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We recently took a look at the hotel trends we’re predicting for 2009, but Forbes has taken it one step further and honed in on specific hotels to make their world’s best new hotels list. There’s a pretty good chance that some of these places will be hot in the next year:

Chicago’s coming-soon Trump International [...]

It’s the time of year when the travel media is full of predictions and survey results forecasting where we are all going to travel next year – what destinations are hot for 2009 and what kind of trip will be the next big thing – from mancations to staycations and a big variety of ecotourist [...]

Even as airlines across the world experience troubles thanks to economic woes and increases in fuel prices, we are still excited about getting more A380 super jumbo planes into service, and so are the airlines that have ordered them. Since the first A380 commercial flight from Singapore Airlines a year or so back, we have [...]

Who would want to be an airline owner these days? The doom and gloom for airlines just keeps adding up: increased fuel costs and the double effect of economic problems – fewer people can afford to fly, and the airlines’ finances themselves might be a bit unstable too. Problems with regulations preventing mergers and takeovers [...]

Everybody wants to have a fun and happy holiday, but not every vacation turns out exactly how people plan. Sometimes it’s a natural disaster like Hurricane Ike or Hurricane Gustav that spoil travel plans. But whether it is a result of a tragic accident, a travel mix-up or getting involved in political upheaval, this week [...]

While time on board a plane used to be a special kind of technology free experience when we couldn’t do much in the way of work or staying in contact, that looks like it is going to change soon. Most airlines seem to be resisting the use of cell phones while we’re in the air [...]

Just a couple of weeks ago it was Hurricane Gustav that caught the attention of many travelers who wondered variously if they’d get to their destination or if they’d get home – not to mention everyone whose homes and lives were under threat.
This week it’s Hurricane Ike that’s got everybody worried – and it’s disrupting [...]

Since Monday, many eyes have been on Hurricane Gustav as it barrels through the Caribbean and causes havoc for locals and tourists alike.
It’s not unexpected to have a storm like this at this time of year, and Gustav is the third hurricane of the 2008 season, but that doesn’t make it any easier to handle. [...]

The worst nightmare of many travelers happened again this week, with a plane crash killing 153 people, the vast majority of them tourists and holidaymakers.
Spanair Flight JK5022 Crashes
The Spanair Flight JK5022 from Madrid to Gran Canaria, a vacation island popular with Europeans almost took off at its scheduled time of 1.00pm, but the airplane returned [...]

After months and months of rising gas prices, it looks as though things might be looking a little bit more positive. In the last few weeks most people across the United States have seen a fall in how much they have to spend to fill a tank – in some areas, gas prices have fallen [...]