he wanted to be either an astronaut or a travel agent. In either case, he was hoping to go places.
Universal Orlando's single-day admission is now $90. Disney, SeaWorld are likely to match.
As businesses continue to look for ways to do more with less, business travel is often one of the top items on the cutbacks list --- a big mistake, according to the latest research from Oxford Economics, one of the world's leading providers of economic analyses and forecasts.
One passenger's many mishaps show an airline system stretched impossibly thin, just as a peak summer travel sea on approaches.
Turkey has launched an online visa system that enables tourists from 94 countries, including India, to obtain a visa in just a few minutes, officials said Wednesday.
The low-cost Tune hotel chain is on schedule to open its first Australian property in November and is likely to start online selling in July in a pre-opening sale with some of the lowest room-rates in years.
The Association of Tourism Training Institutes of Malaysia (ATTIM) conducted a two-day travel and tours management course (TTMC) recently in Malacca.
The Canadian Tourism Commission made the decision to put more focus and dollars into countries like China and Brazil. The BC company says the US is still the most important international market.
InterContinental Hotels Group's recent decision to make basic Internet access across all brands free to loyalty club members is a game-changer that could hasten development of tiered Internet pricing, according to several hotel industry analysts.
It's no surprise that travelers flock to Paris, New York and London.
Around 4 million tourists visited Egypt in the first four months of 2013
During a recent trip to Paris, one of my companions said he needed to find a bank to change money. No, you don't, I said. Changing money is so last century — like travelers' checks and bank drafts.
iBAHN, the global leader in IP-based entertainment and information services for the hospitality, meeting, conference and retail industries, today announced that it has been selected by the famed Roosevelt Hotel in New York City to install a managed network service including pioneering Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) in the hotel's 1,015 recently renovated guest rooms and a WiFi platform to be used throughout the hotel, including in its 30,000 square feet of meeting space.
The best deals, in some cases, can only be gotten via airline alerts and emails.
The difference a year can make: When I spoke with Yuki Tanaka, the Executive Director of the Japan National Tourism Organization in the U.S., last May, travel to Japan was just recovering from the a drastic decline following the March 11, 2011 Sendai earthquake and a close call with disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. 
About the best news – OK, about the only good news – for air travelers in the last few years has been TSA Pre-Check, which allows passengers to speed through security at dozens of U.S. airports without removing shoes, laptop bags and light outerwear. Domestic travelers love it, but international travelers were stuck in the slow lane. Thankfully, that's changed.
The purchase of the 506-room hotel in downtown San Jose by CBRE Global Investors underscores the rebound in the Silicon Valley hotel market that's underpinned by a sturdy technology sector.
This was no ordinary plane ride. On Monday, the 787 returned to domestic service after a four-month grounding. After months of concern about the 787's future, the excitement and tension were palpable.
Developers are set to start construction on a new convention hotel for Jekyll Island after long delays that largely resulted from difficulties getting a bank loan for the $41 million project.
In 2012, 79% of hotels offered complimentary breakfast, up from 55% in 2010.


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