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A D V E R T I S E M E N T 
The Union - Dec 03 4:41 AM
Dec. 14: “Andre Rieu Concert” at ARCO Arena. Waitlist only. Leaves at 4:45 from pickup point. Jan. 24, 2006: “Luncheon at San Francisco Culinary Institute” and then visit the newly remodeled deYoung Museum.Save to My Web

MALAYSIA’S KEMAMAN TO ALSO SERVE AS TOURIST PORT 
Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance - Dec 29 9:48 PM
Transport The Terengganu Government will provide adequate facilities to enable Kemaman to also serve as a tourist port in anticipation of tourists arriving by the cruise vessel Diamond Princess, the east coast state head minister Idris Jusoh said Wednesday.Save to My Web

Regal Princess’ maiden voyage to Trinidad 
Trinidad Express - Dec 27 6:13 PM
The Regal Princess, a 1,600-passenger ship from the Princess Cruise Line, made its maiden voyage to Trinidad yesterday. “We’re glad to see the cruise ship industry in Trinidad and Tobago is picking up,” chairman of the Tourism Development Company (TDC) Charles Carvalho told the Express yesterday.Save to My Web

Saturday, December 31 
Billings Outpost - Dec 28 8:24 PM
Rock and Roll Religion takes a different approach to worship by mixing spirituality and music. Childcare provided and free food follows each service. 5 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 13th Street West and Poly Drive. For information visit www.firstpresbillings.org or call 252-3434. Every Saturday.Save to My Web

Cruising and dining 
Asia News Network - Dec 07 8:00 PM
See the City of Angels from the River of Kings during a dinner cruise the city being Bangkok, the river being the Chao Phraya. It had been years since I went on a boat down Thailands longest river, and so I returned . . .Save to My Web

Travel Q & A 
San Jose Mercury News - Dec 27 11:22 PM
Q We’d like to visit Switzerland or Paris. We’re citizens of India here on H-1B visas. Can you tell us what we’ll need to do? A. If you’re in the United States on an H-1B visa, which is the primary working permit for foreign-born professionals in this country, you may need to apply for a visa to whichever country you’re interested in visiting.Save to My Web

Malaysia’s Kemaman To Also Serve As Tourist Port 
Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News - Dec 29 9:48 PM
The Terengganu Government will provide adequate facilities to enable Kemaman to also serve as a tourist port in anticipation of tourists arriving by the cruise vessel Diamond Princess, the east coast state head minister Idris Jusoh said Wednesday.Save to My Web

Local News A bruised Tom Cruise 
Thunder Bay Post - Dec 29 1:06 PM
Britain’s Empire magazine surveyed 10,000 movie fans, who rated Tom Cruise the most irritating actor in Hollywood. He beat out rivals such as Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler and JenniferLopez.Save to My Web

First Cruise Ship After Katrina docks at Port of New Orleans 
Louisiana Weekly - 2 hours, 19 minutes ago
The Port of New Orleans celebrated the “New Year” on a positive note when the Delphin Renaissance, a 600-passenger luxury ship, docked at the Thalia Street Wharf, alongside the Port’s Administration Building, on December 31.Save to My Web

Officer joins family cruise 
Miami Herald - Dec 29 4:47 AM
Merry Christmas, Lt. Col. James Paul Thomas — thanks to the U.S. government? For now, it’s a mystery if Uncle Sam played Santa. Thomas, a 54-year-old Army officer whose retirement has been delayed because of the war in Iraq, was off for a cruise on an ocean liner Sunday with his family, but a quirk in federal law almost kept him stateside.Save to My Web

Seabourn’s Scandinavia 2006: More Ports, Fewer Days 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Dec 14 1:09 PM
For the summer of 2006, the intimate, all- suite Seabourn Pride is offering a menu of two new cruise itineraries sailing round trip from Copenhagen to the most popular ports in Scandinavia and Northern Europe.Save to My Web

The 2006 New York Times Travel Show February 24 Tourism Industry Conferences 
Hospitality Net - Dec 25 9:07 AM
The New York Times announced an expanded schedule of Tourism Industry Conference speakers to appear at the 2006 Travel Show presented by American Express. Recently added speakers include Steven Rudnitsky, Chairman and CEO of Cendant Hotel Group; Carol Hallett, Counselor, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and former President/CEO of Air Transport Association; Stewart Verdery, Jr., Principal at Mehlman Save to My Web

From Organ Donors to Foster Parents, 40 Hometown Heroes Shine Brightly in the Princess Spotlight 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Dec 19 2:30 AM
In a survey commissioned by Princess Cruises earlier this year to mark its 40th anniversary, the line found that homemakers, nurses and teachers rank among the most over-worked professions in America.Save to My Web

Carnival Corporation & plc Announces Four-Ship Deal With Italian Shipbuilder Fincantieri Worth More Than $2 Billion 
FinanzNachrichten - Dec 14 6:26 AM
MIAMI, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Carnival Corporation ( Nachrichten ) &plc today announced it has reached an agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the construction of four new cruise ships worth more than $2 billion.Save to My Web

Cruises ride out storms, post profits 
Miami Herald - Dec 17 12:06 AM
Demand for cruise-ship vacations remained strong this year despite an unusually active hurricane season and a hike in ticket prices, leading to a record fiscal fourth quarter for Miami-based Carnival Corp., the world’s largest cruise ship operator.Save to My Web

Carnival to build four new cruise ships 
WKRN News 2 - Dec 14 11:05 PM
MIAMI Carnival Corporation is going to have four more new ships built. The company said today it signed a two (b) billion dollar deal with the Italian shipbuilder…Save to My Web

The Baltimore Sun Jay Hancock Column 
RedNova - Dec 28 5:11 PM
By Jay Hancock, The Baltimore Sun Dec. 27–If you want your MTV, it won’t be on Comcast’s “Family Tier” package of wholesome fare that is coming to Maryland and the cable company’s other markets.Save to My Web

Something to remember at Christmas 
Hampton Roads Daily Press - Dec 25 1:35 AM
Are you thinking about what you need this Christmas? Consider the story of a Mississippi Gulf Coast family typical of those fragmented by Hurricane Katrina.Save to My Web

Carnival 4Q Earnings Up on Ticket Prices 
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Dec 16 7:42 AM
Carnival Corp., the world’s largest cruise operator, said Friday fiscal fourth-quarter earnings jumped 20 percent on the continued rise of ticket prices and onboard revenues. But its shares fell as it said earnings for 2006 would be lower than analysts expected.Save to My Web

Getting kicks with Rockettes
AZCentral.com - A holiday wish has come true for an instructor at Victoria’s Dance Depot in Ahwatukee Foothills: She’s kicking up her heels with the Radio City Rockettes this season. Stacy Paydo, 24, is at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, performing with the troupe

Mystery of the vanishing cruise ship passengers
Times Online - A PUBLIC investigation into a string of disappearances aboard luxury cruise ships was opened by the US Congress yesterday. Spurred to action by the case of George Allen Smith IV, whose disappearance from a cruise ship on July 5 has all the

Police probe alleged child molestation on FEMA cruise ship
Hattiesburg American - PASCAGOULA - City police are investigating the alleged molestation of a 4-year-old Gulfport girl who has been living on the

On small cruises less is more
Pioneer Press - Silversea Cruises of Fort Lauderdale put that question to 5,000 people in affluent communities throughout the United States last year. At the top of their lists: a small ship. Chief Executive Albert Peter sees that as vindication of Silversea’s

Condo developer takes over Jackson Square
Galveston County Daily News - Old building, new look: A Houston developer has purchased the Jackson Square building at 621 21st St. across from the county courthouse and intends to turn the historic, Spanish-style building into luxury condominiums by the end of 2006. J.S

CAM INMAN: INSIDE THE NFL: Would combining efforts on stadium be the
Biloxi Sun Herald - Did you hear the one about the New York Giants and Jets? They’re going in together on a new pad, a $1 billion stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands. If they can build it, can the 49ers and Raiders come up with one, too? Go ahead and have fun

Travel Q&A
Inside Bay Area - By Ray Cormier, NEW YORK TIMES Q. I will soon be in Kyoto on my own for a few days and wonder whether there are small group tours focusing on a single craft. A. Kyoto, the former imperial capital of Japan, is a bastion of traditional crafts

Getting kicks with Rockettes
AZCentral.com - A holiday wish has come true for an instructor at Victoria’s Dance Depot in Ahwatukee Foothills: She’s kicking up her heels with the Radio City Rockettes this season. Stacy Paydo, 24, is at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, performing with the troupe

Give family, friends the gift of travel
Baton Rouge Advocate - This holiday season give the gift of travel. The Greater Baton Rouge area is fortunate to have numerous outstanding travel agencies with experienced agents in the travel industry. Consult an agent about a gift for your best friend, business partner

Long cruises growing in popularity
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At the end of the road
Chillico Gazette - I’ve been wrestling with the question, in one form or another, ever since I decided that the end of this year would be the end of my 39 years as a newspaper columnist. For years, I’ve had two nightmare scenarios. In the first, I’m sitting in a

RSVP now for Laughlin Nevada Arbonne Opportunity meeting
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Lower Cost & Increase Conversion of Your AdWords Ads
Search Engine Guide - Comparison shoppers are the mortal enemy of pay-per-click (PPC) advertisers. When you’re paying each time someone clicks your AdWords (or other PPC) ad, the last thing you want is a person determined to visit every site to find the best price, the

Costly fuel cuts into ‘06 forecast
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - Click here or call 1-877-READ-SUN. Carnival Corp. said Friday that profits rose 20 percent to $353 million in the fourth quarter, but a forecast of lower first-quarter earnings in 2006 and a conservative outlook for the rest of the year pushed shares

Missing man’s family seeking cruise ship changes
Connecticut Post - HARTFORD The family of a Greenwich honeymooner who vanished from a Mediterranean cruise last summer will visit Washington today to promote changes and accountability in the multibillion-dollar pleasure cruise industry. Family members will ask a

Travel Agent Sails On Carnival s Newest Fun Ship
Garden City News - Mike Rotondo of Garden City-based AAA Travel recently returned from a two-day inaugural cruise from Fort Lauderdale s Port Everglades aboard

Global Travel International launches preferred Supplier Program
TravelDailyNews.com - Global Travel International (GTI), in the home-based travel agent distribution model in the US, announces the launch of an innovative Preferred Supplier Program. GTI is working with the industry s leading suppliers of cruises and hotels to further

Family sues Royal Caribbean
Biloxi Sun Herald - The parents of a cruise ship worker who disappeared from Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas have filed a $10 million lawsuit accusing the Miami-based company of not doing enough to find their son. Symon Dias, 29, was a cabin steward aboard Majesty

New Cunard President Aims
Travel Trade - Cunard Line s new president, Carol Marlow, said the company is going to be very supportive of its longstanding Cunard partners, and with a third ship coming into the market there are big opportunities for expansion. London-based Marlow is traveling

With Record 4Q Net, Carnival
Travel Trade - Carnival Corporation announced that it had record net income for the fourth quarter of 2005 and plans to shuffle ships among its lines or sell off older ships. Citing the tremendous demand for ships today, Carnival vice chairman Howard Frank said

Battle Waged Over Bible Monument in Mexico City
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After years as a columnist, what is next?
Jackson Clarion-Ledger - I’ve been wrestling with the question, in one form or another, ever since I decided that the end of this year would be the end of my 39 years as a newspaper columnist. For years, I’ve had two nightmare scenarios. In the first, I’m sitting in a

Scoop: Britney ready to try for baby No. 2
MSNBC - Britney wants another baby with the same daddy. Despite the widely reported woes in the marriage between Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, Spears is eager to give their son Sean Preston a sibling the sooner the better according to

Tom
KXAN - LONDON Maybe it was jumping on Oprah’s couch. Or perhaps it was his testy interview with Matt Lauer on N-B-C’s “Today” show, or his constant expressions of love for his fiancee Katie Holmes. Maybe it was all of those things combined that prompted

PartyPoker.net Ferrari Winner Credits his Cat
Poker News - Some people say luck plays a big role in poker. Some believe in superstitions that will affect the outcome of the game. This is nothing new to the poker world or the sports community as a whole, but one recent PartyPoker.net winner has taken his