KYIV, Ukraine, January 10, 2012 – /PRNewswire/ – The editorial board of the CNN special project - CNN Go, has published the list of the most attractive travel destinations in 2012. The Top 3 places to visit included Southern Korean Yeosu, Antarctica, Ukraine and Poland. Ukraine shares the third position with Poland, thus becoming top European travel ...Read More
It looks like the new European plan to limit airline emissions will cost U.S. travelers to Europe a few bucks. The plan to impose strict emission limits on planes flying in and out of Europe took effect Jan. 1, and Delta, United, American airlines and US Airways have already added a $3 surcharge for flights ...Read More
BY ALISTAIR MACDONALD AND CASSELL BRYAN-LOW RAMSEY, England—As a young serviceman in 1975, Paul Rowland stepped into a polling booth on a British military base in Germany and made what he now considers to be a mistake. He voted in favor of the U.K.’s membership in what is now the European Union. Mr. Rowland thought ...Read More
The Great Recession might seem like it has never ended, but one class of consumer has had no trouble bouncing back. They’re the affluent, and they’re driving this two-speed economy of ours. With high income and high net worth, the affluent have money to burn, and this year many of them are looking to spend ...Read More
PLYMOUTH, Minn., Jan. 9, 2012 – /PRNewswire/ – Today, Travel Leaders unveiled specific cruising trends based on data from its authoritative annual Travel Trends Survey. It’s clear from the survey data that Americans are confidently booking cruise vacations to Europe thanks in part to the declining value of the euro against the dollar; in fact, 71.2% ...Read More
Enlarge image European Stocks Climb; BHP Advances BHP Billiton Ltd. via Bloomberg A photograph shows BHP Billiton Ltd.’s copper mining operations in Spence, Chile. A photograph shows BHP Billiton Ltd.’s copper mining operations in Spence, Chile. Source: BHP Billiton Ltd. via Bloomberg Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) — Benjamin Pedley, head of investment strategy for North Asia ...Read More