Discounted International Airfares!

Another study to tell us something we already know

By A. Pawlowski, CNN October 19, 2010 2:19 p.m. EDT

So far this year, more than 18 percent of flights have arrived or departed at least 15 minutes late, according to the government.

China the new Dubai?

Hyatt Doubles Down On Chinese Hotel Development October 15, 2010, 11:30 AMBy Michael B. Baker

Hyatt Hotels Corp. this week announced management agreements that double its pipeline in China, bringing its total number of properties under development in the country to 22.

Now this sounds good ......Madrid's late night of Culture

(Via Ny Times)By VALERIE GLADSTONE

La Noche en BlancoThe 2008 White Night celebrations at the juncture of Calle Alcalá and Gran Vía in Madrid.

Safi Air in-flight magazine ( Truth in advertising)

(via Wall Street Journal) KABUL—Safi Airways, a start-up Afghan airline, ventures where few air carriers

dare to go: Its in-flight magazine tells the ugly truth about the place where you're about to land.

American Airlines' magazine lists the 10 best pizza parlors in America. United Airlines has a spread headlined "3 Perfect Days: Amsterdam," presumably perfecting its 2007 article, "3 Perfect Days: Amsterdam."

In the seat pocket in front of you on Safi, you will find an article on Kabul heroin addicts, photos of bullet-pocked tourist sites and ads for mine-resistant sport-utility vehicles.

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Courtesy of Safi In-Flight Magazine

If Julia Roberts can .... Start packing people.

Travel industry courting 'Eat, Pray, Love' fans

 

AP – This photo taken Monday Aug. 2, 2010, shows the Piazza del Popolo in Rome. In the book “Eat, Pray, …

In Bali, they're seeking guidance from a spiritual healer. In Rome, they're lapping up gelato. And in India, they're visiting temples.

Fans of Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling memoir "Eat, Pray, Love," have been following in her footsteps ever since it was first published in 2006. The book describes a year Gilbert spent living in Italy, India and Indonesia on the rebound from a divorce and failed romance.