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TRAVEL BRIEFS: Violence hurts Kenya tourism (Detroit Free Press)
NAIROBI, Kenya -- The number of tourists to Kenya dropped by more than a third in the first half of the year, a top tourism official said in Nairobi, blaming deadly post-election violence. ALSO: Amazon display in Indiana; Frommer's travel guides coming to iPhone, iPod; Learn all about skyscrapers; Find cheap trips on the Web;
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'Winners' are losers in internet holiday scam (Times of Malta)
'I would like to bring to your attention another type of scam that is being circulated over the internet. Sometimes, when you are surfing the Net, windows pop up and flash, saying you are a winner and all you have to do is fill a registration form to claim the prize.
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Find fall's veins of gold by leafing through the Internet (Chicago Tribune)
William Cullen Bryant, the 18th Century poet and longtime editor of the New York Evening Post, once called autumn "the year's last, loveliest smile." Hard to argue with that sentiment, as the colors of fall seem to bring one last weather-related happy place before winter forces many of us indoors.
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Business is booming for TripAdvisor (eyefortravel.com)
When InterActiveCorp acquired TripAdvisor for $210 million four years ago, some feared that corporate ownership would diminish the Internet start-up, which had quickly created a compelling travel Web site featuring user-generated reviews of hotels and tourist attractions.
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ELLEN CREAGER: E-visa eases travel chore (Detroit Free Press)
For an upcoming tour to Cambodia, I got a visa for $25 via e-mail, and it took just two days. That's about nine days faster and $100 cheaper than the traditional method of filling out a paper application, then mailing it with your passport to a visa expeditor.
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Legacy of Scotland’s old films lives on … on YouTube (Sunday Herald)
back to the very beginning of Scottish cinema are attracting a big new international audience on the internet via the video-share site YouTube.
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Your couch awaits: Web site connects travelers looking for a place to crash (St. Cloud Times)
For a new generation of Web-savvy travelers looking to save a buck or two, crashing on a stranger's couch may be free, but for many the experience is priceless.
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Local researchers in China to observe total solar eclipse (Crookston Daily Times)
A group of area researchers are in Weinan, China to video capture and broadcast to the Internet a total solar eclipse, observable only from a small narrow corridor on the Earth.
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Readers’ Picks: Amsterdam (New York Times)
Renting a small private boat for a dinner trip gives a look at the romantic appeal of the city.
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Transat Holidays adds online booking capabilities for cruise travel (eyefortravel.com)
Canadian tour operator Transat Holidays has chosen Revelex to develop its online cruise booking engine. Prior to implementing the Revelex platform, Transat Holidays only had the capability for travel agents to book cruise travel by phone.
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