- 'Travel to U.S. neighbors will soon require passports (San Jose Mercury News)
If you're thinking about a cruise to Mexico or the Caribbean or a flight to Canada next year, consider this a warning. If you don't have a passport, get one. And do it soon if you want to beat the year-end crush.
- 'Expatriates casting ballots in Mexico vote (Modesto Bee)
Ballots are due this week in Mexico's election, the first in which expatriates have been allowed to cast votes.
- 'Hurricanes kick up travel savings (Contra Costa Times)
The backdrop picture on my iBook desktop is a Caribbean dreamscape: plush talcum beach, deep azure sky, intense turquoise sea, shady palm arching into the frame just so .... I snapped this shot from my hammock on the beach in Tulum, Mexico, last year. It was midday in mid-October in the middle of the worst hurricane season on record.
- 'Marriott CEO Calls for New Focus on 'Travel as Trade;' Says Travel Boosts Economy, Promotes American Image (Hospitality Net)
WASHINGTON, J.W. Marriott, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR) said that the U.S. government should focus more attention on reducing barriers to travel around the world, especially to the U.S., and also promoting the country worldwide as a travel destination.
- 'East Aurora teachers to visit volcano (The Beacon News)
Summer vacation is about to get smokin' hot for four East Aurora school teachers. As participants in a Northern Illinois University program targeting instructors who work with Hispanic students, they will travel to Mexico today to study the active Mt. Popocatépetl volcano.
- 'Mexico Lures International Meetings With VAT Repeal (Business Travel News)
SEPTEMBER 06, 2004 -- The January 2004 repeal of Mexico's value-added tax on international meeting and conference attendees has encouraged meeting planners to look south of the border for meeting sites.
- 'U.S. firefighters in Mexico as American West burns (WorldNetDaily)
Despite raging wildfires across the American Southwest in recent weeks, the state of California sent more than four dozen firefighters 300 miles south of the U.S. border to battle blazes in Mexico.
- 'Area still as Mexico plays key match (San Jose Mercury News)
Jorge Perez sat in his empty travel office, the radio announcer breathlessly, rapidly, reporting the biggest news of the day: the make-or-break soccer match between Mexico and Argentina.
- 'Lowest international fares for June 21 (Chicago Tribune)
Available for travel sometime in the next 60 days.
- 'TRAVEL TECH: USING AUCTION WEBSITES (Miami Herald)
Going, going -- and you're gone Have you ever used an auction website in travel? They can be quite effective if you know the narrow areas in which they excel.
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