After big Times Square bash, big cleanup
After big Times Square bash, big cleanup — The big ball is not all that drops in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. As revelers headed home early Monday, the first day of 2007, work crews moved in to sweep up the remnants of 2006. Their mission: picking up 3.5 tons of confetti (a record-setting amount), as well as sandwich bags, food wrappers and other debris from the big bash. (AP)
Crews work to dig out roads in Colorado — The Civil Air Patrol conducted another aerial sweep of southeastern Colorado on Monday to see if any more travelers were still marooned by the blizzard that created 10-foot snowdrifts. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of customers were still without power in the Plains. (AP)
9 bomb blasts kill 3 and stun Bangkok — Thailand’s prime minister said Monday that supporters of the country’s toppled regime rather than Muslim insurgents were likely behind the bombings that killed three people and canceled New Year’s Eve festivities for thousands of revelers. (AP)
200 rescued from ferry sinking — At least 200 people survived the sinking of an Indonesian ferry, the health ministry said on Monday, even as body bags were being prepared for victims and more than 400 remained unaccounted for. (AP)
Power of attorney to cruise? — All Lily Tan wanted to do was buy a cruise on the Queen Mary 2. Imagine her surprise when her travel agent told her she needed to sign a “limited power of attorney†so the agency could charge the cruise to her credit card. Is this usual? (Anita Dunham-Potter on Tripso)
Straightening up so LAX can fly right — In the next year, the sprawling Los Angeles International Airport, which annually processes more than 60 million fliers, will reopen a runway and offer wireless Internet access, new airline lounges, kiosks with tourist information and a uniquely Los Angeles perk: a drive-through station where you can get a boarding pass and check your bags. (The Los Angeles Times) (Registration required.)
Be vigilant for a germ-free cruise — The number of outbreaks of illness on cruise ships nearly doubled in 2006, including a spike in the last six weeks. So far this year, 36 disease outbreaks on cruise ships have been reported to the Vessel Sanitation Program of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2005, there were 19. (The Los Angeles Times) (Registration required.)
Budget hotels in Europe: A little style, a little room and a little price — Thanks to a new wave of European hotel chains designed with price-sensitive travelers in mind, vacationers have affordable new options. (The New York Times) (Registration required.)
Carrie Charney, Christopher Elliott, John Frenaye, Charles Leocha, Marge Purnell, Valerie Schneider, Mary Staley, Stephanus Surjaputra, Richard Wong.
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