NORWALK, Conn. -- Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) today announced the launch of a new, comprehensive Las Vegas travel guide featuring content provided to priceline.com by Zagat Survey, LLC. The guide provides visitors with extensive information on the city's many lodging, dining and entertainment options and enables them to book airfare, hotel...
GATESHEAD, England AFP — Recently-crowned women's 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser of Jamaica was beaten at the IAAF Grand Prix here on Sunday by Lauryn Williams while compatriot Asafa Powell won the men's event in 9.87sec. American Williams clocked 11.24 in beating Fraser, who managed 11.29, and then added the...
BERLIN AFP — Bayern Munich coach Jurgen Klinsmann said he was relishing his first foray into the Champions League after the German giants drew Olympique Lyon, Fiorentina and Steaua Bucharest in the group stages. Bayern last lifted the Champions League trophy in 2001, but were back in the pot...
SUMMER cyclo-cross again proved a big attraction when 60 riders started round three of the Paul Milnes RT-sponsored series at Huddersfield New College. A group of three riders dominated the race with Keighley's Ian Taylor, from the sponsoring club, finishing first ahead of teenager Tom Moses (SSC Bikes for...
BERLIN AFP — If you ever fancied lunch in the Tower of Babel, visiting an "original size" Noah's Ark or a multimedia depiction of the final battle between Good and Evil, you may not have long to wait. Under plans announced by a group of Swiss evangelical Christians and...
LONDON AFP — Embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown received yet another blow Wednesday as the public voted by a landslide to keep him out of London's Madame Tussaud's waxwork museum. Brown's office failed to respond to requests for a sitting, so the tourist attraction asked punters whether it was...
Our seasoned stock market pirate picks his five favourite penny shares, and warns of another five to avoid. Jolly Roger As I pointed out in my main feature, there's treasure to be found in penny shares. So here, I'll let you in on five...
BEIJING AFP — Six months before the Beijing Olympics start, records are already tumbling in the commercial sector thanks to the attraction and dynamism of the host nation's economy. No previous Olympic Games has succeeded in drumming up so much anticipation in the business world and attracting so many...
NEW YORK AFP — Sydney FC was named Friday to complete a four-club field in the inaugural Pan Pacific Championship to be staged later this month in Honolulu with English star David Beckham as the main attraction. Beckham and his Los Angeles Galaxy teammates will face Japanese league champion...
To draw shoppers in, Fresh & Easy outlets are designed to have a bit of visual punch on the outside. Inside the store, though, the products themselves are meant to be the stars. Clear containers let consumers see the ready meals and perishables that are Fresh & Easy's main attractions,...
HONG KONG AFP — Visitor numbers at Hong Kong Disneyland fell close to 23 percent in its second year of operation, government figures seen Tuesday showed, as concern mounts over the theme park's performance. The attraction, which opened in September 2005, drew more than four million visitors in the...
With ramped-up air service, the Caribbean's first oceanfront water park, an environmentally sensitive hotel and other new attractions, the Caribbean is poised for high season. USA TODAY'S Jayne Clark highlights some of the 2007-08 season's hottest new developments. The Bahamas The sprawling...
Paul Fellows, 26, call centre officer, Swalwell: People come for the attractions and Newcastle has a good nightlife and is getting more cultured Matthew Mo, 25, mechanical engineer, Shieldfield: Things are cheap and there is a good employment with Newcastle a major city Amy Abraham, 16, student, Wallsend:...
LOS ANGELES AFP — Disney confirmed plans to upgrade attractions at its California Adventure theme park in a bid to boost visitor numbers at the facility, the company said Wednesday. A statement said the entertainment giants planned to expand the site -- part of its world famous Disneyland park...
SANTA JULIANA, Philippines AFP — Rickety old jeeps barrel through a dry northern Philippines riverbed, setting off a dust storm that coats the visitors bouncing around on the back seat. The landscape around Mount Pinatubo is evolving again 16 years after a gigantic volcanic eruption killed more than 1,500...
The 2007 Wirefly X PRIZE Cup is the first ever Air & Space Expo with "live" fire / fly demonstrations and competitions. The X PRIZE Foundation and Holloman Air Force Base have teamed up for this historic event -- not a moment will go by where an airplane or rocket...
More than two years after Hurricane Katrina, City Park is still recovering from $43 million in damages created mostly by the hurricane's floodwaters. Most of the park's attractions have reopened, with the exception of its three golf courses. Park officials said the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Badger NAMA traveled to Milwaukee over the winter for a presentation on the marketing of an NBA team. The night was a great success and was capped off with a Buck's victory. The tour started at Bucks Courtside, a nice restaurant and exclusive club that only 1500 season ticket holders...
CHATHAM, England AFP — Britain's newest visitor attraction, a theme park dedicated to the novelist Charles Dickens, offers a taste of the grim world of Victorian London stalked by his characters like Oliver Twist, Ebenezer Scrooge and David Copperfield. In the naval dockyard town of Chatham in southeast England's...
Popular Kids' Concierge Program Surveys Local Kids for the Coolest "Kid Approved" Attractions in 36 Cities MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Embassy Suites Hotels today announced the expansion of its popular Kids-Eye View [TM]program, now in its third season. The international hotel brand interviewed children in 10 new cities, including international...
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