- 'Scots still trapped in Mexico after Wilma (The Herald)
HUNDREDS of Scottish travellers remained trapped in Mexico almost a week after Hurricane Wilma struck. As tourists struggled to find ways to escape Cancun, the coastal resort, it emerged the Royal Air Force could be used to rescue British holidaymakers stranded in the hurricane.
- 'PDX Sets New Record For Air Travel (KOIN News 6)
PORTLAND -- Nearly 1.2 million air travelers were served by Portland International Airport last month, setting a new record for September travel.
- 'Hurricane leaves travel industry in disarray (Houston Chronicle) (Hotel Online)
Oct. 26--Tourism and travel have been thrown into turmoil by Hurricane Wilma, the latest in a line of violent storms to hit the U.S. and Mexico. Hundreds of flights in and out of Mexican resort communities and parts of Florida remained canceled on Tuesday because of damage to airports.
- 'Travel agency to evacuate customers from Cancun (The Philadelphia Inquirer) (Hotel Online)
Oct. 25--Apple Vacations Inc., the package-travel company with extensive operations in Mexico, plans today to start evacuating more than 2,000 of its customers stranded in the Cancun area in the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma.
- 'South Jersey residents concerned about their kin in Mexico (Courier-Post)
Local travel agents and government officials are busy trying to connect thousands of displaced tourists in Mexico with concerned family members in the United States.
- 'Tourists still stranded in Cancun as hurricane damage reports roll in (Seattle Times)
Tourists are camping out by travel businesses in hopes of grabbing a precious seat on flights leaving Mexico's hurricane-ravaged Caribbean...
- 'Yahoo!?s new offers to enhance consumers? ability to make their travel decisions (eyefortravel.com)
In an effort to transform Yahoo! Travel into a comprehensive online travel guide, Yahoo! Inc. has introduced a suite of new products. (10/28/2005)
- 'American Express Business Travel gets recognition for online airfares in Europe?s big markets (eyefortravel.com)
?Unequivocally, our findings show that American Express Business Travel provides the lowest fares available online versus the public fares of the main online corporate travel booking tools in these markets,? said Bob Harrell, CEO of Harrell Associates, principal for the Online Travel Benchmarking Group, author of the study.
- 'Travel websites in the UK are falling short on accessibility: media (eyefortravel.com)
According to a news report posted by the site, Expedia and Butlins were rated as the best of a bad bunch in a new study of 10 of the UK?s most popular travel agency destinations on the web. The research was carried out by Nomensa, the internet research and design consultancy.
- 'AARP Services Travel Study Released at Adventure Travel Conference (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
AARP Services, Inc. announced the results of a travel study at the Adventure Travel World Summit.
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