Big Seats at Big Discounts
Jul 5, 2011 Travel News Leave a comment
If you haven’t made your summer getaway plans yet, don’t fret, some last-minute deals can still make a vacation possible. As for winter, now’s the time to book a perfect holiday. Joe Brancatelli shares secrets and proven tips for first- and business-class road warriors. Sure, going away this summer may cost you a pretty penny. But when you put your business-travel miles and nights staying away from home to work, you just may find a good bargain. The largest online marketplace for vacation rentals received a five-star welcome on Wall Street yesterday. This morning, the stock’s price continues to climb. At a time when most Americans are seeing their home values sinking, vacation home rental company HomeAway values itself at $2 billion. Get more info…
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Jul 2, 2011 Last Minute Travel Leave a comment | Tags: 40 Hot, 40 Hot Deals, Deals, Hot Deals
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Tobin Jones: Healers of Kibera
Jul 2, 2011 Travel Guide Leave a comment | Tags: Kibera, Tobin Jones
Here is a powerful photo essay by Tobin Jones on the healers of Kibera. Kibera is a slum of the Kenyan capital, and is home to over one million people but a handful of clinics, most of which are run by charities. Religious healers associated to the Christian church claim to be healers and offer their services to solve problems from relationships to sickness to exorcising demons.
Good news for Borneo’s orangutans and elephants
Jun 30, 2011 Travel News Leave a comment
Orangutan and pygmy elephant survival in the Heart of Borneo received a major boost with the certification of nearly 300,000 hectares of important habitat in the forest reserves of Ulu Segama-Malua and Tangkulap-Pinangah, in the Malaysian state of Sabah, Borneo.
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) – an independent not-for-profit organization – certified the sites, which have a high density of orangutans and pygmy elephants. FSC certification is considered the most credible standard for sustainable forest management. It
Greek tourism rebounds despite clashes
Jun 30, 2011 Travel Guide Leave a comment | Tags: Clashes
Tourists make their way in front of anchored ships during a 48-hour labour strike at Piraeus port near Athens, June 28, 2011. (REUTERS/Panagiotis Tzamaros)
Clashes between hooded youths and police in Athens this week have dented Greece’s image but tourism officials say this should not stop the hard-hit sector rebounding this year.
Tourism revenues sank by a fifth from 2008 to 2010, hit first by the global downturn and then by anti-austerity riots in May last year in which three bank employees were killed.
Greece’s debt crisis this year has seen social unrest and this week street battles, tear gas and fires during Athens anti-austerity protests, but officials say they still expect a 10% increase in tourist arrivals this summer.