Travel News and Stories for 09/18/2009 : Kathika Travel Website

Below is a list of travel news and stories for 09/18/2009

Sweet Suites of Vegas: Big, Pricey and Audacious
A 10,000-square-foot suite that includes a basketball halfcourt rents for $25,000 a night at Palms Casino Resort. At MGM Grand’s Skylofts, you’ll find a bathtub that fizzes with tiny champagne-like massage bubbles, TVs in the mirrors and airport pickup in a $400,000 car.
http://abcnews.go.com

5 Tips on How to Avoid Germs on Planes
With the spread of the H1N1 virus, airlines have taken notice and stocked up on supplies such as gloves, masks and alcohol wipes and increased their cleanings.
http://abcnews.go.com

9 tips for insanely busy travelers What’s a time-strapped traveler to do? Read on. We’ve compiled nine tips to make your trips more efficient and to meet the ultimate goal of any busy traveler: to get you there on time and with minimal hassle.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com

Like to Watch Naked People? Visit NYC’s High Line Park Voyeurism became New York’s hot attraction this summer after Standard Hotel guests were photographed in the buff prancing about, even having (gasp!) sex, in front of their floor-to-ceiling windows. And the city’s new High Line park offers a great vantage point.
http://www.latimes.com

Spirit Airlines smacked with record $375,000 fine for consumer rules violations The Transportation Department has hit Spirit Airways with a record $375,000 for failing to comply with rules governing denied boarding compensation, fare advertising, baggage liability and other consumer protection requirements
http://www.elliott.org

Plonk Down $250 To Monitor Exactly How Many Calories You Burn Traveling Ancient nutritionists who roamed the savanah eons ago discovered a mathematical formula for losing weight: eat less calories than you burn. A few million years later, their descendants amended the formula: eat less calories than you burn, but don’t assume you’re burning much more than 2,000 calories per day because you’re not.
http://www.jaunted.com

Caribbean Airlines Hires Hotties To Build Their Brand When we think of heading down to the islands of the Caribbean, we usually look for cheap airfare on a low cost carrier or one of the country’s big boy airlines. For whatever reason, Caribbean Airlines never seems to be an option, nor do we even give the airline a second thought.
http://www.jaunted.com

Club Med: Get 7 nights, but pay for only 3 in Cancun, Ixtapa, Caribbean Club Med, the well-known, all-inclusive vacation resort with properties worldwide, is willing to give you seven nights for the price of three. They are calling it a 7-Day Weekend — but you still have to work for it.
http://travel.latimes.com

Bosnia: a model for the planet
In many ways, Bosnia today has what the rest of Europe has lost. The country is at a magical inflection point, a crossroads, where it has the opportunity to be a model for the planet.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com

Taking the Plunge: How to Conquer Your Fears Through Travel
It seems like an unlikely venue to have a panic attack: the calm azure blue sea gently lapping against the stern of the small glass bottomed boat, surrounded by happy and excited tourists, pulling on their flippers and splashing into the water, while the glorious sun beats down, making everything around sparkle like paradise.
http://www.vagabondish.com

14 Super Places to Swim: From the Bizarre to the Beautiful Across this world, there are thousands upon thousands of places to swim. It’s good for your health and good clean fun. But if you are bored of ordinary swimming pools, there are too many other unusual or cool places to swim that are far from dull to keep you happy and entertained.
http://weburbanist.com

Breaking:Guests, two monkeys and a crow forced to evacuate toney Boston Hotel
Firefighters forced hundreds of guests, workers, two monkeys and a crow this morning to evacuate Boston’s upscale Liberty Hotel due to elevated levels of carbon monoxide, the Boston Globe is reporting
http://content.usatoday.com

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