International Business News - Travel http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif After three grueling years of compulsory service in the Israeli military, 21-year-old Arbel Altschuler is heading for some peace and quiet in what has become the most popular haven for thousands of recently discharged Israeli soldiers--India. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/188582-india-shooting.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081204/israelis-cant-escape-troubles-in-world-travels.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081204/israelis-cant-escape-troubles-in-world-travels.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:42:34 EST The head of the nation's largest automaker took perhaps the most important car ride of his life Wednesday, traveling 500 miles, mostly over highway through four states, to Washington, D.C., where he will ask Congress for a second time to save his slumping company. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/188385-aptopix-congress-autos-ceo-travel.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/us-automakers-ground-jets-for-trip-to-washington.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/us-automakers-ground-jets-for-trip-to-washington.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:40:35 EST The CEOs of Detroit's three automakers--Ford Motor Co.'s Alan Mulally, General Motors Corp.'s Rick Wagoner and Chrysler LLC's Robert Nardelli--are saving their companies more than $15,000 by driving to Washington, D.C., rather than flying by corporate jet: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/detroit-ceos-save-more-than-15-000-by-driving.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:23:35 EST If the Detroit Three automakers have learned anything since their last trip to Washington, it's that the old way of doing business just won't fly. So the decision by auto executives to travel in hybrid cars rather than corporate jets is just the start to overhauling their image as the industry pleads its case for $25 billion in federal loans. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/187618-autos-ceo-travel.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/gm-says-ceo-will-drive-to-washington.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/gm-says-ceo-will-drive-to-washington.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:36:06 EST The tourists chatting in multiple languages in the piazzas, bars and shops of Rome belie a more somber mood at the ancient city's hotels. Luigi Rinaldi, concierge of the Hotel de la Minerve next to the Pantheon, said American tourists have disappeared, although demand among German, Spanish and Russian tourists is solid. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/187425-global-travel-slowdown.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/travel-pinched-by-global-financial-crisis.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/travel-pinched-by-global-financial-crisis.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:04:56 EST When the men who run Ford Motor Co., Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp. return to Washington later this week to seek government loans, they'll make sure traveling by corporate jet doesn't become ammunition for their critics again. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/ford-says-ceo-will-return-to-washington-by-car.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:43:27 EST Switzerland will join the European Union's passport-free travel zone next month under an agreement reached Thursday. Switzerland is not a member of the 27-nation bloc, but is almost surrounded by EU states. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081127/switzerland-to-join-eus-passport-free-zone.htm Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:46:09 EST Chrysler LLC says Chief Executive Robert Nardelli will not fly on a corporate jet when he returns to Washington next week for Congressional hearings on government loans for the auto industry. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/chrysler-says-ceo-wont-take-corporate-jet-to-dc.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:07:48 EST A 20 percent salary cut wasn't enough to make Scott Fuchs skip his family's longtime tradition of a Thanksgiving reunion. The 49-year-old computer programmer from the Dallas suburb of Plano was at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Wednesday, preparing to board a plane for South Florida with his wife and two children. The family was having to stretch for the roughly $2,000 the trip would cost, Fuchs said, but it was worth it for an annual trek now at 20-something years and counting. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/texas-holiday-fliers-forging-ahead-despite-economy.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:28:13 EST Holiday travelers leaving the city for Thanksgiving found smaller crowds than usual at La Guardia Airport, with the slumping economy blamed for keeping people at home and federal authorities warning of a possible terror plot against the subways. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/nyc-holiday-travelers-find-smaller-crowds.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:21:26 EST Holiday travelers found short lines and brief waits at Denver International Airport early Wednesday as airlines ramped up for the pre-Thanksgiving rush. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/short-lines-greet-denver-airport-travelers.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:09:08 EST Scott Fuchs will spend Thanksgiving with his family in Florida like he's done for 20 years or so. But like thousands of other Americans, his brother is staying home--travel isn't possible after he was laid off from his job in Maryland. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/182208-holiday-travel.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/roads-skies-to-be-less-crowded-over-thanksgiving.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/roads-skies-to-be-less-crowded-over-thanksgiving.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:40:51 EST Just in time for the busiest travel week of the year, gasoline prices are reaching new lows in Missouri and around the country. In fact, AAA Auto Club reports that Missouri's $1.58 average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is the lowest in the nation. Among neighboring states, Kansas on Tuesday was at $1.70, Iowa at $1.78, Illinois at $1.88 and Arkansas at $1.73. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/gas-prices-low-in-missouri-at-busy-travel-time.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:17:25 EST The sharp drop in gas prices over the past few months might not be enough for some North Dakotans to hit the road over the Thanksgiving holiday. "It's just going to be a personal decision (whether to travel), based on what you can afford to do," said Mike Rud, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association. "A lot of people who travel are baby boomers ... and some of those are looking at 20 to 30 percent losses in their retirement funds over the last two months" because of the national economic downturn, he said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081124/holiday-travel-for-north-dakotans-expected-to-drop.htm Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:56:27 EST Managing the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression has left Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson little time to sleep, let alone fly around the country to speak at fundraisers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/busy-treasury-secretary-still-has-time-for-reagan.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:28:05 EST Travel over the Thanksgiving holiday will drop for the first time in six years due to the economic slowdown and fewer airline flights, the auto club AAA forecast on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/aaa-predicts-decline-in-holiday-travel.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:53:36 EST Anticipating another holiday travel crunch, President Bush said on Tuesday that his administration was taking steps to prevent frustrating flight delays during the busy Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday seasons. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/bush-trying-again-to-stem-holiday-flight-delays.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:03:57 EST Some of those closest to the frustrating delays many travelers experience at U.S. airports are hoping President Bush plans more expansive steps than he took last year to combat the holiday crunch. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/bush-trying-again-to-stem-holiday-flight-delays.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:28:25 EST The film camera sweeps across the landscape, taking in flat plains, gushing waterfalls and a dusty country town. The color is brilliant, the emptiness palpable, and the soundtrack soars dramatically as warplanes bomb a city. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/176831-travel-trip-australia-movie.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/australia-hopes-nicole-kidman-film-spurs-tourism.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/australia-hopes-nicole-kidman-film-spurs-tourism.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:16:15 EST U.S. officials say Europeans and others who travel visa-free to the United States must start registering their trips electronically as part of a new online security screening process which takes effect Jan. 12, 2009. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/new-us-travel-security-measure-takes-effect-jan-12.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:40:15 EST