Archive for the ‘European Travel’ Category

Google antitrust watchers: Place your bets, please
Antitrust probe in early days, but break-up seen unlikely; risk that aggressive expansion will be curtailed

Blog – The Dream of the Electric Aircraft
Weighed down by green guilt over your summer air travel? EADS envisions a solution. There are few environmental sins worse than air travel. A few years ago, Friends of the Earth declared aviation “the world’s fastest growing source of greenhouse gases.” A report released in 2008 found that airlines might pour 1.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by 2025.

Swept away by Rome’s vibrant life
European travel guru Rick Steves goes with the flow in the streets of Rome.

Rick Steves’ Popular Audio Europe App Now Available for Android
Rick Steves, the European Travel Expert, announces the release of his popular free app, RICK STEVES’ AUDIO EUROPE, for Android. Like the already successful Apple iOS version (over 45,000 downloads to date), the Android app is designed to help heighten traveler’s sightseeing experience with 29 audio walking tours of Europe’s top sights plus over 200 tracks of travel tips and cultural insights …

Navigating the Hype — and Opportunities — in Emerging Private Equity Markets
As economies in Europe and the United States continue to struggle, the flow of wealth is moving east to China and India, and south to Latin America. Although private equity firms are following closely behind, industry leaders on a panel at the recent Wharton Global Alumni Forum warned that to be successful, private equity firms must ignore the “gold rush mentality” that permeates many deals and …

Wade staying busy in whirlwind summer
TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer DAVIE, Fla. Standing before hundreds of children at his basketball camp Wednesday, Dwyane Wade got plenty of tough questions. About playing with LeBron James this past season with the Miami Heat and their trip to the NBA finals. About his actress girlfriend, Gabrielle Union. About what it takes to be a great basketball player. One noticeably absent topic? The NBA …

travelmatch.co.uk: Holidaymakers Look East as Summer Gets Off to a Wet Start
LONDON, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Travelmatch says searches for holidays to sunny destinations such as Cyprus rocketed up as June brought rain and unseasonable winds – Online travel specialist travelmatch.co.uk [http://www.travelmatch.co.uk …

Air Arabia Egypt starts Istanbul services
Air Arabia Egypt starts Istanbul services

Pro-Hamas Activists Fail in the Air and on the Sea
Follow Israel news on and . Photographers almost outnumbered fly-in activists at Ben Gurion airport as Israel’s diplomatic efforts stymied the pro-Arab protests in the air and on the sea. Several pro-Hamas activists who failed to set sail for Gaza tried their luck in the air, but to no avail.

Israel braces for airport showdown with activists
Israel dispatched a beefed-up security force to its main international airport Thursday and asked foreign airlines to prevent blacklisted travelers from boarding Tel Aviv-bound flights, ahead of the anticipated arrival of hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists.