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simplify your travel experience and give you greater access to
valuable travel information. Once you have booked your trip, you have
immediate online access to an up-to-the-minute display of your current
itinerary. Plus, you may choose to use our other convenient travel
tools, such as flight notification, eTicket Receipt, eInvoice,
weather, maps and driving directions, currency conversions,
destination information and more.
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PASSPORT
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TRAVEL
NEWS UPDATES |
Baby
boomers are dreaming of travel, studies find
A
survey conducted by AARP with 29,000 older adults found that travel is
at the top of their dream activities. A separate survey by Focalyst of
New York
revealed that more than 81 million older adults intend to spend a
total of $126 billion in travel in 2012. This demographic represents
91% of the country's net worth and is considered the richest
generation in history. San
Diego Union-Tribune
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Norwegian
picks names for 2 new ships
Norwegian
Cruise Lines has selected names for its new ships -- the Norwegian
Breakaway and the Norwegian Getaway -- from a list of entries
submitted in its "Cruising for Names" contest. "We felt
Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Getaway epitomized both our
Freestyle Cruising philosophy and our belief that these ships will
offer a true respite, whisking our guests away from their everyday
routines and delivering the ultimate cruise vacation," said
Norwegian CEO Kevin Sheehan.
USA
Today
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Upscale
hotels revamp marketing to
focus
on
memories
Luxury
hotel companies such as Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. and Orient-Express
Hotels are gearing their new marketing campaigns toward emotionally
connecting with guests by offering experiences that create unique
memories. Ritz-Carlton's campaign, with the theme "Let us stay
with you," encourages travelers to measure "a stay in the
number of memories, so you get your memory's worth, not just your
money's worth." New
York Times
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Jersey
Shore
offers more than just beer and partying
The
reality TV series "
Jersey
Shore
" has drawn international attention to
New Jersey
's Atlantic coast and popularized the
Jersey
Shore
area as a trendy place for the young crowd -- full of nightclubs, bars
and loud music. However, the area offers a more idyllic scene outside
of the now-famous
Seaside
Heights
neighborhood, with hotels that feature breathtaking views of the beach
and quiet restaurants that offer delicious seafood dishes. New
York Times
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Four
Seasons will build a $360 million hotel at Disney World
Four
Seasons Hotels and Resorts closed a deal with developer Silverstein
Properties and private-equity fund Dune Real Estate Partners to
develop a $360 million luxury hotel at Walt Disney World in Orlando,
Fla. Construction of the 444-room hotel will begin in December, with
the hotel expected to open in 2014. It will include up to 90 Four
Seasons private residences and up to 40 Four Seasons time-share units.
Orlando
Sentinel
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US
Airways improves customer service
US
Airways realized it needed to dramatically boost performance in 2007.
Incentives, new technology and enhanced customer service combined to
lead to such achievements as a vastly improved mishandled-bag rate.
"In 2007 we were at the bottom of the list -- and when I say
'bottom,' I mean at the bottom by quite a ways," said Robert Isom,
US
Airways executive vice president and operating chief. "If you
look at how far they've come in three years, it is fairly
impressive," said Jami Counter, senior director of TripAdvisor
Flights.
USA
Today
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Talking
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“Don't
Drink The Water”
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Many
parched travelers have pushed on a t the prospect of a glass of cool
water. Unfortunately, a sip
in the wrong place can still ruin a trip.
Impure water is a perennial problem across Africa, Asia, Eastern
Europe, as well as South and
Central America
, producing anything from Montezuma’s Revenge to typhoid and cholera.
Whenever water is questionable, you can usually purify it by
boiling it for at least twenty minutes or, in a pinch, by adding a few
drops of chlorine bleach or one iodine disinfectant tablet per liter.
There are also a variety of small, inexpensive, hand-powered pumps
on the market that can filter most common contaminants and make bad water
potable. But even cautions
travelers occasionally get a bug. If
you do, plan to lay low for a while.
Common cures included Lomotil or Imodium, but oral rehydration
salts may provide faster relief. The
best bet however, is to stick to known brands of bottled water or soft
drinks.
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SECURE
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The
Transportation Security Administration's new Secure Flight program began
taking effect on Sept. 15, 2009. Secure Flight is a behind-the-scenes
program that streamlines the TSA's watch-list matching process to enhance
the security of domestic and international commercial air travel.
In accordance
with this new TSA policy, travelers will now be asked to provide
additional information as part of the Secure Flight Passenger Data (SFPD)
requirements. SFPD is being requested for all travelers whose reservations
are purchased on or after Sept. 15, 2009, but not for tickets issued prior
to this date.
When customers
make a reservation and purchase their tickets they will be asked or
prompted to provide the following information:
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- FULL
NAME
(first name, middle name and last name, as it appears on
the non-expired government-issued photo ID they are traveling
with)
- DATE OF
BIRTH
- GENDER
- REDRESS
NUMBER, IF APPLICABLE
(This is a TSA-assigned number to customers who believe they
have been mistakenly matched to a name on the watch list to help
prevent misidentification. For more information, visit www.dhs.gov/trip.)
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For more
information on Secure Flight please visit the TSA's information page by
clicking here: TSA
Secure Flight
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