Amazing competition from Radisson Blu

Radisson Blu just launched a competition to offer one very lucky winner a total of 365 hotel nights to spend in any of their 200+ hotels scattered across Europe's best cities. And if you're ranging farther afield, there are some in Asia and Africa as well. For the exoticists, there's the St. Martin Radisson Blu as well. Back to the competition. They're calling it "The greatest...

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National Park Week 2010

All 392 U.S. National Parks will be open to the public with free admission from 17 to 25 April 2010. This is a fantastic opportunity to visit some of the most amazing scenery in the world, and one which many Americans should take. Astoundingly, I run across people all the time who haven't yet visited even one of the National Parks. These parks are a real treasure for America, and one to be enjoyed and pas...

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easyJet expands with 70 new routes in 2010

2009 wasn't a very good year for budget airlines with plenty of route and airport closures. However, easyJet has pledged 70 new routes in 2010, which is a huge expansion for Europe's 2nd largest budget airline. As we've previously covered, 10 easyJet routes were revealed back in November 2009. On 4 January 2010, these 21 routes were announced: Route ...

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Travel Snippets 25 Feb 2010

This is the first in a series of travel news posts that will point to some of the more useful, infuriating, or biza...
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ESTA now mandatory for U.S. travel

From today, you won't be allowed to pass immigrations in the United States without having an approved ESTA applicat...
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Ryanair won't cancel Italian domestic flights after all

Ryanair won't suspend their Italian domestic operations after the Italian Aviation authority (ENAC), has agreed a n...
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Ryanair to cancel domestic flights in Italy

Ryanair is grounding all domestic flights in Italy due to security concerns from 23 January 2010. This is a tempora...
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British Airways Xmas strike ever more likely

It looks more likely than ever that British Airways staff will cause horrible holiday misery for many thousands of ...
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Visa Electron no more, new free payment option for Ryanair

As Visa is phasing out the Visa Electron cards, Ryanair will stop accepting them from January 2010. This means that...
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UK travelers get more flights to Turkey

With Turkey really having made it onto the mass travel market radar this year, especially for Europeans, Pegasus Ai...
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Irish Budget Travel goes bankrupt

Budget Travel, the Irish travel company which sold one out of three vacations in Ireland, suddenly went bankrupt th...
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More European destinations from easyJet

easyJet is launching 10 new routes in 2010, 3 of which are from the UK to Malta, Helsinki, and Cagliari. This means...
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Visitors to USA need pre-clearance from January 12, 2009

Nationals of Visa Waiver Program countries (see list below) will still be eligible to travel without a visa but w...
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