Travel News and Stories for 09/23/2009 : Kathika Travel Website

By newsdesk on September 23rd, 2009

Below is a list of travel news and stories for 09/23/2009

China Bans Foreign Tourists From Tibet China bans foreign tourists from Tibet ahead of 60th anniversary celebrations.
http://abcnews.go.com

Is This the Future of Travel?
Flying economy might soon mean facing your fellow passengers and not eating very much.
http://blogs.abcnews.com

Holiday Inn opens NYC hotel made entirely of key cards “As part of an effort to build buzz around the relaunch of 1200 Holiday Inn hotels this month, the lodging chain has opened a very special hotel in New York. It’s not your average hotel though. It’s made entirely of hotel key cards. “
http://www.gadling.com

Have airlines neutralized the passenger rights movement? I was thrilled when I heard that a coalition of travel professionals was meeting in Washington for a what they called a “stakeholder hearing” on passenger rights. Finally, after years of virtually no representation in the nation’s capital, passengers were organizing.
http://www.elliott.org

TSA Paperless Boarding Pass at 4 More Airports
That’s right, the paperless boarding pass pilot is at 34 airports now!
http://www.tsa.gov

Tips On Tipping Around The World
Travel experts agree that it’s always best to err on the side of generosity. “Even when you’re a business traveler, you are still an unofficial ambassador from America,” observes Erica Duecy, an editor at Fodor’s. She recommends getting a stash of small denominations as soon as you arrive in a country. Keep your tipping cash in a separate compartment in your wallet, or in a change purse.
http://www.forbes.com

Update from Far West Texas
Contributing Editor Andrew Nelson is back from a visit to his former digs in West Texas, and uncovered a slate of fun new hotspots http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com

Philadelphia: Take an ‘Always Sunny’ Trip To Philadelphia We’re pained to admit that the Philadelphia shown in the F/X show “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” is only ~~slightly~~ realer than the New York of “Friends” or the Miami of “The Golden Girls.” Still, even if you can’t get a drink at Paddy’s Pub, you can follow in their footsteps in the City of Brotherly Love (of the non-McPoyle kind).
http://www.jaunted.com

Free-night offer by Country Inns & Suites Everyone’s serving up free nights these days. Expedia is doing it with a recently announced promotion. And Choice Hotels —with Comfort Inn and Econo Lodge a couple of the names under its banner — has offered, after a three-night stay, points applicable for a future one-night stay. Now, the mid-range Country Inns & Suites by Carlson has [...]
http://travel.latimes.com

Vast, red dust storms choke Australia A pall of red dust blown in from the Outback clogged the skies over Sydney on Wednesday, diverting international flights, disrupting public transport and prompting a spike in emergency calls from people suffering breathing difficulties.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com

Itineraries: Fewer Choose to Pay for Front-of-the-Plane
As sales drop for premium-class tickets, some airlines are considering cutting back on business- and first-class sections.
http://www.nytimes.com

Speed date on a roller coaster through September Relationships are full of ups and downs — and so is traveling, so how’s this for a novel way to start a new one: a UK theme park has launched the world’s fastest speed dating event on a roller coaster. Aside from being a new way “to get your heart racing,” it’s actually drawing a growing number of adults to its theme park.
http://www.gadling.com

Related Travel Deals