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Weak Asian Jet Fuel Outlook Sees Airlines Cutting On Hedging
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Weakness in Asian prices of jet fuel in the fourth quarter, normally a peak demand period, looks set to persist through 2012 on a dip in air travel caused by ...

American Lindsey Vonn posts her 50th World Cup victory | Skiing
U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn earned her 50th World Cup victory Saturday, winning a downhill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. She ranks third on the women's all-time list for ...

Head of Mideast investment bank banned from travel
An airport official says the CEO of Mideast investment bank EFG Hermes has been stopped at Cairo international airport by authorities who banned him from traveling abroad. The airport official says ...

100 cruise passengers struck by norovirus
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 ...

Two Sick Cruise Ships Dock in Ft. Lauderdale
reports of Norovirus outbreaks on two Princess Cruise liners. Saturday saw the Crown Princess dock at Port Everglades with nearly 170 sick passengers and crew on board. On Sunday the Ruby Princess ...

Italy cruise wreck search suspended
Rescue operations on the stricken Costa Concordia luxury liner were suspended due to choppy seas on Friday, one week after a Mediterranean tragedy in which up to 32 people are feared to have died. ...

Norovirus-hit cruise ships cleaned in Florida
Two Princess cruise ships were forced to undergo a complete disinfection over the weekend at their home port after dozens of passengers and crew were with gastrointestinal illness known as ...

Europe's cold snap claims more victims, travel hit
KIEV/LONDON (Reuters) - Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims Sunday, brought widespread disruption to transport services, and left thousands without power with warnings ...

Undersea preparation resumes for removal of oil from cruise liner shipwrecked off Italy
An an oil boom floats around the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. The Concordia ran aground on Jan. 13 after the captain deviated ...

Raptors travel to South Beach for matinee date with Heat
(Sports Network) - The Toronto Raptors have won four of their last seven games since a grueling eight-game losing streak and will play back-to-back road games against Miami and Washington. They are ...

Ahead of the summer holiday season, Korea’s top two airlines will increase flights to China and the United States.
By Do Je-hae Staff Reporter Ahead of the summer holiday season, Korea's top two airlines will increase flights to China and the United States. Korean Air will raise the number of weekly ...

Delta Air Lines is offering spring special fares for travel between Korea and the United States.
Special fares starting from 500,000 won include round-trips to favorite destinations from Seoul or Busan to Hawaii, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Atlanta, Detroit and Chicago. / ...

Snow and ice blanket Britain
Heavy overnight snow in Britain severely disrupted road, rail and air travel Sunday, The Telegraph reported.

Tragic failings aboard Costa's 'temple of fun'
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 ...

Sydney Harbour's islands provide a great escape from the crowds
Sydney Harbour is one of the great travel icons - its Opera House and the Harbour Bridge form an enduring shorthand for a fine city. All the more surprising, then, that the harbour's islands ...

 
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