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Taiwan airlines to hike air fare again over rising fuel price
Taipei - Taiwan airlines will hike air fare on international routes next month due to rising fuel price, the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) said on Tuesday. Starting July 15, Taiwan airlines will add 5 US dollars to the surcharge on short-ran...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-01 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Token strikes target Lufthansa at German airports - Summary
Berlin - German carrier Lufthansa was forced to cancel short-haul flights and delay long-haul departures on being targeted by brief warning strikes in support of a pay demand Tuesday. Lufthansa said it had cancelled 44 inner-European flights, shiftin...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-01 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Hong Kong visitor numbers surge 9 per cent in first half of 2008
Hong Kong - A surge in the number of visitors from China helped Hong Kong post a 9.1 per cent rise in the number of tourists travelling to the city in the first six months of this year, a media report said Tuesday. More than 14 million people visited...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-01 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Booking a hotel room on the internet has payoffs and pitfalls
Frankfurt - Marco Urban of Frankfurt found the offer on the internet portal attractive: an overnight stay at a bargain rate in Amsterdam's Aalborg Hotel. So his disappointment was all the greater when he learned on arrival that a room too few had bee...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-01 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Taiwan awaits Chinese tourists with mixed feelings - Feature
Taipei - Taiwan residents, with excitement, curiosity and a little contempt, are awaiting Chinese tourists who will arrive on July 4 after Taiwan lifts its five-decade ban on entry by Chinese citizens. Although many Taiwanese have visited China in re...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-30 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Travel sites that help you save money - Feature
Washington - With travel season kicking into high gear in many parts of the world, the challenge is finding travel deals. Especially these days, when energy prices have driven up the cost of everything from airline tickets to accommodations, bargains...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-30 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Indian tourists boost Singapore's visitor arrivals
Singapore - A boost in the number of Indian tourists pushed visitor arrivals to a new record in May, according to tourism data released Saturday. A total of 828,000 tourists visited Singapore last month, the 63rd consecutive month of record numbers a...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-28 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Dutch advised not to visit Zimbabwe
Amsterdam - The Dutch government Thursday advised its citizens not to travel to Zimbabwe where disputed presidential elections are being held. A statement released by the Foreign Ministry said the government was concerned about security during and af...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-26 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Maintenance to bring travel delays around Amsterdam this summer
Amsterdam - Dutch nationals and tourists visiting Amsterdam were warned that travel times in the Amsterdam metropolitan area would lengthen as maintenance is carried out this summer, a municipal spokesman told Dutch media Thursday. The city is using ...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-26 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Iranians welcome reports of US plan for visa section - Feature
Tehran - Many Iranians reacted with great joy to reports that the United States might open an interest section in Tehran with visa services after almost three decades. There have been reports and even official signals earlier this week that US offici...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-25 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]