Luxury travel

Zanzibar's budget bliss
Guardian (London), The | 3 hours 29 minutes ago
Think a paradise break in the Indian Ocean will cost a small fortune? Not on Zanzibar where a clutch of new boutique hotels offers cool style and seriously good value

All-inclusive luxury
Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 4 hours 55 minutes ago
Forget karaoke and bland buffets. On the Riviera Maya, a new class of hotels serves up oysters, spa treatments and free golf

First Class Traveler
Forbes | 4 hours 57 minutes ago
From exotic train trips and private mega-yachts to spacious digs on commercial flights, Forbes and the Travel Channel give you ways to experience the heights of luxury travel.

The Results are In! We Reveal 2009's 30Under30 Winners
Travel Agent | 6 hours 2 minutes ago
After the success of last year?s inaugural 30 Under 30 report, Travel Agent once again sought to highlight some of the brightest young travel agents bringing the industry into the future. Some of them are second-generation travel advisors. Some own their companies. But the common unique quality among all is that they are industrious hard workers who are keeping the industry vibrant and dynamic with fresh ideas and strong ambition.

30 Under 30
Travel Agent | 10 hours 26 minutes ago
After the success of last year?s inaugural 30 Under 30 report, Travel Agent once again sought to highlight some of the brightest young travel agents bringing the industry into the future. Some of them are second-generation travel advisors. Some own their companies. But the common unique quality among all is that they are industrious hard workers who are keeping the industry vibrant and dynamic with fresh ideas and strong ambition.

Olympic committee settle legal battle over ticket sales
Seattle Times, The | 19 hours 4 minutes ago
Olympic organizers have settled a legal fight with a longtime unauthorized ticket seller ? by giving that Canadian seller authorized tickets.

UPDATE 1-Cathay Pacific sees seasonal rise in premium travel
Reuters | 1 day 25 minutes ago
SINGAPORE, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's leading air carrier Cathay Pacific Airways (0293.HK) is seeing some recovery in its business and first-class travel, CEO Tony Tyler said on Friday, while cautioning a sustained revival had not yet taken hold. "At the moment we are seeing some recovery in premium travel, that is largely seasonal. The structural recovery will probably come when the world economy is on a firmer basis," Tyler told reporters on the sidelines of a business conference in Sin...

Cathay Pacific CEO sees recovery in premium travel
Reuters | 1 day 58 minutes ago
SINGAPORE, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's leading air carrier Cathay Pacific Airways (0293.HK) is seeing some recovery in its business and first-class travel, CEO Tony Tyler said on Friday. "At the moment we are seeing some recovery in premium travel, that is largely seasonal," Tyler told a conference in Singapore. (Reporting by Harry Suhartono; Writing by Nopporn Wong-Anan; Editing by Lincoln Feast)

Austria, Italy spa packages are designed for a girls' getaway
Travel Weekly | 1 day 2 hours 56 minutes ago
Are European girlfriend getaways still hot in this shaky economy?

This year, what's off the slopes will count
Salt Lake Tribune (Utah), The | 1 day 4 hours 4 minutes ago
The ski industry and tourism boosters are counting the state's less-restrictive liquor laws and two new marquee hotels to brighten the season.