Akron, OH
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Mobil Travel Guide’s new book about Hong Kong and Macau includes more five-star rated hotels and spas than any other guide the company has ever produced.
Five hotels earned five stars, and three spas earned five stars.
They are the Peninsula Hong Kong, the Landmark Mandarin Oriental, the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, The Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, the Wynn Macau, The Mandarin Spa, The Peninsula Spa by ESPA and the Spa at Wynn Macau.
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New Delhi, Nov 30 (PTI) Trying to cash in on what it calls a healthy growth in internal and overseas travel in India, a leading publishing group has drawn up elaborate plans to cater to the needs and interests of Indian travellers.
"We are looking at ways to grow our sales in the Indian market as internal and overseas travel is growing at a very healthy rate and the projection is that Indians will spend USD 47 billion on personal travel in the next Read the rest of this entry »

Oman featured among the Top 10 picks in just published Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2009 guide, the world's most famous travel guide written by destination-expert authors.
The guide lists the best places to go to and things to do all around the world in the upcoming year. Drawing on the knowledge, passion, and miles travelled by Lonely Planet’s staff and authors, Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2009 has a year’s worth of Read the rest of this entry »

Greater support for Amtrak. The president-elect has supported larger appropriations for operating and expanding Amtrak, while his adversary, Sen. John McCain, was well-known for opposing that federal support. In addition, the Senate's most active opponent of Amtrak - Sen. John Sununu of New Hampshire - was defeated for re-election, and there's no doubt that a far more favorable environment now exists for improving and expanding Amtrak.
In the campaign, Read the rest of this entry »

Holiday Travel Guide – Carrying on with Sexxy Carry-Ons!
Wondering where to pack those ‘Special’ toys - between the naughty knickers or with the holiday gifts? Well, don’t worry for your mother’s Nahari Silk Scarves and your father’s Cashmere Ties cause your Gay Gear Guide has some wonderful suggestions on how to pack for all your holiday needs!
Recently having helped a friend pack for an extended Icelandic Holiday, Read the rest of this entry »

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A travel guide's list of the best places in the world to be entombed includes a New York suburban cemetery -- for animals.
"Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2009" includes the Hartsdale Pet Cemetery with the Taj Mahal and the Great Pyramids among the 10 "best places of rest."
A spokesman for Hartsdale says it's "delighted to be in such esteemed company."
The guide says the headstones at the pet cemetery make fascinating reading. Read the rest of this entry »

Backpackers have known this for decades – if you’re seeking an “authentic”
travel experience, a chance to mingle with the locals on an equal footing,
to share their stories and sample their cuisine, you need to go native and
move in with them.
Homestay holidays are catching on, and while some remain simple
mattress-and-a-meal experiences, others promise smart digs with lots of
extras: cooking lessons, perhaps, or personal Read the rest of this entry »

Author adds voice to chorus,
This isn’t news to the 7,000 or so polyester-clad partygoers who fill the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center each year for the World’s Largest Disco.
But author Mike Guerriero wants a national audience of fun-seekers to know that the ’70s-themed bash is one of the country’s best annual events.
The disco, always held the Saturday after Thanksgiving, is featured in Guerriero’s Read the rest of this entry »

," by Duncan O'Brien (2008, hardcover, 284 pages, $65 through the publisher): When it comes to ocean liners and San Francisco, the name Matson still evokes the romance and wonder from the golden age of pre-airline Pacific voyages. To experience Hawaii on a Matson cruise was the height of luxury travel - and in some cases the only travel - to the (then) truly exotic and foreign world of Waikiki.
In what obviously is a very personal labor of love, Read the rest of this entry »