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Irish Times

Europe's cold snap claims more victims, travel hit
Reuters
* Death toll across continent continues to rise * Cold weather predicted to last into next week * State of emergency declared in Bosnia, part of Greece * Transport hit as big chill moves west (Adds details from Greece, Lithuania, Italy and Belgium) By ...
Death toll from Europe cold snap nears 300Times of India

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Austin American-Statesman

Travel Matters: A barrel of Valentine's Day packages
Austin American-Statesman
Also in New York: Gray Line bus tours offers a Night on the Town tour of Lower Manhattan with a romantic dinner in Little Italy, a cruise on board a New York Watertaxi with a champagne toast near the Statue of Liberty, a walking tour of the new ...

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News to use
Chicago Tribune
Bicycle Tours is offering a six-night bicycling tour May 8-14 that includes witnessing three stages of the 2012 Giro d'Italia race and riding various routes through Marche, Umbria and Emilia Romagna. Cost is $3550 per person, double occupancy.

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Technology makes for easier traveling
Hattiesburg American
Facebook: When traveling with a 10-year-old and a 14-year-old for an extended period, it's important for them to be able to stay in touch with their friends. It works just as well for parents. 9.) Skype: The kids were able to communicate with their ...

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Lexington Herald Leader

Cruising in wake of Concordia disaster
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Cruise lines review safety practices after the deadly accident off the Italian coast, while vacationers ponder whether to stay ashore. Italian authorities have decided that the Costa Concordia is too precariously perched on a reef for search and ...
Concordia wreck isn't changing Greater Clevelanders' cruise plansPlain Dealer
Costa Concordia disaster crashes cruising season salesThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com
From shipwreck in Italy, a treasure now beckonsmsnbc.com
Palm Beach Post -Lexington Herald Leader -KVAL
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Traveling Tunes: Festival Chorus Warms Up For España
The Choate News
This will be their second international tour in two years, after their trip to Italy last spring break. Thirty-four students travelled to Italy last spring. “There are about the same number of people going this year,” said Mr. James Balmer, ...

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ABC News

Rome snow: Colosseum closes and drivers abandon cars
Daily Mail
By Emma Reynolds The Colosseum and other ancient tourist sights closed to tourists as Rome saw snow for the first time in 26 years. Traffic in the Italian capital ground to a halt as buses struggled to climb icy hills and authorities accustomed to a ...
Snow Falls in Rome as Italy Is Hit by Cold SnapABC News
Rare Rome snowstorm closes ColosseumNews24

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Luxury on the Italian slopes
Manchester Evening News
Four times a year traders would travel hundreds of miles with cartloads of merchandise from northern Europe and trade it with those from the Southern extremities of Italy and even Africa. They would then cart back their wares to their respective ...

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Luxury travel startup Inspirato, co-founded by former eBay official, lands ...
San Jose Mercury News
Inspirato aims at a slightly lower-cost tier of the luxury travel market, offering properties in Italy, Hawaii, Mexico and the Caribbean, along with other markets. "There is a huge market of affluent consumers out there," Brent Handler said in a ...

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Los Angeles Times

Hollywood finds romance in travel
Los Angeles Times
On a train 'North by Northwest' and others, on a bus in 'It Happened One Night,' in Italy in 'Roman Holiday,' in Bali in 'Eat, Pray, Love' — love is all around. Kenya is the backdrop for Meryl Streep and Robert Redford in “Out of Africa.

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The Guardian

Set in stone: a luxury villa in a quarry on the Egadi islands off Sicily
The Guardian
Beds in concrete sewer pipes, converted prisons and factories, hotels made from ice or old railway carriages ... over the last decade or so the travel industry has thrown up more and more bizarre ways for us to be accommodated.

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Feds close Lance Armstrong doping case; No charges
CBS News
Armstrong won the Tour de France every year from 1999-2005. Led by federal agent Jeff Novitzky, who also investigated Bonds and Clemens, US authorities sought assistance overseas, requesting urine samples of US Postal riders from France's anti-doping ...

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ABC News

Snow Falls in Rome as Italy Is Hit by Cold Snap
ABC News
Authorities appealed to Italians to avoid unnecessary travel, as the cold spell was forecast to continue well into the next week. Air travelers faced tough going Saturday, when snow was forecast to continue falling across much of Italy.
Rare Rome snowstorm closes ColosseumNews24

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msnbc.com

Royal Caribbean says new cruise bookings hurt by Concordia tragedy
Palm Beach Post
Travel news, tips and your contributions. Email us: travelsmart@pbpost.com AP Interview: Kidnapped Filipino's daring escape 5:02 pm Thursday By Clay Clifton and Arlene Satchell The capsizing of a mega cruise ship off the coast of Italy last month has ...
From shipwreck in Italy, a treasure now beckonsmsnbc.com
Costa Concordia Update 3 Weeks after the AccidentCruise Fever
Costa Concordia disaster not so bad for cruise industry?Sydney Morning Herald
International Business Times -New York Times -Herald Sun
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Nine nations urged to lift travel
The Nation
The Foreign Ministry yesterday called on nine countries to lift their travel warnings about terror threats in Thailand. Britain, Australia, Austria, Taiwan, South Korea, Italy, Japan, Romania and Canada are still warning their citizens to be careful ...

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Rare Rome Snowstorm Disrupts Traffic, Prompts Coliseum Closing
Bloomberg
Heavy snow has fallen over much of Italy this week, causing severe disruption to train and road travel in the central and northern regions of Tuscany, Umbria, Emilia Romagna, Lombardy and Piedmont. Dozens of trains were canceled or delayed today, ...

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Rare Rome snowstorm closes Colosseum
News24
Travel guide that leads you straight to the best attractions that Poland has on offer. Now R217.95 Rome - Heavy snow fell in central Rome on Friday, giving tourists a rare sight of whitened landmarks such as Saint Peter's Square and the Trevi Fountain, ...

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Sports Chat Place

AC Milan Vs. Napoli 02/05/12 Kamal's Free Italian Serie A Soccer Pick and Preview
Sports Chat Place
The Italian Serie A fixtures continue with an interesting match, this one sees Napoli travel to San Siro to take on AC Milan. Milan comes into this match sitting 2 nd in the table and losing to Lazio midweek by a 2-0 score line, in doing so the club ...
Heavy snow affects Serie A weekend scheduleIBNLive.com

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Over 60 people die in cold spell in Russia in January
Focus News
Vehicles are already allowed to travel to Danube Bridge, announced Veliko Tarnovo District Police Directorate. Vehicles traveling to Romania through Danube Bridge had to wait in the district of Veliko Tarnovo for the border checkpoint to be opened.

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Taking the Kids -- and making time for romance
Chicago Tribune
See more of Italy than Renaissance art and churches with customized Country Bred Encounters tours (www.countrybred.com/encounters/), whether you want to make parmesan cheese on a cheese farm or make ceramics with a master in Umbria.

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