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Australian envoy launches luxury guide to Delhi
The Australian High Commissioner, Peter Varghese, today launched the third edition of the book 'Love Travel Guides', which is authored by Fiona...


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Erin Andrews gets no-peep service at hotels after stalker ordeal
Hotels are making extra effort to ensure ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews' safety after her recent stalker...
Edinburgh 'best place to visit in UK'
Edinburgh has been named Britain's best city in an annual poll compiled by a leading travel industry...
Walk on the wild side in Wales
Located in South Wales, the Brecon Beacons are a group of mountains that derive their name from the ancient Welch practice of lighting signal fires, known as beacons, on mountains to warn of attacks...
When getting away means staying in touch
NEW YORK - People used to go on holiday to unplug. Now they're demanding to be plugged in.That secluded, desert island-type getaway may soon be as dated as the post-vacation slide show as more...
La Forfaiterie offers 1,500 options for all seasons
When André Sabourin, a municipal recreation director, wanted to buy a round of golf as a Christmas gift for his father, he duffed his shot. He was out of season and he could not lay his hands on a...
Owners of cruise ship aground in Nunavut plan salvage operation
A team that includes members of a Florida-based company spent the past week on board the marooned Clipper Adventurer, a cruise ship that remains aground after hitting a rock approximately 100...
Sacramento airport's 'Big Build' on course
Sacramento International Airport celebrated a number of milestones for the “Big Build” project inside the future ticketing and baggage terminal Friday. The $1.1 billion terminal...
Huntelaar bags three as Netherlands cruise to win in San Marino
Klaas Jan Huntelaar scored a hat-trick against San Marino (GSM) - World Cup finalists the Netherlands did as expected to beat San Marino 0-5 in their Euro 2012 qualifying opener.The Dutch took the...
Federer, Nishikori travel different paths to victory
Marathon victory: Kei Nishikori plays a shot from Croatia's Marin Cilic in their second-round match at the U.S. Open on Thursday. Nishikori won 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1. AP...
BSU assistant won't travel to game after arrest
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -A Boise State assistant football coach has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and won't make the trip to the Broncos' season opener in the Washington, D.C.,...
Happy trails for Colorado's Buckskin Joe
Buckskin Joe, a popular tourist spot near the Royal Gorge outside Canon City, Colo., along with the adjoining Royal Gorge Scenic Railway, has been sold and will close at the end of the season before...
My Life In Travel: Jo Whiley, radio DJ and TV presenter
First holiday memory? In 1977, in a caravan in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, going to get the newspaper with my dad and seeing the news that Elvis had died. My mum was a massive fan. I remember...
Travel By Numbers: Tahiti
Explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville first set foot on Tahiti in 1768 during the first French circumnavigation of the globe. His Voyage Autour du Monde described the island as an earthly paradise...
Travel challenge:A classical tour
Every week we invite competing companies to give us their best deal for a specific holiday. Today: a cultural tour in the Islamic world in October. Prices are per person based on two people...
Travel Agenda: The James hotel in New York; Devon Open Studios; Mistura; Iceland Express
Today The doors at The James hotel in New York are open. The stylish, homely hotel is in the heart of Soho and features an urban garden and rooftop pool (jameshotels.com). This week ...
Waning Earl still causing havoc for holiday travel
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Hurricane Earl played havoc with travelers' Labor Day weekend plans even as it weakened Friday on its path up the East Coast toward New...
Murray cruises through another straight sets Open win
Andy Murray of Britain (L) is congratulated by Dustin Brown after their match during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, September 3,...
Waning Hurricane Earl still causing havoc for holiday travel
N EWARK, N.J. — Hurricane Earl played havoc with travelers’ Labor Day weekend plans even as it weakened Friday on its path up the East Coast toward New England. Train service was...
Murray cruises into third round at U.S. Open
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sports Network) - Fourth-seeded Andy Murray was an easy straight-set winner on Friday in second round action at the 2010 U.S. Open. Murray needed under 1 1/2 hours to dispatch...
Top Torres back in business as Spain cruise
Fernando Torres scored two goals for Spain VADUZ (AFP) - Liverpool forward Fernando Torres scored a brace as world champions Spain began their European title defence with a convincing 4-0 win over...
Travel agency offers Antarctica marathon tour
SAPPORO — Nippon Travel Agency has launched a 4.4 million yen package tour to Antarctica in December for people who want to run in the world’s southernmost marathon, its Sapporo branch...
48 Hours In: Ljubljana
48 Hours In...Ljubljana map Why go now? Slovenia's compact capital is an ideal weekend destination, with plenty to see and explore. The city is especially attractive in early autumn as...
Trail of the unexpected: Unique Devon campsite
Just don't call it glamping. "I don't really like the word," says Matt Bate, as he contentedly surveys his handcrafted glade: a treehouse here, a see-saw there, a hammock hoisted a safe distance from...
Go off the beaten track in Ibiza
Route 19 is not a route in the grand sense of the word. It is not a Route 66, a Silk Route, a Garden Route. In sections, it seems unrelated to logic, twisting, writhing and switching course. But...
24-Hour Room Service: Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Oxfordshire
It's easy to assume that an operation as distinguished as Le Manoir ticks by while quietly resting on the laurels of the restaurant and the reputation of its proprietor. Especially when that...
Alan Whicker's globetrotting tips
Whicker filming the famous opening titles of 'Whicker's World', that ran from 1959 to 1988, first on the BBC, then ITV, returning to the BBC in the...
Hot destination: Volcanic Aeolian Islands
Is 11am too early for dessert wine? Not on the Aeolian Island of Salina when the heavens are about to open. And not when the tipple in question goes by the moniker "wine of the devil". We'd planned...
Torres back in business as Spain cruise
VADUZ (AFP) – Liverpool forward Fernando Torres scored a brace as world champions Spain began their European title defence with a convincing 4-0 win over Liechtenstein on Friday in their...
Tips to Trim Air Travel Costs
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Croatia cruise past Latvia in Riga
Croatia kicked off UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying Group F with a comfortable victory against Latvia in Riga.Mladen Petrić set the visitors on their way two minutes before the break, a lead which was...
At Mesa Verde, ancient history is cool
There's no time to be nervous. The kids charge ahead up the 32-foot ladder, squeezing through a narrow, 12-foot tunnel, walking in toeholds carved into dusty sandstone. Imagine if you could only...
Labor Day travelers contend with Hurricane Earl
Hurricane Earl’s whipping winds are adding a wrinkle to an already busy three-day weekend where more than 34 million people are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home, even as the storm...
Qantas flight had hole in engine, damaged flaps
SAN FRANCISCO — Investigators say a mechanical failure that blew a hole in the engine of a Qantas jet headed to Sydney from San Francisco also damaged the wing flaps. The engine failure...
Man in '03 bomb scare sets off airport shutdown
MIAMI — The suspicions airport security officials had when they saw the metal canister grew when they learned about the man who brought it in from the Middle East: a scientist who sparked a...
Fla. law banning Cuba travel, research upheld
MIAMI -- A federal appellate court has upheld a Florida law that prohibits funding for academic and research travel to nations that are considered "sponsors of terrorism."The 11th Circuit Court of...
England cruise past Bulgaria
The striker's first treble for England and a late strike from Manchester City youngster Adam Johnson sealed the Group G points for Fabio Capello's side, who were desperate to bounce back from a...
Delta flight attendants to vote on union
The National Mediation Board (NMB) has set a date for a vote by more than 20,000 Delta Air Lines flight attendants to decide whether they want to be represented by a labor union,...
Clijsters, Murray cruise at Open
Defending champion Kim Clijsters overcame a slow start to breeze into the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Friday. Clijsters dropped the first three games of her match with Petra Kvitova of the...