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 Flying Singapore can be a depressing experience because you may wish you could choose them on every route, domestic and international. Their excellence and consistency shows just how good an airline can be and just how awful many US carriers really are. They are the first airline to take delivery of ...the new Airbus 380. Why are they considered the best airline in the world? Start with the newest, most sumptuous aircraft, add some of the best flight attendants, and food that can actually be me

Yes, Airfares are going up this year. Savvy corporate travel agent experts and corporate travelers

can save a ton of money by going through a broker. As seen in newspapers such as the New York

Times, Wall Street Journal, The Robb Report ect. Many times these brokers through years of expertise can take advantage of lower currencies or just knowing different ways to issue an airline ticket in perhaps

a more creative way to save you money. Savvy Corporate U.S. travelers have been using brokers for ye

Spend a memorable Tet holiday with your family at the boutique Hanoi Imperial Hotel. Enter the Lunar New Year in a peaceful oasis at the heart of the historic capital city - and discover the charm of the Imperial.

Book rooms, discount 20% and enjoy our Traditional Tet

Valid from January 25^th to Feb 28^th, 2011.

Only USD 70 net for a Superior single, USD 75 net for  a Superior double

This special prce includes:

-         New Year breakfast, lunch and dinner on the first day of Lunar New Year.

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The main goal of most business executives is to make their business effective, efficient and streamlined and the use of Las Vegas air charter meets all of these goals. Consider how you and your team examine the efficient functioning of each of the components of your business, and you will be surprised to realize that you are not doing the same with your travel time.

The use of Las Vegas air charter readily maximizes the travel time spent by your staff, travel time that could be more effectively u

Pets are one of our most precious possessions and often, our closest friends. Well trained dogs make great hiking companions but dogs are not allowed on the wilderness trails of Yosemite National Park.

Although dogs are allowed in the park and can be in designated campgrounds the National Parks are not exactly dog friendly, there are so many restrictions that dogs can't really be dogs.

If you want to hike with your dog visit the National Forests just outside Yosemite National Park. There are miles

If you like spiritual quests, you will enjoy the stories in Song of India: Tales of travel and transformation. The book is a collection of 10 tales about my attempt to recover from grief, understand the essence of yoga and rediscover the joy of living by traveling, studying yoga and volunteering in India.

“India always changes people, and I have been no exception,”author Ruth Prawer-Jhabvala wrote, and I agree. Before I left for India on the first trip, I had experienced a series of devastating

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Five Social and Marketing Trends for 2011

HotelMarketing.com went out on a limb and declared the top 10 Marketing and Social Media trends to watch in 2011.

The site acknowledges that 2010 was a year full of new business models, innovations (think iPad, LBS, Mobile device power) with great growth in, and attention paid to social media. 

Rohit Bhargava, at the prestigious Influential Marketing Blog, is responsible for identifying the top ten. But then he added five more.

He says in h

 Oceanside Diining on the Beach

By Roy Heale

Located at the heart of one of Argentina's most popular eco-tourism destinations is the port city of Puerto Madryn. From this central point eco-tours depart daily for whale watching, visits to the sea lion colonies, the penguin settlements, wildlife parks, dolphin watching, and much more of the local wildlife. The region is a popular breeding ground for many species and has been recognized as a World Natural Heritage Site since 1999. The clear blue wa

I said it before, this is a two subject question. On one hand, travel agents, home based travel agents, travel agency owners are probably at least 70% over the age of 40. That means, we have been around the block. In 2001 , I had a company called Ticket Planet, that was to go public, and would have been a mini Expedia. Well, my Wall Street backers bought the company and luckily ,but barely, I came out ok. I evolved from going to an office in downtown San Francisco, with 50 people, to working fr

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So far no international classification for hotels exists,but that hasn’t stopped ambitious hotel marketers from slapping any number of stars, diamonds, cacti on their properties and touting them as 5 or 6 or even 7 star properties,whatever that may mean in real service and amenities.

I think the ratings inflation trend began with the Xanadu-  frenzy in Dubai, especially with the luxury hotel, Burj Al Arab (Tower of the Arabs), built on an artificial island and billed as a 7-Star s

                                                            NEGRIL SUNSET

Negril has always had a free-spirited reputation, so its no surprise that the famous Seven Mile Beach is a magnet for topless -- and sometimes nude -- sunbathing. You can catch a glimpse of extra flesh almost anywhere along this strand, but especially around the Hedonism II and Breezes Grand (formerly Grande Lido Negril) resorts, each of which has its own nude beaches.

SUMMARY ~ I would definitely entertain going back to th

 Many of the smaller Natural Wonders of the Yosemite are are missed by the average tourist and Ladybugs are a great example.. These orange beetles hibernate each Winter at the base of trees in certain areas protected by bark and pine needles. There can be hundreds and even thousands hibernating together and they are pretty well concealed. During the Springtime swarms of orange beetles fill the air as they wake up and fly away.

Yosemite Audio Adventures are filled with fun facts about the natural

A recent article in our local newspaper, the Union Democrat from Sonora, says that once Yosemite's attendance records are finalized for 2010 they expect to show that they had more than 4 million visitors during last year.  Do NOT let that big number scare you away from visiting this most wonderful of our National Parks, yes it is popular, and yes it can be crowded in the summer season, but that is just because it is so great and such a must-see for travellers to California.

Here at Hotel Charlot

With more than 20 million pieces of luggage going missing every year around the world there’s a possibility that this could happen to any one of us. Whilst there’s nothing that we can do to prevent it happening to us, if the worst should happen here is some advice on what you can do and what your rights are.

Did you know?
When any piece of checked-in luggage goes missing it is the responsibility of the airline you are travelling with. Therefore, when it becomes apparent that your luggage has gone