Gate Opener: Guide writer disdained costly travel, introduced Europe to average Americans (Winston-Salem Journal) NEW YORK...more...Remembering 'Europe on 5 Dollars a Day' (AP via Yahoo! News) Arthur Frommer first saw Europe in 1953 from the window of a military transport plane....more... 'Europe on 5 Dollars a Day' Turns 50 (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Arthur Frommer first saw Europe in 1953 from the window of a military transport plane. He'd been drafted and was headed to a U.S. base in Germany. But whenever he had a weekend's leave or a three-day pass, he'd hop a train to Paris or hitch a ride to England on an Air Force flight....more... OUA travel moves to Qurum (AME Info) OUA Travel's move to the new location reinforces its commitment towards its customers and its contribution to Oman's growing travel and tourism industry....more... Q: How can dollar drop be lessened? (AP via Yahoo! News) Q. I'm going to Europe on vacation this summer, how can I feel less of a pinch from the dollar falling as much as it has against the pound and euro?...more... Euro-free Europe: Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria (Seattle Times) Nearly two decades after the end the Cold War, the ex-Communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe are luring budget travelers in search of new adventures ......more... 'Europe on 5 Dollars a Day' turns 50 (Sharewatch) He'd been drafted and was headed to a U.S. base in Germany. But whenever he had a weekend's leave or a three-day pass, he'd hop a train to Paris or hitch a ride to England on an Air Force flight. Eventually he wrote a guide to Europe for GIs and had 5,000 copies printed....more... LateRooms Lands London City Airport Hotels Bookings Service (PR Web) LateRooms.com is set to provide hotel booking facilities for London City Airport's 2.4 million annual customers, enabling airport users to book hotels in London and throughout the UK and Europe with great discounts. (PRWeb May 1, 2007)...more... Airline Skybus gets off ground in May (USA Today) Airline start-up Skybus announced Tuesday that it will launch service next month from its Columbus, Ohio, base, moving discount travel in the USA closer than ever to the bare-bones model pioneered by Europe's popular Ryanair....more... |