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Top restaurants check into luxury hotels
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It may surprise business travelers who often encounter lackluster hotel
restaurants or have permanently written off hotel food: A new survey
shows
there are plenty of first-rate hotel dining options.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/hotels/2006-04-10-top-hotel-restaurants_x.htm
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In wake of problems, cruise ships cut prices
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A spate of high-profile problems on the high seas, hurricane fears and
weak
demand for Caribbean sailings are leading cruise companies to offer
fire-sale
discounts in an effort to lure leery consumers aboard.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2006-04-11-cruise-prices_x.htm
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Plugging into power
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Ask the Captain column: Pilot Meryl Getline explains when a plane might
need "external air" to start its engines, and how the electronic
systems are
powered when the plane is still at the gate.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/getline/2006-04-10-ask-the-captain_x.htm
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Super stops for summer roadtrips
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Taking a road trip is a summer staple, just like hot dogs and lemonade.
The
possibilities are endless and the sights are plenty, but if you need a
little
inspiration, read on for a few stops you might want to make along the
way.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-04-11-summer-briefs_x.htm
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New Orleans-Baton Rouge Amtrak route considered
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The possibility of an Amtrak passenger train route between New Orleans
and
Baton Rouge to help handle the flow of commuting workers following
Hurricane
Katrina is being studied. Stops in St. John the Baptist and St. Charles
parishes are also possible.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2006-04-11-la-amtrak_x.htm
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US Airways CEO earns $5.68 million
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When US Airways Chief Executive Officer Doug Parker announced last
month that
he declined a $770,000 bonus for 2005, he noted that it wasn't an
enormous
sacrifice because he already was well-paid.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2006-04-11-usair-ceo-pay_x.htm
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Qantas announces it is scrapping its budget carrier Australian Airlines
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Qantas Airways is scrapping its budget carrier Australian Airlines in
July,
and will focus on its key Qantas and low-cost Jetstar brands in local
and
international markets. From November, Jetstar will begin flying
international
routes to Bangkok and Phuket in Thailand, Osaka in Japan, Vietnam's Ho
Chi
Minh City, Honolulu and Bali.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2006-04-11-qantas-carriers_x.htm
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