Travel News and Stories for 09/24/2009 : Kathika Travel Website

By newsdesk on September 24th, 2009

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Below is a list of travel news and stories for 09/24/2009

World’s 10 Greatest Train Journeys
Explore Some of the World’s Most Beautiful Countryside By Rail
http://abcnews.go.com

Kicked off my US Airways flight for wearing an eye mask!
Michael Winn is the president of a private university, a US Airways frequent flier, and according to at least one flight attendant, an imminent threat to security. Why else would he have kicked Winn off a recent flight from Charlotte to Phoenix? Case study in what not to do if seated in an exit row, or yet another example of flight attendant abuse?
http://www.elliott.org

Passenger refunded $2,706 after airline denies mileage credit
Gordon Robertson paid $2,706 for a ticket from Vancouver to Brisbane on Singapore Airlines. Little did he know that the ticket didn’t come with something he — and indeed, most passengers — expect when they book a flight: frequent flier miles.
http://www.elliott.org

The 50 best things to eat in the world, and where to eat them
From cake, steak and tapas, to oysters, chicken and burgers, Killian Fox roamed the world to find the 50 best things to eat and the best places to eat them in, with a little help from professionals like Raymond Blanc, Michel Roux, Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray
http://www.guardian.co.uk

Vilnius: Fall Foliage Travel: 4×4 Through A Lithuanian Forest
Typically when you think of quaint villages and local charm surrounded by autumn colors, your mind fixates on the East Coast. But banish the thought, since Lithuania totally kicks butt in all of those departments.
http://www.jaunted.com

It’s 5:00 somewhere! Top 10 new rooftop bars
Life is good at the top, thanks to these newly debuted U.S. hotel bars.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com

Explorer Jon Bowermaster on Kayaking the World’s Oceans
Jon Bowermaster’s OCEANS 8 project spanned a decade and took him and his teams around the world by sea kayak—and six of the expeditions turned into feature stories for ADVENTURE. One, "Storming the Islands of Fire and Ice," is featured in our (great) just released anthology
http://ngadventure.typepad.com

Asian Cuisine as Diverse as Vancouver
From the outside, the Argo Cafe does not look like an Asian fusion restaurant — or really much of a restaurant at all. Situated ina light industrial section of Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood, it seems to date from another era.
http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com

Practical Traveler: No Rest for the Airport Security Weary
A rule that is being phased in this year requires that the names on IDs and tickets match perfectly.
http://www.nytimes.com

Cleveland in 36 hours and some
This past Sunday’s New York Times’ article "36 Hours in Cleveland" did the city proud. Writer Brett Sokol captured most of the must-sees of Cleveland’s many faces that range from the down home blue collar to the artsy and highbrow.
http://www.gadling.com

Fitch Rating predicts improving conditions for U.S. airlines
The slump in revenue at U.S. airlines is slowing and the carriers’ financial health should improve modestly over the next year, according to a major credit-rating agency. Still, after two years of weak revenue, some carriers are running relatively low on cash and will need "emergency sources of capital" to survive the winter,
http://www.usatoday.com

Next Year Might Just Be the Year You Can Afford a Crystal Cruise
Have you spent years wishing you could afford to sail with Crystal but settling for lesser cruise lines instead? Well, 2010 may just be the year you can afford to upgrade.
http://www.concierge.com