July 22, 2010 – According to ABC News, Danielle Covarrubias filed a class action lawsuit against American Airlines for $5 million because the company refused to refund their $25 baggage checking charge after they lost her bag.
In 2008 American Airlines became the first major airline to start charging for bags and to impose checked baggage [...]
July 15, 2010 – On Thursday 3DHawaii.com was launched by Team Vision Virtual.
It promotes the new website as the “next generation travel-planning and booking tool.”
The website shows realistic three dimensional views of hotels, tourist attractions, and shops in the fiftieth state.
Three dozen hotels and stores have signed up with the company so that their properties [...]
July 15, 2010 – A Congressional committee hearing on Wednesday disclosed that U.S. airlines made $7.9 billion in fees in calendar years 2008 and 2009 for optional services that were “not fully disclosed to passengers at the time of booking.”
The fees in question included additional charges for check-on luggage, refreshments, reservation changes, cancellation fees, and [...]
July 11, 2010 – Nineteen year-old Colton Harris-Moore, the “Barefoot Bandit” who allegedly stole airplanes, boats and cars, was arrested before dawn in northern Eleuthera on Sunday in an unsuccessful attempt to escape by boat.
The fugitive who was on the lam for two years was handcuffed and barefoot as he stepped off the plane in [...]
July 9, 2010 – It looks like Colton Harris-Moore, the so called “Barefoot Bandit”, has eluded Bahamian police and has absconded from Great Abaco Island.
Harris-Moore is a fugitive U.S. nineteen year-old who allegedly stole a light plane almost a week ago and crash landed it in the waters off Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas. [...]
July 9, 2010 – The Outrigger Vinh Hoi Bay Resort and Spa, a 5 star resort accommodation that will be part of the Vinh Hoi Bay Golf Resort, will be co-designed and managed by Hawaii-based Outrigger Enterprises Group, according to the family-owned company’s recent news release.
It will be built on a secluded beach just north [...]
July 7, 2010 – Bahamian police are on the lookout for a six foot, 5 inch tall nineteen year-old who’s being celebrated in song and on T-shirts as the “Barefoot Bandit.”
Colton Harris-Moore is living up to the legend that’s been growing around him as he leapfrogged across the United States, stole a light plane, and [...]
July 7, 2010 – Although 70% of the public and a number of lawmakers have expressed concerns, the State Department has decided to raise the cost of passports, visa pages in a passport book, wallet-sized passport cards, and more.
Beginning next Tuesday adults will have to pay 35% more for their first passport book as the [...]
July 4, 2010 – A Fourth of July barbecue can be tough on a vegan because if you’re a vegan you tend to shy away from eating meat, fish, meat, or eggs.
And many vegans won’t imbibe most beers or wine because animal products such as bone charcoal or gelatin may have been used in their [...]
June 30, 2010 – Although Disney’s timeshare resort on Oahu, Hawaii is not scheduled to open until 2011, the Aulani Disney Vacation Club will soon start taking reservations.
On August 2nd, guests will be able to begin booking reservations for one of Disney’s 360 hotel rooms or 481 two-bedroom at Disney Vacation Club villas on the [...]
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