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For travelers who really want to strip off in the sun, travel website TripAdvisor has come up with a list of the top 10 resorts where clothing is optional.

Australia said it is open to a USD$5.9 billion merger between Qantas Airways and British Airways as long as it's not a takeover, sending the Australian carrier's shares up nearly 10 percent.

Cruise lines, navigating a dreadful economy and tight-fisted consumers, are rolling out a bounty of bargain fares to fill their ships.

By Mary Ellen Podmolik, TRIBUNE REPORTER -- Chicago Tribune , December 1, 2008 Monday Chicagoland Final Edition Deutsche Bank Trust Co.

The Dow Hotel Company, LLC , a leading hotel owner and third-party management company, today announced it has promoted two of its senior general managers, Michael Pitstick and Steven Falciani, to the newly ...

SOUTHLAKE, Texas, 26 November -- SynXis, the Sabre Holdings business that provides complete hotel distribution and Internet marketing services globally, announced today that The Precise Hotel Collection, one of ...

The restoration of the century-old Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel in downtown Mumbai that was considerably damaged during the terror siege could take as much as 12 months and cost about Rs.5 billion, experts ...

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The global crisis may be pounding bigger travel markets in Europe but it's almost business as usual for Portugal's tourism industry.

...most travellers were not afraid of speaking up when a fellow traveller was out of line, with 68 per cent of respondents saying they had asked another traveller to stop doing something rude.

Amadeus, a leading provider of technology to the travel and tourism industry, has launched a new version of its self-booking tool for corporations which includes a feature enabling users with mobility impairments to request special assistance at airports at the time of booking their trip...

Witnesses caught up in the terrorist attack on Mumbai have spoken of how they ran for their lives, smashed windows to escape and sheltered in hotel rooms as the horror that has claimed more than 100 lives ...

Thousands of passengers, many of them foreigners, were stranded at the airport after the PAD stormed into the passenger terminal, blocked the tollway towards the airport on Tuesday evening, prompting the Airports of Thailand (AOT) to shut down the airport' s operation after 9:00 p.m. (1400 GMT) for now.

The travel industry is bracing for a painful holiday season as people scale back their discretionary spending.

The tax for flying out of British airports is to be raised by at least 10 percent and will double in some cases by 2010, the government said, giving its green credentials a boost and handing the Treasury ...

Fares rose by almost half last year but should start coming down by the New Year, Praful Patel, whose ministry controls state-run carrier Air India, said at a conference.

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If you're going out of town for Thanksgiving, using smart packing techniques can help you save money, especially if you're flying.

The 1,187ft vessel, that can carry 6,296 passengers, is so big that its exhaust stack retracts so it can pass under bridges as it travels the world.

Here are 10 overall hotel food trends and 5 menu item / ingredient trends to expect in 2009, from experts around the industry.

Leaving from LaGuardia this Thanksgiving? Be sure to allow plenty of time. Slattery for News Avoid crowds on the railways by traveling on Thanksgiving morning.

Looking down upon the lush greenery and riotous flower gardens in the sunken gardens at Butchart Gardens , it is almost impossible to believe that this was once a barren limestone quarry.