Archive for February, 2009
A Turkish Airlines plane has crashed on landing at Amsterdam’s Schiphol international airport, killing 9, injuring 84
BY AP BBC | FEB 25, 2009 Turkish plane crash in Amsterdam A Turkish Airlines plane has crashed on landing at Amsterdam’s Schiphol international airport, killing nine people and injuring 84, six critically.
February 26, 2009
Posted in: Airlines & Railways
Some of the Best Architecture Tours of Chicago
Start Cruising Like You Did Last Summer — First cruise of the season is May 2 but tickets go on sale April 1 for the Chicago Architecture River Cruise aboard Chicago's First Lady.
February 26, 2009
Posted in: United States Central
5 days left to take advantage of Air France’s low fares to France from Canada
Departures from Canada, taxes and surcharges included. Paris March 1 – June 18 – from $799 June 19 – Sept. 6 – from $1049
February 26, 2009
Posted in: Airlines & Railways
Hurtigruten Adds New Ship To Popular Air-Inclusive Spitsbergen Sailings
New York, February 2009 — “These sailings have been developed to offer our active travelers a real close-up encounter with this breath-taking piece of the frozen world,” say Hans Rood, Hurtigruten’s vice president of global sales. And due to the overwhelming interest in this remote archipelago deep within the Arctic Circle, Hurtigruten, a leader in [...]
February 25, 2009
Posted in: Cruise Ships
Virginia History Tours Fascinate
March Tours…Women Who Mattered, I Know Richmond… March 14th, 1-4pm: Richmond’s Steel Magnolias Bus Tour Our annual tribute to the women of Richmond, past and present. Includes a stop at the Ellen Glasgow house. $23 ($20 for members). Includes parking and admission to the History Center on day of tour. Departs from History Center.
February 25, 2009
Posted in: United States East
Sunwing Airlines announces summer 2009 domestic schedule (for Canadians)
The snow may still be flying, but at Sunwing Airlines summer's already here: the carrier has just launched its summer flying schedule across Canada with early bird pricing featuring fares as low as $79 each way if booked by Mar 31.
February 25, 2009
Posted in: Airlines & Railways
Pussycat Doll Lounge is back at the Viper Room and other Nightclub News from Hollywood
The successful Las Vegas Lounge act is coming back to The Viper Room in West Hollywood, where it all started. The original Pussycat Dolls, initially formed and perceived as a burlesque style dance troupe before being reformed as a band, began back in 1993 with regular appearances at The Viper Room when it was owned [...]
February 25, 2009
Posted in: United States West
Kansas Visitors Guides, Calendar of Events, Great Outdoor Guides and Scenic Byways Guide Now Available for 2009
The state of Kansas is proud to announce the release of 2009-2010 Official Kansas Visitors Guide, 2009 Official Kansas Calendar of Events and the first Kansas Great Outdoors Guide and Kansas Scenic Byways Guide.
February 25, 2009
Posted in: United States Central
Turkish Airlines plans to fly to Tanzania
BY APOLINARI TAIRO | FEB 25, 2009 DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) – Turkey's national carrier, Turkish Airlines, has announced its plan to establish direct flights between Istanbul and Tanzania's capital city of Dar es Salaam in the near future.
February 25, 2009
Posted in: Airlines & Railways
New Mauritius immigration policy exempts French nationals
BY ALAIN ST.ANGE, ETN AMBASSADOR | FEB 25, 2009 The government of Indian Ocean nation Mauritius has modified its immigration policy to attract more French tourists, especially the ones that had booked to French Caribbean colonies Guadeloupe and Martinique and that want to change destination because of the strikes that have been paralyzing these French [...]
February 25, 2009
Posted in: Mauritius