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Barbour to travel to Iowa and New HampshireThe Associated PressBarbour will travel to a fundraising event for the New Hampshire GOP on June 24, before heading to Iowa for the same purpose the next day. Barbour, who will take over as chairman of the Republican Governors Association in 2010, said he was focusing his […]

Summer Travel Season StartsWCAX, VTOttmann says high gas prices last summer did not affect travel as much as one might think. However, she said the bad weather did have a negative impact. "We had a lot of rain. It rained in July almost every weekend and that is of course when we have …Summer Travel Season […]

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Turnpike promises smooth holiday travelNECN, MA(NECN: Kenneth Craig) - AAA is estimating 32.4 million people, or one in ten Americans will be traveling over the holiday weekend. After the massive backups on the Mass. Pike this past Easter, Turnpike officials are promising a smoother ride this …Travel advisory for this weekend The Republican - MassLive.com'Extra help,' […]

Straits Times

ENSIGN PUSHES TRAVEL PROMOTION ACT THROUGH COMMITTEETMCnetMay 22, 2009 (Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) — Washington, DC - Senator John Ensign's legislation to encourage travel to the United States took a major step forward today and is one step closer to becoming law. …Travel to US forecast to drop 8 percent in […]

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AAA: Memorial Day to spark rebound in travelBizjournals.com, NCFar lower gas prices coupled with deeply discounted hotel rates, should lead 32.4 million Americans to travel at least 50 miles from home over the holiday weekend, AAA said. That would be an increase of 1.5 percent from last year. …Video: Holiday weekend travel WTNHRecession Leaves Its Mark […]

Washington Post

Memorial Day: Holiday Travel TipsWashington Post, United StatesLon Anderson, director of Public and Government Relations at AAA Mid-Atlantic, was online Friday, May 22, at Noon ET to answer your travel-related questions on the eve of the Memorial Day weekend. Lon Anderson: Thanks so much for joining me today, …Live Travel Chat With AAA at […]

Best new hotels from Travel and Leisure magazineThe Canadian Press, NEW YORKNEW YORK — The Fontainebleau in Miami and 12 other US properties were included on a list of the best 45 new hotels around the world, chosen by editors from Travel and Leisure magazine. The hotels appear on the magazine's "It List" for 2009 in […]

ABC News

The Cheapest Countries for TravelABC News"Middle-range hotels have definitely been lowering rates," says Michelle Finkelstein, vice president of sales at Our Personal Guest, a San Francisco-based travel agency. "A lot of high-end hotels haven't lowered their rates because it's hard to get …

The Chronicle Journal

Customs tries again on passportsSan Francisco Chronicle,  USAThe US Customs and Border Protection agency will implement the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative June 1. And this time, they mean it. Starting on this date, US citizens will need to present "compliant" documents in order to cross into the United …Countdown to June 1: New […]

Memorial Day travel: In California, cheap air, gas, hotels, fail …San Jose Mercury News,  USADespite cheaper gas, hotels and airfare, gift certificates and giveaways, fewer travelers like Hernandez and his family are hitting California roads this upcoming holiday weekend — an important indicator of summer travel trends — according to a new AAA …Gas prices […]