Accor Misses Profit Estimates, May Have to Buy Casino Stake
Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) --
, Europe’s biggest hotel
owner, reported earnings that missed analysts’ estimates, said
room demand continued to worsen in January and indicated its
debt may rise from buying a stake in a casino business.
Net income in 2008 fell 35 percent to 575 million euros
($737 million) from 883 million euros in 2007, when Accor also
raised more from asset sales, the Read the rest of this entry »
Former Racine Mayor Gary Becker was arrested last month by state agents following an online sting operation. Becker will be allowed to get inpatient treatment at a center that treats sexual compulsivity and trauma.
RACINE, Wis. (AP) -- A judge says Racine's former mayor may travel to Pennsylvania to get treatment for sexual addiction.
Fifty-one-year-old Gary Becker was arrested last month by state agents following an online sting operation. He's Read the rest of this entry »
If you'll be traveling outside the United States this year, here are two pieces of advice: Get or renew your passport now, and think twice before planning a car trip to Mexico or Canada in June.
That's when we may see the biggest change ever for Western Hemisphere travel. Starting June 1, 2008 (unless Congress changes the deadline), Americans will need to show a passport, a passport card or other special document to return to the United States by Read the rest of this entry »
Hanoi, Vietnam, February 23, 2009 --(
)-- Vietnam’s first luxury tour company Luxury Travel Co., Ltd has launched their comprehensive new travel portal
for the luxury travelers.
During the past decades, the internet has become an indispensable part of modern life, bringing with it the commodity to enable consumers to research and purchase a wide range of products in the comfort of their homes and offices.
Luxury Travel Vietnam Company Read the rest of this entry »
A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds that 58% of people who normally take an annual vacation away from home will shrink their vacation spending this year –– or just not go.
The finding mirrors a 2009 travel forecast newly issued by consultants D.K. Shifflet & Associates and IHS Global Insight, which research travel behavior monthly.
The firms forecast Americans will spend 9.7% less on leisure travel in April, May and June, and 9% less in Read the rest of this entry »
routes. Deal applies to service on the Canadian between Toronto, Jasper and Vancouver; the Ocean, between Montreal and Halifax; and the Chaleur, between Montreal and Gaspe. Prices vary by route and seat category. For example, a one-way ticket from
per person (including taxes) after the discount. Travel on the Canadian is good through May 31; on other routes, travel must be completed by June 13. Book by March 31. Info: 888-842-7245,
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MEXICO CITY, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- People visiting Mexico in the near future should be aware they could get trapped by drug cartel violence there, the U.S. State Department says.
A State Department travel advisory warns U.S. residents of a recent upsurge in violence between drug cartels and the Mexican government in certain parts of the country, The Washington Post (
) reported Saturday.
"Recent Mexican army and police confrontations with drug cartels Read the rest of this entry »
A travel reservations Web site used by several federal agencies was hacked last week, and shunted unsuspecting users to a malicious domain, according to information Computerworld has obtained.
The site, Govtrip.com, is currently unavailable to federal employees through their offices' intranet; the version accessible via the public Internet is also offline.
Sometime before Feb. 11, hackers breached the site, then modified it to redirect users to Read the rest of this entry »
It is an accepted reality in minor-league sports. Bus trips are part of the equation.
Members of the Albany River Rats, as well as their colleagues throughout the American Hockey League, wished there were alternatives Thursday after a bus crash hospitalized four players and injured several others.
"We log a lot of miles on buses in this league," AHL president Dave Andrews said. "We play over a thousand games a year, and pretty much all of them Read the rest of this entry »
February 18, 2009 (Computerworld)
A travel reservations Web site used by several federal agencies was hacked last week, and it shunted unsuspecting users to a malicious domain, according to information that
has obtained.
The site, GovTrip.com, is currently unavailable to federal employees through their offices' intranet; the version accessible via the public Internet is also offline.
Sometime before Feb. 11, hackers breached the site, then Read the rest of this entry »