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SEP 2011: They can’t get daily service in Toronto, but Ireland appears to be considerably more accommodating. So, Emirates will begin daily flights to Dublin from January next year.
13 SEP 2011: How many political wieners can you have in one country? Really, first US Congressman Weiner was flashing inappropriate images over his cell phone, and now San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener wants nudists to cover their butts in public places and wear clothes in restaurants and actually that sounds pretty good to me.
12 SEP 2011: Despite its expectations of a challenging 2012, Transat A.T. has set its sights set on a return to profitability with a new cost cutting plan that has also raised the possibility of staff layoffs. ``I can't say today if there will be any, or how many, but it's not excluded that there will be some, that's for sure,'' CEO Jean-Marc Eustache said Thursday during a conference call.
12 SEP 2011: Given the date, the “abundance of caution” was perhaps understandable as in two separate incidents, reports of air passengers acting suspiciously prompted authorities to scramble fighter jets to escort both American Airlines and Frontier Airlines jets into New York and Detroit respectively, on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Curiously both incidents involved prolonged trips to the bathroom.
12 SEP 2011: While most tourists visit Kenya for its spectacular parks and beaches, usually taking in both on a trip, that is not nearly all there is on offer. Cultural tourism, sports tourism and corporate and conference travel are all on the rise. Add to that one of the fastest growing global travel trends – medical tourism.
12 SEP 2011: You didn’t see our PM offering to help when Conquest (or anyone else) flopped. But in Bulgaria, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov provided his own government jet to bring home stranded Russian tourists, when a dispute over payment between airline and tour operator left holidaymakers waiting at airports in Bulgaria.
12 SEP 2011: Somebody’s paying attention. Egypt's tourism minister said Sunday that officials have cancelled a proposal requiring tourists and other visitors to apply for visas before arrival in the country.
12 SEP 2011: Ten years after September 11, terrorist attacks, the number of US Border Patrol agents has more than doubled, and curiously, nowhere has the rate of growth been faster than on the 4,000-mile northern border. In September 2001, just four border patrol agents worked in Port Angeles, Washington now there are more than 40, but one of the border agents says there's just one big problem - no terrorists to apprehend and nothing much to do.
12 SEP 2011: In Toronto, the stars come out in September. The Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) is in town and this year things are a little different with all the action centered downtown in the “Entertainment District” rather than at the usual Bloor Yorkville hotels and hangouts.
12 SEP 2011: What kind of man would spend nine years, make countless phone calls and several trans-Atlantic trips to bring a sculpture exhibit...to his winery? The same guy who would beat out developers for 600 acres of paradise with two and a half kilometres of gorgeous waterfront and plant vineyards not houses there.
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