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TravelBy Anh
9 days ago
 Great deals are driving consumers to continue booking flights and hotel rooms, Orbitz President and Chief Executive Barney Harford told Businessweek.com in an interview. At hotels, “occupancy is low, and that’s great for consumers,” Harford says. “If you’re still working and you feel reasonably good about the economic outlook, being able to get a four-star hotel for a three-star price can be attractive.” In the quarter ended June 30, Orbitz’s bookings rose 17 percent from a year earlier, while net revenue rose 3 percent. Expedia’s bookings rose 19 percent last quarter, and revenue jumped 8 percent. Priceline ImpressesThe most impressive results came from Priceline, where gross bookings rose 43.3 percent from a year earlier and revenues climbed 27 percent. That despite the fact that a high proportion of Priceline’s business comes from Europe, where its Booking.com site is popular. “The widespread concern that a sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone would lead to falloff in travel demand has not yet materialized, and business results to-date are encouraging,” Priceline Chief Executive Jeffery Boyd told analysts on Aug. 3. In June, Priceline was named the top stock in the Bloomberg Businessweek 50, a list of the companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index with the best shareholder returns of the past five years. |
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LifestyleTravelBy Vaishnav Kumar
10 days ago
Kerala Beauty is fascinating…Kerala Tourism is highly accredited for memorable holidaying destinations. In short Kerala is Incredible. Yes and it is true, its astounding beauty and fascinating charm makes it one of the most beautiful state in India, visited by tourists from all the nook and corner of the world. This most captivating state is situated in the southern part of India along the ever ending beach of Arabian Sea and the high hill of the Western Ghats. It is blessed with some of the most enchanting tourism destinations like picturesque backwaters, scenic hill stations, serene beaches, exotic wildlife parks and sanctuaries, which are all the favored destination for tourists. Due to all these mesmerizing attraction and blissful ambiance, tourists from all the nook and corner of the world come to Kerala availing tailor made Kerala package tour.
No doubt, Kerala tourism has high potential and due to these it is not globally acclaimed by honeymooners, vacationers, holiday makers, travelers and world trotters. So, plan for Kerala travel and you will surely love to relish in the memories for lifetime. Let’s give a quick look and explore the attraction of the state one by one. Kerala Hill Stations |
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LifestyleTravelBy Paroshep
10 days ago
 deTraci Regula in her Greece Travel Blog reports:
“A new report on the benefits of extra-virgin olive oil shows a surprising result - olive oil actually changes the way human genes work, reducing the risk of heart disease.” Read more on her blog which also contains links to more about olive oil and the Mediterranean diet.
We believe olive oil from Greece is better than the more common Italian variety. I don't know if anyone has done a study to that effect. But there is reliable evidence that Italy imports oil from Greece and adds to their own to improve the quality. |
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Ski Vacations On A Budget38 hours agoLifestyleTravelBy gjhotelsite1
When you get thinking about ski vacations, you'll find plenty of info about assorted resorts and packages. Finding terrific holiday spots isn't troublesome, however , finding ski vacations that...
Falkirk Motorhome Hire2 days agoLifestyleTravelBy motorhouk5
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LifestyleTravelBy Paroshep
2 weeks ago
The Athens News Agency reported on Friday that for the first 6 months of 2010 the Greek government reduced their annual budget deficit by 39.7%. That’s right nearly 40% less deficit than in 2009.
In other words, since revenues are up and expenses are down, Greece only spent 12.10 billion Euro more than they had coming in versus 20.05 billion Euro for the same period last year.
Everyone here is very curious about what will happen as the tourism season ends in September. Uncertainty is always bad for business and we have a very uncertain future on the Greek islands at this time. Stay tuned.
I just realised that I have not taken many photos this summer. We are not doing or seeing anything that is different, I am afraid. This is a different view of Club Med 2 that visits our village of Aliki, Paros about three times per year. |
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LifestyleTravelBy Paroshep
3 weeks ago
 I have not yet seen the official press release (probably due to a journalist’s strike) but the BBC says “Greece says it will cover the extra costs for any tourists stranded in the country as a result of industrial action or natural disaster.”
It then quotes Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos: “We are guaranteeing to pay any extra room and board any visitor in Greece pays even if stuck here because of a volcano in Iceland." Of course, that says nothing of re-booking airline flights, which in my experience has been the largest expense. |
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LifestyleTravelBy Paroshep
4 weeks ago
 I have a page on my web site full of ideas of how to work at home on the beach. Forbes Magazine highlighted a new way to finance the holiday/vacation life style: buy a yacht using Time Shares.
Their article details how one person did it but the idea can be applied to anything, including a private villa at the resort location of your dreams -- with you as the paid caretaker.
What do you want out of life? You can obtain it with creativity and daring. |
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