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Germany rebuilds palaces long destroyed by war
Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 (EST)
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 A new building boom is sweeping Germany -- royal palaces destroyed during or after World War II that are set to rise again.
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Kicking and screaming, US capital's cabbies meet the meter
Posted on Saturday, May 03, 2008 (EST)
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 Washington's cab drivers are grudgingly succumbing to a new law forcing them to install ordinary meters in their taxis, and foresake a quirky decades-old fare system that left some clients confused.
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Booming elsewhere, high-speed rail sees delays in US
Posted on Saturday, May 03, 2008 (EST)
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 In November the Eurostar bullet-train blew the doors off commuter rail travel, sprinting the 213 miles (343 kilometers) from London to Paris in two hours 15 minutes -- and leaving tortoise-slow US trains in the dust.
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Saudi sheikh bans alcohol at Cairo Grand Hyatt Hotel
Posted on Saturday, May 03, 2008 (EST)
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 A luxury Cairo hotel has stopped the sale of alcoholic drinks on the orders of its Saudi Arabian owner, who is a practising Muslim, the assistant manager said on Friday.
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Americans to travel more abroad despite economic woes
Posted on Friday, May 02, 2008 (EST)
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 Americans will increase their foreign travel this year despite a soft economy and weak dollar, a survey showed Friday.
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Irish town wins battle against edict to switch to Gaelic name
Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 (EST)
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 The town of Dingle, one of Ireland's best-known tourist destinations, won its battle on Tuesday against a government edict to adopt the Irish language version of its name.
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Bhutan to allow more foreigners, but no bungee jumping
Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 (EST)
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 The insular Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan aims to boost tourists five-fold but will preserve its cachet as an exclusive destination with no bungee jumping backpackers allowed, officials say.
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Laos opens secret wartime cave city to the world
Posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 (EST)
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 Hidden deep inside the jungle-covered carst mountains of northern Laos lies a secret cave city where revolutionary leaders survived nearly a decade of US bombing during the Vietnam war.
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Montenegro eyes high-end tourist market
Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2008 (EST)
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 Looking beyond another summer for its record-breaking tourism industry, Montenegro plans to turn a chain of beaches into upscale resorts to shore up a post-independence economic bonanza.
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Egypt eyes $12 bln in tourism earnings by 2011
Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2008 (EST)
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 Egypt hopes to boost its tourism earnings by 26 percent to 12 billion dollars by 2011, the official MENA agency reported on Saturday.
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