For a unique holiday travel experience, travelers can take advantage of the low fares on international travel site vayama.com (http://www.vayama.com) to increasingly popular Christmas destinations in Europe such as Germany, Austria, France, Czech Republic, Hungary and Ireland where travelers can enjoy authentic Christmas markets and the charming atmosphere they evoke.
“International fares are significantly lower in [...]

TRX, Inc. a global technology company that develops and hosts software applications to process data records and automate manual processes, announced today that it was the winner of the 2008/9 ITM Project ICARUS Environmental Awards for Best Technology. The TRX Travel Analytics CO2 emissions calculator was selected by an independent panel of academics and environmental [...]

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Tourism industry is available in its catalogue.
World Travel and Leisure Market Brief
http://www.reportlinker.com/p097859/World-Travel-and-Leisure-Market-Brief.html
The global outlook series on Travel and Leisure provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report provides a bird’s eye view of the glitzy, effervescent, [...]

Troops stationed overseas will test their skills in one of this year’s hottest new video games from Activision, Call of Duty®: World at War. Pro vs. GI Joe, the USO, and the Cleveland Browns are teaming up with Activision Publishing, Inc. for a series of online matches featuring the newest installment of the blockbuster Call [...]

The luggage-contents of this year’s “I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!” contenders’ remains to be seen - but teabags and slippers are a good bet, reveals new research by TripAdvisor®, in a survey of the home comforts and foods that Brits miss the most when travelling abroad.
Creature comforts: travel “essentials”
“Home sweet home” may [...]

This November, Barack Obama and John McCain aren’t the only ones looking for votes, so are five travel-related nonprofits participating in TripAdvisor’s “More than Footprints(TM)” philanthropic initiative at www.tripadvisor.com/Causes.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/tripadvisor/35761/
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080902/TRIPADVISORLOGO )
With voting top-of-mind, TripAdvisor released a video (www.youtube.com/TripAdvisor) starring Hollywood phenom Rosario Dawson challenging people to make [...]

Ballymore, the leading international property development and investment group, is pleased to announce the opening of the 5 star Kempinski Hybernska in central Prague. The hotel was constructed by Ballymore through the painstaking restoration of a 17th century listed building. It comprises 9,000 sq metres (100,000 square feet) and includes 75 luxury rooms and suites.
Pavel [...]

Daily wide-body British Airways flights between JFK International Airport and London Gatwick Airport will begin on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008.
British Airways will operate a daily B777 in each direction in a four-class seat configuration: 14 First class; 48 Club World (business class); 40 World Traveller Plus (premium economy) and 124 World Traveller (economy).
Flights to London [...]

Construction of the £20 million Fitzwilliam Hotel in Belfast got under way today.
The hotel is sited in Great Victoria Street, next door to the historic Grand Opera House, and is the latest in a string being built to meet demand from visitors to what the Lonely Planet guide calls “a must-see city”.
Planned as a five-star [...]

Interstate Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: IHR), one of the nation’s largest independent hotel management companies, today announced that it has been selected to manage the EuroSuites luxury condo-hotel in the Doral area of Miami, Florida. The nearly completed 368-suite property is being developed by Concalpro Group Corporation and asset managed by EuroSuites Hospitality Group, both [...]

Travellers heading to Belize this fall can now take advantage of four all-inclusive packages introduced at The Inn at Robert’s Grove as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations.
Available through Dec. 15, they include round-trip local air fare from Belize International Airport to Placencia airstrip, local ground transfer from Placencia to the resort, daily breakfast buffet, [...]

Dissatisfaction with accommodations is the second-most-common travel complaint, after airline problems.
It’s happened to every traveler. You arrive someplace to discover the hotel described in the brochure or Web site as “first class” turns out to be anything but, at least by your personal standards. Perhaps the room is too dirty, too small, too hot, too [...]