- 'Mexicans on pace to break holiday travel record in Brownsville (Brownsville Herald)
December 28, 2005 ? An estimated record number of Mexican nationals will pass through Brownsville?s ports of entry this holiday season, consulate officials reported.
- 'Leading Travel Companies Discuss State of Industry, 2006 Travel Trends (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Despite another year of global twists and turns that have impacted the travel market -- from the Asian tsunami and a very active hurricane season to record-high gas prices -- travel industry leaders forecasted continued resilience at a recent expert roundtable.
- 'Travel Trends: Exotic Sites, Packages, More Control (Hartford Courant)
Warm weather. Adventure. Europe. Warm weather. Battered destinations on the rebound. Package tours. Internet bargains. Warm weather.
- 'Top Travel Stories and News from 2005 (Gadling)
Filed under: Media The end-of-year lists keep coming...The New York Times and National Geographic have both released short lists of their most popular news stories/articles of the year. This huge fella made the top of the list for National Geographic's news stories of 2005: This giant squid off the coast of Japan was the first ever to be captured in photos while in the wild. Other
- 'Tighter U.S. Border Control (Gadling)
Filed under: Stories So this one isn't entirely travel related, but then again it depends on who is making the journey and their reasons for doing just. I read about it a while back after reading a headline that compared the plans for tighter border control and constructing a fence along the U.S. and Mexico borders to that of the Berlin wall. Surely that would capture the attention of most
- 'Most-read travel and outdoors stories on seattletimes.com (Seattle Times)
Our top 20 travel / outdoors stories for 2005 and top five month by month for the year.
- 'With help from a local hospital and travel agency, mother travels from Mexico to be with girl after tragic accident (La Crosse Tribune)
Gabriella Flores Hernandez doesn?t remember the accident. When the 15-year-old girl from Fitchburg, Wis., arrived via MedLink helicopter at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center two months ago, she was barely conscious.
- 'State system connects road conditions, drivers (Grayson County News-Gazette)
ELIZABETHTOWN - With holiday travel and Christmas celebrations in full swing, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's Operation Center in Frankfort is preparing for another busy season and by using their 511, toll-free number, you can make your travel time less stressful and hectic.
- 'Vamonos Travel keeps local couple busy (Brownsville Herald)
HARLINGEN, December 27, 2005 ? Lupe and Nydia Gonzales work as a team. They both run Vamonos Travel, a locally-based touring company, and are regulars at many of the city?s ribbon-cutting ceremonies, mixers and other gatherings to help promote Harlingen as a tourist destination.
- 'Mexican air travel may double in 3 years with low-cost start-ups (The Arizona Republic)
Mexico's government is preparing for domestic air travel to double in as few as three years. It predicts that new discount airlines such as Interjet will pull 20 million passengers off the bus.
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