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Travel & tourism, Jun 2010
Sa icon shows deadly side
With its famous flat peak towering over Cape Town, Table Mountain is drawing thousands of World Cup fans but has already shown its underestimated deadly side...
Wed, Jun 30, 2010
Sydney airport- free parking (for 15 mins)
Best make your pick-ups and goodbyes at Sydney Airport quick - the airport has bowed to years of criticism about its fee gouging for car parking, offering travellers 15 minutes free parking at the international terminal...
Wed, Jun 30, 2010
Airlines behaving badly
Airlines regularly come under fire for their advertising and marketing tactics, but two Russian airlines have pushed the boundaries of good taste with their latest promotions...
Wed, Jun 30, 2010
‘if you go here, you will die'
When tourists visit the popular glaciers on New Zealand's West Coast they are given a blunt verbal warning not to go beyond the safety ropes...
Wed, Jun 30, 2010
The titanic of tennessee
The 100th anniversary of her sinking is approaching fast, but the Titanic - the ill-fated cruise liner that collided with an iceberg and slipped to the bottom of the North Atlantic in 1912 - continues to exert a curious fascination...
Tue, Jun 29, 2010
Dubai opens new airport
Debt-laden Dubai opened its second airport yesterday, three weeks after its flagship carrier Emirates placed a major order for Airbus 380 superjumbos, enforcing its status as an air transport hub...
Mon, Jun 28, 2010
World cup brings economic windfall
Halfway through the World Cup, tourism officials say football fans have already brought an economic windfall that looks set to keep rolling as a raft of big countries play in the second round...
Mon, Jun 28, 2010
Travel firm launches jacko tours
His death last year was a seismic event that made headlines across the world. And as the first anniversary of his passing approaches, a travel firm has announced a tour package that will let fans visit the key locations of Michael Jackson's tumultuous life...
Mon, Jun 28, 2010
Antarctica ‘off-limits' to tourists?
Visiting Antarctica used to involve a long and sometimes uncomfortable crossing of the notorious Drake Passage on a small expedition ship or icebreaker. And it was expensive. As demand from less-intrepid travellers grew, mass-market cruise ships offered more affordable and smoother ways to venture to the White Continent...
Mon, Jun 28, 2010
Perks for loyalty in oz
Just as airlines have frequent-flyer programs, cruise lines offer free membership to loyalty clubs, many of which include incentives to keep passengers coming back. Seabourn Club members, for example, can save up to 50 per cent on selected cruises and earn a free seven-day cruise after sailing for 140 days with the line...
Mon, Jun 28, 2010