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Go Ahead Stick Your Head in the Sand, Just Don't Do it in Haiti

As globalization bridges the gap between the developed and the developing world, countries and cultures that were once off-limits are now as close as a mouse click away. Not only is it possible to look up information about the ...READ»

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China tour operator, Huangshan Mountain, Suzhou Gardens, Guilin Li River, Yangtze River, Xi'an Ancient City Tour

As a leading China travel agency and tour operator, China Fact Tours offers flexibly tailored and prefessional travel service including individual, family and group tour packages, budget and luxury tour packages, private and ...READ»

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Koh Samui Hotel Reservation – Get One At The Fasting Growing Tourist Destination

Koh Samui Hotel Reservation – Get One At The Fasting Growing Tourist DestinationBlessed with long beaches, attractive coral reefs, exotic coconut tree farms and majestic Buddhist status, Koh Samui is one of the fastest ...READ»

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Global Heritage Fund Invests in Archaeologists to Save the World's Most Endangered Sites

Jeff Morgan took an unlikely route from Silicon Valley to Haiti and Cambodia--but he brought his startup expertise and venture capitalist training with him. READ»

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The Top 10 Eco-Friendly Hotels

The greenest vacation is a day hike in your backyard. But if you need to get a little further away from home, there are plenty of responsible--dare we say, trendy--resorts to choose from. Online travel community TripAdvisor ...READ»

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Successfully Launched Into Orbit [video]

Falcon 9 is SpaceX's flagship rocket, and a great leap forward for President Obama's plans to diversify the space industry (video of launch below). The vehicle will help ferry cargo up to the International Space Station in the ...READ»

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Turning Everything Into Tourism

Today's Wall Street Journal has a page B1 article, "New Company Aims to Send Tourists to Space", highlighting the entry of rocket scientist Jim Benson into the space tourism field and competing with the likes of Sir Richard Branson ...READ»

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Undead Tech: Space Tourism

Recently, Virgin mogul Richard Branson unveiled the SpaceShipTwo, the world's first commercial space-plane. With three bodies, five hybrid rocket engines, and (apparently) zero room for spaces in its title, the SpaceShipTwo will ...READ»

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Explore India at your Ease...

From a small beginning in 1998, “Explore India Hotels & Resorts P Ltd.” has grown from strength to strength to become a premiere organization in the country, unmatched for its quality of highly personalized service. Our ...READ»

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One Architectural Step Forward (for Now) at Stonehenge

Denton Corker Marshall's Stonehenge visitor center finally gets the green light, after years of waiting.READ»

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Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace - Fast 50 2002

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Rebuilding the Big Uneasy

As New Orleans continues to dry out, efforts are underway to reopen the central business district and tourist quarter as soon as possible. The steps send a multiple message: Life goes on, business as usual -- and tourists, please ...READ»

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UNESCO Selects World Heritage Sites

The UN agency will pay close attention to conservation and sites in danger.READ»

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Tourism 2023 Imagines the Future of Vacations

It's 2023. Climate change, oil shortages, and population growth have become pressing issues. What will the tourism industry look--and more importantly, will there even be a tourism industry? That's the question that Tourism 2023, an ...READ»

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The Coolest Careers in 2030: Space Architect and Body-Part Designer

Futurists eye current tech trends to predict what jobs will the sexiest, in the coming decades.READ»

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Why “Leaders” Can’t Fully Empower Employees

“Leaders” can’t fully empower employees as long as we continue to associate leadership with position, whether senior executive or “team leader”. Organizations desperately need to empower employees more fully in order to ...READ»

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Global Discount Travel

Contact Global Discount Travel - Global Discount Travel In Menorca you can enjoy delicious seafood dishes in different small restaurants. You won’t get anything frozen here as they only serve fresh sea food. You’d love the ...READ»

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The Future of Travel

Where will we be going, and how will we be getting there?READ»

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Marketing Lessons from the Olympics in Athens

Less than a month before the Games open, stories already fill the press about troubles in the Greek city: unfinished construction projects, potential traffic jams, and fear of terror attacks. Now the Greek government has another ...READ»

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Another Small Step for Man: Spaceport America Breaks Ground

Tomorrow, America's first port for leisure space flight begins construction, with Virgin Galactic as its anchor tenant.READ»

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The Future of Travel

The author William Gibson once said “the future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed.” In the case of travel this is certainly true. The travel industry has experienced dramatic change post September 11, but it is ...READ»

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Technology: Destination Moon

Travel technology is taking one small leap for mankind in this moon walk anniversary year. It is, after all, forty years this July 20 that the Armstrong and Aldrin set down on the moon. It is also the year that the private ...READ»

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Northern Arizona’s Breathtaking Canyon de Chelly Home to Navajo

There’s plenty to do all across the great Grand Canyon State, whether you already own a home here or perhaps you’ve purchased some Arizona real estate you’re holding onto until you can build your dream home. And as long as ...READ»

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BP Oil Disaster Could Cost Gulf Economy $22.7 Billion

There may no longer be oil seeping into the ocean off Louisiana's coast, but the damage is done. And the cleanup process will be expensive, lengthy, and detrimental to the Gulf economy, according to a report (PDF) from Oxford ...READ»

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Fast Talk: Summer Amusements

It's family vacation time, and in an era of backseat DVD players and jaded youth, we asked the operators of five lower-key attractions how they've adapted to compete in the Spielbergian, conglomerate-driven entertainment universe.READ»