Travel News and Stories for 10/14/2009 : Kathika Travel Website

By newsdesk on October 14th, 2009

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Below is a list of travel news and stories for 10/14/2009

Top 10 Free Attractions in London
Once the center of the British Empire, London remains the largest city in Europe and is home to an incredibly diverse population, as well as countless historical and cultural gems.
http://abcnews.go.com

All Aboard a Cruise to The Arctic!
Bundle up and try Norway and the Arctic Circle instead of the beach.
http://abcnews.go.com

Blood Rivers and Stone Forests: 15 Alien Landscapes
Fairy chimneys, blood red rivers and Seuss-like spotted lakes: these aren’t CGI settings for sci-fi films, but real places right here on earth. From rivers in Spain that run blood red to a legendary place of underground rock cities and ‘fairy chimneys’ in Turkey, these locations seem to have come straight out of science fiction.
http://webecoist.com

Is Continental Airlines the last great legacy carrier?
If you think customer service on U.S. airlines is a dying art — and especially on legacy carriers — you’ve probably been reading this site too much. And while it’s true that service levels have plummeted to historic lows, there are some exceptions.
http://www.elliott.org

Lake Buena Vista: 2009 Halloween Theme Park Scare Guide: Mickey’s Not So Scary Party
You know Disney has some deep pockets when it comes to their theme parks, so visitors looking to celebrate Halloween have nothing to worry about if they make Walt Disney World their spooky holiday headquarters. For many years the Magic Kingdom has been shutting things down early and welcoming families to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party.
http://www.jaunted.com

Las Vegas: THEhotel under $60 per night
Vegasfiles have new luxe options at the CityCenter to grab their attention this winter, but think twice before you discount your previous favorites on the Strip. THEhotel is offering the lowest rate I can remember seeing. Again it was DealBase that tipped me off to THEhotel’s “Winter Retreat” special: Get a third night free when [...]
http://travel.latimes.com

Commuter jet makes emergency landing in Texas
Officials say a commuter jet made a safe emergency landing in Texas after a report of smoke in the cockpit.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com

Itineraries: A Recovery to ‘Less Bad’
Travel spending in the United States is expected to decline by 9 percent this year, to $705 billion, and to recover only part of that in 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com

Climate change bugs climbers on Everest
In another ominous sign of global climate change, climbers on Mount Everest are reporting that they are finding house flies in Base Camp for the first time. According to this story from The Guardian, the insects began appearing earlier this year, catching mountaineers, including the Sherpas who call the Himalaya home, completely off guard.
http://www.gadling.com

Climb aboard one of Christopher Columbus’s ships
Whether or not one thinks that Christopher Columbus’s voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas is a day to celebrate, the 1492 journey of the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria was an amazing feat
http://www.gadling.com

The Embarrassing but True Story of My "Lost" iPhone…and How Continental Airlines Came to the Rescue
The moment I boarded my Continental flight from Newark to Houston on Thursday, panic set in: I couldn’t find my iPhone.
http://www.concierge.com

Airlines shoot back at fee critics
Customers may gripe about the recent spate of airline fees that have been added recently, but airline officials have begun to counter by saying criticism of those fees is unfair.
http://blogs.usatoday.com