Bali bombers given 30-day deadline
Ian Jarrett - Jan 03, 2026
JAKARTA - Three Bali bombers on death row will have another 29 days from today to lodge an appeal for…
Categories: Destination
Standard viewpoint: Carry on, Hong Kong
Ian Jarrett - Jan 03, 2026
HONG KONG - An interesting New Year’s editorial in The Standard newspaper in Hong Kong looks at the development of…
The plastic killing fields
John Alwyn-Jones - Jan 03, 2026
Amanda Woods in the Sydney Morning Herald reports that in one of the few places on Earth where people can…
Bali bombers given 30 day deadline
John Alwyn-Jones - Jan 03, 2026
The three Bali bombers on death row will have another 29 days from today to lodge an appeal for presidential…
Reinvented Wollongong Enjoys Hotel Boom
John Alwyn-Jones - Jan 03, 2026
Wollongong’s thriving tourism industry has triggered a boom in hotel development, with the city preparing to welcome its fifth international-standard…
South African Tourism goes to the movies
John Alwyn-Jones - Jan 03, 2026
South African Tourism will offer cinema goers across Sydney and Melbourne, a unique live experience this Saturday, 5th of January.…
Arthur Frommer’s New Year’s resolutions
John Alwyn-Jones - Jan 03, 2026
Noted travel writer Arthur Frommer released his New Year's resolutions for travel that include these promises to change his ways:…
Kenya travel warning over ‘serious unrest’
Phil Davies - Jan 02, 2026
British travellers have been urged to avoid all but essential travel to the centres of Mombasa and Nairobi following "serious unrest"…
Holiday choice cut as 1.25m holidays are stripped out
Phil Davies - Jan 02, 2026
An estimated 1.25 million fewer summer sun holidays will be available in 2008 due to consolidation between the major tour…
MAXjet ceases operations
Phil Davies - Jan 02, 2026
All business class transatlantic airline MAXjet has suspended all flights after going into Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US. The…
GB Airways summer routes go on sale via easyJet website
Phil Davies - Jan 02, 2026
Routes operated by GB Airways for summer 2008 have become available to book online at easyJet’s website. A total of…
Kayak.com to merge with SideStep
Phil Davies - Jan 02, 2026
Online travel search engines Kayak.com and SideStep are to merge to create a global internet commerce giant. The deal is…
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