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• in Travel
  Will New Facebook Timeline Inspire Travel?
  New Facebook Timeline profile to scrapbook your whole life as posted on Facebook in reverse chronological order.
  by atlassue / on Dec 22, 2011
• in Travel
  New Travel Sites: Less Here Than Meets the Eye?
  There are more and more travel sites coming on line every week. Are they as good as they claim to be?
  by kaleeltvp / on Sep 6, 2011
• in Travel
  Travelers Don’t Use Social Media to Complain
  Travelers are big social media users, but not to complain about their travels
  by kaleeltvp / on Aug 22, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “travel news”

 

• Bus Drivers Banned from Using ‘Babe’

  
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  Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company has warned its drivers about calling passengers “babe” in a move to prevent lawsuits from women offended by the term. The company has also warned drivers they face being fired if they call passengers “darling” or “love”. Signs have been posted about the matter in ...
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• US Bans Tourists Over Tweets

  
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  The US has banned two tourists from entering the country after they joked about destroying America and digging up Marilyn Monroe in Twitter posts. Leigh Van Bryan (26) and Emily Bunting (24) were detained and held in a cell with Mexican drug dealers under armed guard for 12 hours after landing at Los Angeles ...
  1 day ago

• Johnson Urges Use of Tube for Olympics

  
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  London Mayor Boris Johnson has urged chiefs of the Olympic Games to take the Tube during the games this summer. This comes as organisers launch a website with details of expected hotspots on the capital’s underground system. There are expected to be 7,000 technical officials, 14,000 athletes, 20,000 media and 11 ...
  1 day ago

• M6 southbound between J24 and J23 | Southbound | Congestion

  
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  On the M6 southbound between junctions J24 and J21A, there are currently delays of 15 mins due to heavy traffic . Normal traffic conditions expected from 9:45 am. Latest Traffic Information for England – All confirmed events, that are Unplanned
  1 day ago

• Tube Staff Reject £500 Olympics Bonus

  
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  It’s been announced that London Underground staff have rejected a £500 Olympics bonus. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, which represents thousands of Tube workers, said that the extra pay for working during the Games isn’t adequate enough. Union leaders say the offer has too many demands and ...
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• Rail Passenger Satisfaction Varies

  
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  The recent National Passenger Survey has found big differences in customer satisfaction levels across the UK. Consumer watchdog Passenger Focus surveyed some 30,590 train passengers for the annual study last autumn and found that satisfaction scores for individual routes ranged from 72% to 95%, while overall ...
  2 days ago

• Over 65s Pay Double for Travel Cover

  
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  An investigation by Money Mail has revealed that travel insurance premiums in Britain have doubled in the last year for holidaymakers over the age of 65. Some of the best known insurers on the High Street are charging these travellers hundreds of pounds more for coverage, and the cost of an annual policy has jumped ...
  2 days ago

• MPs Call for Tighter Metal Theft Laws

  
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  A group of MPs has said that anyone attempting to sell scrap metal should be made to prove their identity, while the Transport Select Committee has called for the government to test a ban on cash payments for scrap in a move to fight the metal theft problem. Last year, railway cable thefts disrupted 3.8 million ...
  2 days ago

• Scotland Makes High Speed Rail Case

  
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  Scottish ministers have made their case for a high speed rail line to be linked to Scotland. In doing so, they highlighted the Scottish Partnership Group’s (SPG) advice, which recommends that construction in Scotland may start before the line is completed in England. Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and ...
  2 days ago

• Devonshire delight

  
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  Devon is having a moment. The South West county was recently praised by director Steven Spielberg who shot his latest movie, War Horse, in the Devonshire countryside. The Hollywood hotshot who has a string of iconic films such as Saving Private Ryan and Jaws under his belt said that few places on the planet ...
  4 days ago

• Tube Driver Who Makes £61218

  
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  According to new figures released by Transport for London (TfL), the highest paid driver for the Tube gets an annual pay package worth £61,218. The figure includes basic pay, free travel and overtime to total as much as what some senior NHS managers and deputy head teachers make. TfL chiefs have refused to identify ...
  5 days ago

• BHA Calls for Removal of Red Tape

  
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  The Tourism Regulation Taskforce has submitted more than 80 proposals to Tourism Minister John Penrose to remove unnecessary red tape as part of a growth opportunity for tourism. British Hospitality Association (BHA) president Alan Parker is chairman of the taskforce. The government is now considering the “Smart ...
  5 days ago

• Crooked in Canada: Canadian Holiday Makers Need Their Heads Examined

  
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  For the amount of money Canadians spend on a two week holiday stay in Mexico, Canadians who are looking for a warm winter break from the cold Canadian weather would be safer and better off, to spend that kind of money for a holiday in an around CC’s neck of the woods, Coolangatta in Australia. The only down ...
  5 days ago

• FirstGroup Bus Carbon Claims Misleading

  
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  FirstGroup, an international transport operator, has been strongly criticised by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for making misleading claims about the emissions of its buses. The ad watchdog got involved after a complaint was launched over the environmental message of a television promotion that showed a ...
  5 days ago

• M60 clockwise within J23 | Clockwise | Congestion

  
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  On the M60 clockwise between junctions J23 and J1, there are currently delays of 50 mins due to heavy traffic . Normal traffic conditions expected from 11:15 am. Latest Traffic Information for England – All confirmed events, that are Unplanned
  6 days ago

• Hackers Attack US Rail Computers

  
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  According to a government memo, hackers attacked the computers of a Northwest rail company two days in a row in December, disrupting railway signals. Train services on the unnamed railroad were slowed down for a little while on December 1, delaying rail schedules by about 15 minutes. The day after that, a second ...
  1 week ago

• Halifax Bus Drivers to Strike

  
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  This week it was revealed that the Halifax Regional Municipality’s (HRM) final offer to Metro Transit workers was rejected by 98.4% of the 700 staff who voted. Metro Transit staff have been working without contract since September 1. Local 508 union president Ken Wilson has described the offer as an insult, and he ...
  1 week ago

• California High Speed Rail Funding Risky

  
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  According to an audit, the California high speed rail network plan relies on risky funding, while overseeing the agency heading the project is weak. State auditor Elaine Howle says in a report that the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) claims the US government is its biggest potential source for funding ...
  1 week ago

• Happy Chinese New Year

  
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  Kung Hei Fat Choy! A Happy Chinese New Year! CD-Traveller would like to wish our Chinese friends and readers, a very happy and prosperous year of the Dragon.  
  1 week ago

• Brown Backs California High Speed Rail

  
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  California Governor Jerry Brown said last Wednesday that the future of the state rests on the spending of billions to link cities with bullet trains and boost water supply. The speech comes even though the largest state in the US by population is faced with a $9.2 billion deficit. California is in a mending period ...
  1 week ago

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