U.S. leisure travel prefrences changing
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U.S. leisure travel keeps growing, but preferences changing
Leisure trips and travel spending are expected to continue modest growth through 2008, but travel preferences are changing, according to the Travel Industry Association’s annual forecast. (AP)
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Today’s Travel Blogs
Tampa Hard Rock’s $$$$ renovation
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Good thing this NASA airline report didn’t go to the shredder
Idle hands are the Devil’s playground. While monitoring NASA’s site for the controversial air travel safety study, I couldn’t help but notice another survey that suggests the real safety hazard isn’t airlines, but airline passengers. (Elliott.org)
Airport Hell: New York’s an awful place to fly
New York magazine reports this week from the front lines of US airport gridlock: the Big Apple. While it may not seem that delays and schedule snafus at LGA, JFK and EWR could hobble your flight out of Phoenix, the fact that New York-area airports handle so much traffic means they can quickly turn a good day in the air bad. (Jaunted)
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