Provides the latest RSS feeds for Travel News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Vancouver Star.com http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/7efe203e304dfafb/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:09:16 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:09:16 -0500 30 Iran Saturday began mass production of its latest anti-vessel cruise missiles, the official media reported. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203228351/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203228351/cs/1/ MIAMI -; Officials with Princess Cruise Lines say a stomach virus affected nearly 100 passengers on a ship that arrived in South Florida. Meanwhile, passengers on another ship were complaining of ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242242/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:11:17 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242242/ MIAMI -- A stomach virus has stricken more than 100 people on a Princess Cruise Lines ship sailing from South Florida.The company said in a statement that 92 passengers and 13 crew members aboard ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242178/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:07:11 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242178/ Outbreaks of a gastrointestinal virus have been reported on two Princess Cruises ships operating out of Port Everglades, Fla., officials said. A total of 240 people became ill with Norovirus on the ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242097/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:42:03 -0500 UPI http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242097/ High above Sochi, the Caucasus Mountains sparkled with snow. Russia's new Olympic ski resorts have been opened to pioneering punters ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, and on this glittering ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242324/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:10:41 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242324/ In 1842, Charles Dickens spent six months in exotic America - a trip that took him and his intrepid wife, Catherine, from a log house in Pennsylvania to a steamboat along the Mississippi. The next ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242124/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:10:39 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242124/ Forgive me, but this article is really designed for a particular group of people: those of us whose professional lives mean we collect serious quantities of frequent-flyer miles and hotel loyalty ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242021/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:10:36 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242021/ Thompson, the New York hotel group, has come to London's Belgravia. Belgraves sports sleek dcor and a Mark Hix restaurant. Go to ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242043/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:10:34 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242043/ It takes quite an event to bring our family to church. A wedding or funeral, perhaps. Or, in this case, the conversion of a 19th-century chapel just outside Dartmouth into a high-end holiday rental. ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242929/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:10:29 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242929/ The Danes have a venerable food culture that dates back centuries. But it wasn't until 2004 and the formulation of the Manifesto for the New Nordic Kitchen by Claus Meyer, Ren Redzepi and other ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242053/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:10:25 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242053/ Rarely have changes affecting the overall situation in politics, society and the economy had such a dynamic impact on the business travel world as in present times. How are they influencing travel ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203240013/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:59:02 -0500 4Hoteliers http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203240013/ Those events helped spur the two New Mexico players to solid efforts as the Lobos won their fourth straight game by dispatching Boise State, 65-49 on Saturday. Williams had a game-high 18 points and ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203240141/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:46:01 -0500 USA Today http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203240141/ Republican front-runner Mitt Romney surged on Friday toward an apparent easy win in Nevada, with a new poll showing him beating rival Newt Gingrich by a 2-to-1 margin on the eve of the state's ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203240142/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:37:39 -0500 IBTimes http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203240142/ Argentina international Sergio Aguero scored the opening goal from the penalty spot after nine minutes, his 15th league goal of the season. Just before the half-hour, City doubled their lead when ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242425/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:36:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203242425/ A PREGNANT woman who miscarried after the cruise ship wreck off the coast of Italy last month is set to sue the vessel's owners for one million euros ($A1.2 million) in damages, Italian media ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203239731/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:55:19 -0500 The Courier Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203239731/ Manchester City's Sergio Aguero, center right, fights for the ball against Fulham's Philippe Senderos, right, and Stephen Kelly, bottom left, during their English Premier League soccer ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203237072/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:36:52 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203237072/ Italian authorities have decided that the Costa Concordia is too precariously perched on a reef for search and recovery operations to ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203238242/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:35:19 -0500 StarTribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203238242/ Visiting Hawaii during the slower seasons -- early February and early March, late May, early June or fall -- is one strategy for making travel more affordable. But if that's not possible, ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203238243/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:35:14 -0500 StarTribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203238243/ Can I rent a car in Mexico, asked one reader who is heading to Akumal in March and wants to avoid an expensive resort transfer. You can and your U.S. driver's license is valid there, but you ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203238245/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:35:09 -0500 StarTribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203238245/ You've made it this far -- through security at the overseas airport, the whimpering baby in Seat 22E, the neighbor's seatback in your lap -- and you have just one more hurdle to clear: the ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203238244/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:35:04 -0500 StarTribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203238244/ With 80,000 square feet of space containing 130 cars, Michigan's Henry Ford Museum is pretty appealing to kids -- especially those old enough to remember driving the models on ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203238246/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:34:58 -0500 StarTribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203238246/ An outbreak of norovirus has forced two cruise ships in the Caribbean to make early returns to their home ports in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Reports say a total of 484 people have been stricken on the ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203237066/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:08:43 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203237066/ Cuba . After the Brazilian government issued her a visa last month, her hopes were raised – only to be dashed again. Havana has now rejected Sanchez’s visa applications nineteen ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203237073/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:52:26 -0500 IBTimes http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203237073/ The West Bank Palestinian leadership formally decided to press ahead with efforts in September to win United Nations recognition of a state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203237265/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:30:48 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203237265/ The budget airline has launched its longest flight - around five hours - to the Jordanian capital of Amman, the first no-frills UK flight to an Arab capital city. The airline's reasoning may be ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203236984/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:30:46 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203236984/ His Robin Williams impersonation wasn't great. But I'd certainly arrived early enough - on the first-ever non-stop flight from the UK to Vietnam - to witness Hanoi waking up. The ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203237295/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:30:42 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203237295/ The Canary Islands experienced a surge in visitors in 2011 with a bumper 12 million tourists visiting these islands for a break, making the Canaries one of the most popular destinations for UK ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203238249/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:30:38 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203238249/ Best Western Gives Back This Holiday Season with $10 Gift Card BonusesNow Through Dec. 31, Purchase a $100 Best Western Travel ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203237027/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:25:27 -0500 Best Western http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203237027/ A man is dead after triggering an avalanche on the last day of his skiing holiday around 11 a.m. Friday on Meadow Mountain, about 100km north of Nelson, B.C. The man - part of a group of two guides ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203236658/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:53:46 -0500 Calgary Herald http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203236658/ Tom Cruise arrives for the "Mission:Impossible Ghost Protocol" premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York on December 19, 2011. UPI /Laura ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203236661/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:49:46 -0500 UPI http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203236661/ GRATEFUL for rain on a Caribbean vacation? You bet I was. And you might have been, too, had you just escaped from a mob of bronzed bodies dancing under the stars in whipped-up, blissed-out unison to ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203235553/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:42:03 -0500 New York Times http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203235553/ It's just short of a year ago single-seater racer Mitch Evans drove a Toyota Racing series car in anger. The defending TRS champion, and New Zealand Grand Prix winner to boot, looked remarkably at ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203236657/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:30:00 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203236657/ Pakistan's prime minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani, will travel to Qatar next week for talks with leaders there on a peace deal to end the Taliban's 10-year war in ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203233465/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:05:37 -0500 Spero News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203233465/ A search is under way for a British passenger who apparently went overboard from the world's biggest cruise ship in waters near Mexico.The 30-year-old man, who has not been named, was seen ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203234872/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:43:43 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203234872/ InternationalLiving.com is seeking a single person and friend or a couple to spend a month seeing what retirement living is like in Cuenca, Ecuador. It's a pretty city in the interior of the ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203234871/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:39:02 -0500 USA Today http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203234871/ The picturesque harbour at Falmouth which developers hope giant cruisers will be able to visit once the the waters of the bay are dredged. Photograph: Andy Stothert/Getty ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203233895/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:22:23 -0500 The Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203233895/ Passengers on board two different Florida-bound cruise ships have been hit by a fast spreading norovirus, The Miami Herald reports.  The gastrointestinal sickness struck two Princess Cruise ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203233466/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:22:20 -0500 Fox News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203233466/ Think our winter's been a bit grim? Try visiting Yakutsk - the Russian city where 'a bit nippy' means minus 50C, and a quick dash to the corner shop could end in frostbite. Shaun ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203234870/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:54:35 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203234870/ Dylan Ferguson, of the United States, reacts after a run during the men's aerial final at the World Cup Freestyle skiing competition Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203231426/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:32:08 -0500 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203231426/ As America’s third-biggest airline places itself under bankruptcy protection, it has declared its intention to remove around 13,000 jobs (15% of its workforce). The company has proposed to ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203231332/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:24:52 -0500 New Europe http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203231332/ Wahington Post February 4, 2012 American Airlines has saved $2.1billion since 2006, thanks to two congressional measures that allowed it to reduce contributions to its pension plans. The company ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203231333/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:20:01 -0500 Infowars.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203231333/ Members of the media and officials walk on the runway in front of an Emirates Airlines plane during the media tour of Dubai's new second airport, Dubai World Central or Al-Maktoum ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203231329/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:06:07 -0500 Arabian Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203231329/ Iranian 200-kilometre (120-mile) range Qader (Ghader) ground-to-sea missile is launched on the last day of navy war games near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran. Iran's state television ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203231453/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:58:57 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203231453/ Creator of the eponymous travel guide '100 things to do before you die', Dave Freeman, died this week. Click the image to the right to see his definitive list of life-changing experiences ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203232940/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:17:54 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203232940/ US-based cruise line, Royal Caribbean International has said it expects to more than double its business in the Middle East over the next few years, Gulf News has reported. "Over the next three ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203231248/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:11:52 -0500 AME Info http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203231248/ A search is under way for a British passenger who apparently went overboard from the world's biggest cruise ship in waters near Mexico. The 30-year-old man, who has not been named, was seen ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203228913/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:15:09 -0500 IC Wales http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203228913/ A search is under way for a British passenger who apparently went overboard from the world's biggest cruise ship in waters near Mexico.The 30-year-old man, who has not been named, was seen ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203230801/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:40:23 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203230801/ "Airlines in this region have slowed the pace at which they have expanded but price competitive products and geographically well-positioned hubs are enabling Middle East carriers to continue to ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203228124/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:39:24 -0500 Arabian Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203228124/ By Michael Maloney, San Francisco Chronicle via APClimbers on the cable section of Half Dome negotiate the steep granite pitch in Yosemite National Park, ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203230800/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:35:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203230800/ A search is under way for a British passenger who apparently went overboard from the world's biggest cruise ship in waters near Mexico.The 30-year-old man, who has not been named, was seen ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203228552/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:31:57 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203228552/ Kingfisher Airlines Ltd has put on hold plans to join the global oneworld alliance, in the latest blow to the financially troubled carrier. It had hoped this month to become the first airline from ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203228128/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:08:37 -0500 IBTimes http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203228128/ n carriers has been welcomed by investors as a potential lifeline for an industry mired in $20 billion of debt and on course to rack up $3 billion in annual ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203228091/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:07:34 -0500 IBTimes http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203228091/ Protesters taking down the wall on Mohamed Mahmoud street. CAIRO: Egypt’s Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud has barred the governor of Port Said Ahmed Abdullah Ahmed, Egyptian Football ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203228335/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:58:48 -0500 bikyamasr http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203228335/ People flock there now for its perfectly picturesque seaside and Rick Stein's fish and chips, yet in Frank Meadow Sutcliffe's day, Whitby was a place of Bram Stoker stories, gambolling ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203230797/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:44:19 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203230797/ Jackson Pollock would have turned 100 this weekend. Chris Coplans travels to New York state to explore the locations that inspired the artist during his short and turbulent ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203230799/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:44:07 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203230799/ Children love animals, particularly the awe-inspiring varieties you find in Africa. Yet taking your brood on safari can still raise eyebrows. Won't they get charged, munched, or trampled? In ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203230738/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:44:03 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203230738/ Stocks advanced on the Chinese mainland, lifting the benchmark index from a one-month low, as airlines climbed on speculation that competition from the high-speed rail industry will fall after a ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203228123/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:28:20 -0500 People's Daily http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203228123/ Havana, Feb 3 (Prensa Latina) Cuban poet Marilyn Bobes, renowned by her narrative work in countries such as Mexico and Peru, highlighted here the approach of Cuban literature with the Caribbean, ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203222885/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:40:45 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203222885/ A local Transport Workers Union leader said Friday that proposed job cuts by American Airlines could affect nearly 700 workers on the ramp at Miami International Airport and another 100 between Fort ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203221897/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:34:41 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203221897/ A search is under way for a British passenger who apparently went overboard from the world's biggest cruise ship in waters near Mexico.The 30-year-old man, who has not been named, was seen ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203222771/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:28:38 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203222771/ GRATEFUL for rain on a Caribbean vacation? You bet I was. And you might have been, too, had you just escaped from a mob of bronzed bodies dancing under the stars in whipped-up, blissed-out unison to ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203222880/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:43:21 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203222880/ Mexico .The 30-year-old man was seen falling over the railings by another passenger on the Allure of the Seas, the Royal Caribbean International cruise firm said. He could also be seen falling over ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203223031/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:32:09 -0500 The Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203223031/ in his live-action feature debut, has done much to restore Cruise's star status, particularly in North America, where his more recent films have lagged. The fourth outing in the espionage ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203222125/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:31:01 -0500 Hollywood Reporter http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203222125/ DUBAI  — The United States has warned Americans travelling to Bahrain of potential unrest in the Gulf kingdom as the anniversary of a failed pro-democracy uprising approaches. The ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203222248/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:12 -0500 MSNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203222248/ University of Pennsylvania’s General Robotics, Automation, Sensing, and Perception (GRASP) Lab released a video this week of a swarm of flying robotic devices. In the video, the airborne ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213847/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:35:55 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213847/ February 3, 2012 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has travelled to China for a visit that will focus on the eurozone crisis and boosting confidence in the euro. Merkel arrived in China on Thursday ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203212870/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:21:36 -0500 Infowars.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203212870/ Last winter, Camelback Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania distributed 1.5 million coupons for ski lift discounts. What a difference a temperate winter makes. "We have over 3 million coupons in ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203212795/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:20:21 -0500 Hispanic Business Magazine http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203212795/ Laurie Spear's travel agent tells her she's booked on American Airlines. But it turns out she's on British Airways and that leads to all kinds of problems. Who's responsible, and ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213023/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:57:27 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213023/ Covering 180 miles of Oregon coast travel: Astoria, Seaside, Cannon Beach, Manzanita, Nehalem, Wheeler, Rockaway, Garibaldi, Tillamook, Oceanside, Pacific City, Lincoln City, Depoe Bay, Newport, ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213844/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:56:39 -0500 Beach Connection http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213844/ Domnica Cemortan, 24, from Moldova, pictured, has also confirmed she was with Captain Francesco Schettino, 52, when the cruise ship tore a 50-metre hole in its side as it hit rocks near Giglio ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203214241/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:41:58 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203214241/ Next Governments have long helped bankroll their national airlines, buying both prestige and guaranteed service on certain routes. But in late January, two of Europe’s state-subsidized ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203212845/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:33:24 -0500 Business Week http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203212845/ (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ) The technologies needed back in the days of the Apollo space missions were well understood. But with NASA's current missions, it faces a broader and more ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213818/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:24:37 -0500 CNet http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213818/ It may sound far-fetched, but automated systems that talk to handheld devices are in the trial stage: In Australia, Qantas has rolled out frequent flyer cards with radio frequency identification ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213820/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:16:08 -0500 Reuters http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213820/ San Jose State's research center received the largest federal award in university history this week: $73 million to help NASA Ames Research Center improve the safety and efficiency of air space ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213819/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:09:51 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213819/ Royal Caribbean International cruise line said Friday that another passenger saw the 30-year-old man go over the railing from his stateroom on the Allure of the Seas. That was backed up by footage ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213763/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:04:40 -0500 Orlando Sentinel http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213763/ A Hungarian man who blackmailed a U.S. hotel chain into giving him a job was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Attila Nemeth, 26, was also sentenced to serve ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213824/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:57 -0500 Baltimore Sun http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213824/ Canoe Bay in Chetek , a city in the far northwest of the state. The hotel bills itself as one of America's "top romantic getaways," offering rooms in a lodge or private cottages. ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213834/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:54:23 -0500 Business Journal http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213834/ However, a few miles out of town, the newly opened four-star Nira Alpina blasts fresh air through old-money opulence, blowing away the dress code (jackets and ties encouraged, red trousers optional) ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203214863/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:27:07 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203214863/ Few activities are nowadays more venerated or form the subject of more involved daydreams than travelling. Alongside love, travel lies at the heart of secular notions of happiness, though, unlike ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213848/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:26:59 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213848/ Simon Calder is Travel Editor at Large for The Independent, writing a weekly column, various articles and features as well as filming a weekly video diary. Every Sunday afternoon, Simon presents the ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203220147/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:26:56 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203220147/ Driving to the Bay of Islands in New Zealand from my family home in Auckland. I remember being packed into my dad's car and it being really hot, because there wasn't any air conditioning. ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213563/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:26:52 -0500 The Independent http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7efe203e304dfafb/id/203213563/