News
Airports
Airports to remove most restroom sinks -- Measure to save $38 million a year in U.S. alone
Hooter's enters airport security business-- Effectiveness of T&A pat-downs questioned
O'Hare Airport may be renamed -- Facility bucks corporate branding trend
Passenger sues TSA over "instant" sex change-- Agency blames malfunctioning X-ray scanner
San Francisco International Airport to be feng shui compliant -- Runways will be realigned
TSA makes shoes "optional" -- Shirts and shorts are still required
Airlines
Air Force One to enter charter service -- Harrison Ford may be signed as spokesperson
Airbus to build seven story airliner -- Passengers will have choice of restaurants and theatres
Airline passengers to fly in trailer -- Up to 148 passengers can be towed
Airline pilots win right to fly into old age -- Mandatory retirement age upped to 87
Airline removes seats to cut costs-- Portable chairs now available in airports
Airline to introduce "selective-width" seating -- Larger passengers can expect to pay more
Airline to replace oxygen masks with pistols -- Vigilante Airway will fly "locked and loaded"
Airlines add reptile meals on domestic flights -- "Tastes just like chicken"
Airlines to reverse global warming -- Planes will become major sources of atmospheric cooling
Airplane lavatories to disappear -- Micturition prohibition
AstroSphere Airways auctioning airplane on eBay -- What would Jesus fly?
Cell phone use on airplanes could start soon -- Only "some" avionics may be disabled
Company to introduce "flying luggage" -- New bags to improve airplane fuel efficiency and safety
Expiration dates to be displayed on airliners -- FAA rule will take effect next month
FAA approves short, targeted, pre-flight briefings -- Hello. Buckle up. No smoking. Adios.
Getting comfortable at 30,000 feet for 15 hours -- Learning to sleep while standing
Hundreds of airline passengers disappear annually -- Many reappear near Afghanistan
NRA purchases Monument Airlines -- "AiRifle" will require guns on board
Nude travel takes off -- Airline bullish on bare service
Pilots win right to carry AK-47s -- Fitting missiles to planes may be next
Republicans enter airline business -- JetRed to take off next month
Ronco to purchase AstroSphere Airways -- Passengers receive Rocket Fisherman
Texas to get first non-fat airline -- The pudgy will be prohibited
United Person Service to begin operations -- First class personnel shipping crates are next
WienAir to take flight -- Airline to offer middle-only seating
Auto and Rail
Daimler to build first "fitness" car -- Fitness Phaeton designed for corporate travelers
NASCAR enters car rental business -- Fast cars and steep fees
Rail service between California and Hawaii to begin in two years -- Trains traveling at 380 MPH
Vermont re-routes all motor traffic -- "Vote left but look right" campaign gains momentum
Cruising
Caribbean cruise line throws luggage overboard -- Caribbean Caddy Service is launched
Cruise line switches to nude Caribbean cruises -- Limbo contests phased out
Cruise line introduces first hybrid powered ship -- Twice as far, twice as fast, half the cost
First Extreme-Ultra-Mega cruise ship launched -- Ship will carry more than 17,000 passengers
Destinations
Bar Harbor to change name -- New name will reflect local dialect
Celebrities bed down hotel guests in Las Vegas -- Paris Hilton cruising Strip hotels
Company wins FDA approval to distribute LSD -- Travel without leaving the farm
DHS agents abandon search for Martians -- Hundreds recalled from Roswell
Florida businesses to prohibit topless clientele -- Bottomless behavior not addressed
Floridians have sinking feelings -- State may require visitors to bring dirt
GangstaLand set to open near Orlando -- More T-shirt shops expected on International Drive
Greenpeace to open Las Vegas casino -- From sea-going to limo-riding whales
Kansas rescinds Daylight Saving Time -- Sunflower State reverts to "God's Time"
Las Vegas to add two million hotel rooms -- "Las Vegas Strip will become irrelevant"
Las Vegas to become a vast lake -- The Strip seen as a bass-fishing destination
Mexico finalizes deal to sell Yucatan to Canada -- Hockey sticks of Mesquite?
Paraskevidekatriaphobia hammers travel business... Except at Wally's
Polygamist town to build tourist center -- Colorado City, to have first Beds & Breakfast
Taj Mahal purposely being tilted -- Eiffel Tower may be next landmark to be skewed
Thomas Kinkade opens tour company -- First "Tour of Light" planned for New York
Tour company offers holidays priced from €39 -- A few restrictions apply
Vegas "Strip" goes mainstream -- Businesses find that less may get them more
Vegas World to open near Disney ... and Orlando World to open in Vegas
Lodging
Airplanes to house prisoners -- Jets for joints
DHS to bug U.S. hotels -- Plot to kidnap Paris Hilton foiled
Hotel chain will reduce overhead by reducing headroom -- Savings to be in the millions
Hotel group to rate service stations -- Flushing out fragrant violations of restroom standards
Hotel rolls out Frequent Inactive Traveller (FIT) Programme -- Emperor bed an option
Inn-terpreter coming to the States -- Device makes it possible to understand hotel staff
La Couvier Hotels to charge for "amenities" -- One option: Bring your own sheets
Paris Hilton to be added to Paris Hiltons -- Marriott poised to enter celebrity branding
Prison system to offer corporate lodging -- Kind of a "get acquainted offer"
Traveller Hotel Group eliminates all room rates -- Free rooms expected to return record profits
Traveller Hotel Group takes aim at in-room insects -- Assassins employed to terminate bugs
Products and Services
Agentes out-horrifies Turistas -- Agentes makes Turistas look like a tourist commercial
Butt lift surgery gets a boost -- Gluteal augmentation business is firming up
Cell phone company offers comfort and reassurance ... for a fee
Company expects to clean up with private lavatories -- The rich now have more places to "go"
Diners Club to introduce "Plutonium Card" -- Charge card competition gets "extreme"
Erhart Verner forms support group for travelers -- Six million join in first month
Err Travel to offer doofus insurance -- Joint venture with Lloyd of London
Err Travel University begins instruction -- Institution offers degrees to travelers
Law firm to open in-airport offices -- "Ambulances will be chasing us"
Lawyers file injunction against Snakes on a Plane -- Lawyers described as "cold-blooded"
Thousand dollar socks are latest travel necessity -- Hip hosiery for well-heeled travelers