10 great places to take the grandchildren
December 11, 2009 ·
“Kids may forget who gave them that toy, but they will definitely remember taking a train to the ‘North Pole’ with their grandpa or riding in a horse-drawn carriage with their Nana,” says Elizabeth LaBan, author of The Grandparents Handbook: Games, Activities,Tips, How-Tos, and All-Around Fun (Quirk Books, $16.95). She shares places where grandparents and [...]
Holidays abroad popular again despite downturn
November 27, 2009 ·
Going on holiday is back on the cards again despite the recession, with a global survey showing one in five people plan to travel overseas, even if it’s largely within their region. The survey by credit card firm MasterCard asked over 10,600 people in the Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific about their travel [...]
Relais & Chateaux group to have more urban hotels
November 23, 2009 ·
Relais & Chateaux, an association of unique luxury hotels and gourmet restaurants, is planning to include more urban hotels. The Hotel St. Germain in Dallas, the Hotel Raphael in Rome and The Connaught in London were among 31 new properties added in November to the Relais & Chateaux collection, bringing its total membership to 475 [...]
Air Canada starts trial use of in-flight Internet
November 20, 2009 ·
Air Canada has begun trial offers of Internet service onboard some flights between Los Angeles and the cities of Toronto and Montreal. The service will cost $9.95 per flight for customers with a laptop computer and $7.95 for a personal electronic device. The airline said the test will run until Jan. 29, and then it [...]
Canada’s secret slopes
November 11, 2009 ·
All Olympic eyes will be on Whistler Blackcomb next year as it hosts the 2010 Winter Games’ alpine skiing events. But those in the know will be heading to British Columbia’s vast, snowy interior for its cool old-school mountain towns and the best powder and terrain in North America. Kicking Horse Mountain Resort Serious skiers [...]
Sky-high travel phone bills nearly bust house payment
August 28, 2009 ·
When it comes to “gotcha” fees, the cellular phone industry makes travel companies look like rank amateurs. Take what happened to P. Morgan Brown when his wife decided to take a spur-of-the-moment vacation to Indonesia. Her Verizon bill came to a staggering $8,000. Text-messages home cost an astounding $2.50 each and the meter was running [...]
Alaska Air Group 2Q profit slips 53.9 pct
July 23, 2009 ·
Alaska Air Group Inc., operator of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, said Thursday its second-quarter profit plunged 53.9 percent to $29.1 million as sales slipped 9.3 percent. The Seattle-based company’s profit for the April-June quarter was equivalent to 79 cents a share, compared to a year-ago profit of $63.1 million, or $1.74 a share. Excluding [...]
