The American government has been investigating ways to update laws which date back to the early days of the HIV epidemic in the United States to make it easier for HIV infected people to travel to and within the United States. Unfortunately many critics say the new rules currently being proposed only serve to place  Continue Reading »

It’s almost tradition for American Presidents to leave their country and roam the world in the last year in the office and a heavy travel schedule is planned for his last year in office, following the trends of unpopular presidents before him. Bush’s busy year of international travel got busier with the recent announcement that  Continue Reading »

For the month of December, Air Canada has offered to match the carbon offsetting contributions of all of its passengers. The airline will be working in conjunction with a not-for-profit organization Zerofootprint. Air Canada guarantees that anyone who purchases a carbon offset with Zerofootprint this month in December will have their contribution matched by Air  Continue Reading »

The second step after this years revised rules about American citizens needing passports to visit fellow North American countries via the air has now extended to land border crossings as well. Starting from 2008, Us citizens wishing to pass over into Mexico or Canada will now be required to show more ID than before. Passports  Continue Reading »

King Downing is a top official in the United States who spends his time fighting the practice of racial profiling at the country’s airports as a way of identifying potential terrorists. He is taking a complaint to a federal court, claiming he was the victim of racial profiling recently as he landed at Logan International  Continue Reading »

Continental Airlines has become the latest airline to join the green revolution by offering a carbon-offset scheme to its passengers. The program is a joint effort between Continental and Sustainable Travel International, a non-profit environmental group. Passengers will be able to see their carbon footprints on their itinerary, which the non profit organization calculates by  Continue Reading »

An aviation agreement which is in the planning stages between the European Union and Canada could see lower cost fares soon available between the two regions. Officials met in Brussels last week to discuss the arrangement If the arrangement goes through, an Open Skies agreement between Canada and Europe stands to liberalize air travel across  Continue Reading »

Auto Europe has great discounts of combined flights and car rental offers for this spring. Flights depart from April 1st through until May 15th, 2008. The following specials are available from a total of 11 cities in the United States and include roundtrip airfare, airline fuel surcharge, three days of economy car rental and call  Continue Reading »

Britain and Singapore are discussing a new arrangement which could lead to flights between the UK and the US being offered by Singapore Airlines. The arrangement is similar to the Open Skies agreement which will come into effect between America and Britain next March. Singapore and the UK are discussing the possibility of opening each  Continue Reading »

Open skies agreements between countries have proven successful in the past, with the last of note for the European Union being their agreement with the United States to clear red tape concerning trans-Atlantic flights, benefiting not only governments and the aviation industry but also the consumer. Now Canada has begun talks with the EU concerning  Continue Reading »

These days, offering easy internet access is essential for anyone in the hospitality industry, and the Wayport Hotel, a luxury boutique affair in Burbank, California, USA has done just that. General manager of the hotel Amarano, (a partner in the project) John C. Douponce says, “The addition of Wayport’s Wi-Fi wireless high-speed Internet access will  Continue Reading »

After two years of record snowfall, some of the most famous ski resorts in North America are getting a bit nervous this year with the dry autumn weather and no significant snow accumulation. Many major resorts failed to open for the American Thanksgiving holiday, typically the first big moneymaking weekend of the season. Telluride Resort  Continue Reading »