New guidebook to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
May 18, 2009 ·
A new guidebook offers recommendations for exploring Michigan’s Upper Peninsula region. “Michigan’s Upper Peninsula” ($17.95) is a first edition by Josh Bishop from Moon Handbooks. Moon’s other titles span the globe, from Brazil to Moscow to California to Mexico, but Bill Newlin, publisher of Berkeley-based Avalon Travel, which owns Moon, said the company likes “giving [...]
Travel officials push back on business travel
May 13, 2009 ·
The CEO of Internet travel site Travelocity said Wednesday that misguided criticism of business travel has led to a lot of confusion about what’s acceptable. Speaking to a Senate subcommittee on tourism, Sam Gilliland said the Treasury Department’s failure to carefully define what constitutes luxury and excessive travel has led to “paralyzing confusion … in [...]
Holiday travel to get boost from cheap gas
May 12, 2009 ·
After a plunge in gas prices, Americans are expected to hit the highways in larger numbers this Memorial Day, giving the traditional start of the driving season a boost for the first time since 2005, AAA said Tuesday. An estimated 32.4 million people — roughly 11 percent of the U.S. population — will take some [...]
Regional airlines hit by falling travel demand
May 6, 2009 ·
U.S. regional airlines, ExpressJet Holdings Inc (XJT.N) and SkyWest Inc (SKYW.O) said on Wednesday their first-quarter results were weakened by shrinking travel demand in the recession. ExpressJet, which provides regional flights for Continental Airlines (CAL.N), said its first-quarter net loss shrank to $11.4 million, or 67 cents per share, from a $35.7 million loss, or [...]
Ways to fly cheaper and hassle-free with pets
May 6, 2009 ·
We dress them up. We feed them gourmet foods. We treat them like members of the family. So when we have to fly — whether it be on a beach vacation or to grandma’s house, our pets are often a first-class priority. Bringing animals on flights has become more commonplace in recent years, but some [...]
American Express says more execs are flying coach
May 5, 2009 ·
Good-bye, complimentary Champagne. For the first time since American Express Business Travel began tracking its business travelers’ airfare purchases in 1999, more than half were flying the cheap seats overseas. Those flying economy on international flights soared 13 percentage points to 56 percent in the first three months this year. The number has historically been [...]
Plan summer travel to New England spots
May 4, 2009 ·
Beaches, mansions, hikes and pizza — these are a few of Yankee magazine’s favorite things about New England for summer travel. The magazine’s May/June issue is a travel guide to the region listing hundreds of attractions, places to stay and events. Yankee’s best-of lists are state-by-state. Connecticut’s top picks including a seafood roll with a [...]
