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47th Berlin International Tourism (ITB) -The world’s leading travel trade show Xinhua BERLIN– The 47th Berlin International Tourism Fair (ITB), the world’s leading travel trade show, opened here on Tuesday to showcase the international tourism industry’s new trends, latest travel products and attractive niche markets. Some 10,086 companies from 188 countries will present their products […]

Eastern European tourists no longer need visa to visit Jamaica Xinhua KINGSTON– Jamaica has made it easier for citizens of several Eastern European countries to travel to the island country by removing visa requirements to boost tourist arrivals from emerging markets. Citizens from Russia, the Chez Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine will no longer […]

United States Olympic Committee offering 35 US cities an opportunity to bid for the 2024 Olympics CBS/Associated Press The United States Olympic Committee this week sent letters to the mayors of American cities offering them the opportunity to bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The USOC is skipping the bidding for the 2020 Olympics. […]

Portugal sells bonds worth 1.5 billion euros Xinhua LISBON– The Portuguese government sold bonds totaling 1.5 billion euros (about 1.7 billion U.S. dollars), Portuguese Treasury and Debt Management Agency said on Wednesday. The government raised 1.155 billion euros from the 12-month bonds sale with 1.277 percent yield, down from 1.61 percent last month. It said […]

The new American Airlines- Creating A Giant ___________________________________________ US Airways-American Airlines $11B Merger: A Signal That Big Airline Deals Could End Forbes The creation of America’s largest airline further condenses an already consolidated industry and might conclude an end to this era’s bold-faced deals. American Airlines will merge with US Airways in a $11 billion deal, […]

Los Angeles: Tallest building on the West Coast will be the new Wilshire Grand at 73 stories 1099 feet The Wilshire Grand, located at Wilshire Boulevard and Figueroa Street, will surpass the 72-story U.S. Bank Tower that has been the tallest west of Chicago since 1989. Bloomberg LOS ANGELES- A $1 billion office-and-hotel tower being […]

American Airlines unveils new logo, look American Airlines introduces new, lighter look to logo, plane bodies By David Koenig Associated Press DALLAS — American Airlines is getting a new look. The airline showed off the first plane bearing a new logo and paint job at Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport on Thursday. The familiar red, white […]

Russia to become European powerhouse by 2020 RT Russia is due to overtake the German economy by 2020, and the E7 club of emerging economies will take the reins of the world economy in another 30 years according to a PriceWaterhouseCoopers report. “Russia could overtake Germany well before 2030 to become the largest European economy, […]

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport’s $2.3 billion dollar terminal renovation A $2.3 billion dollar terminal renovation project is under way now at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. New animation of the finished work was released for the airport board meeting on January 10, 2013. The airport is jointly owned by the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth. […]

U.S. Department of Transportation Finalizes Significant Changes to Major Capital Transit Investment Program Federal Transit Administration WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has unveiled a streamlined approach for administering its primary capital public transportation program for expanding transit systems. The New Starts/Small Starts program, one of the largest competitive grant programs in the U.S. government, […]