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51 min ago | KXVO

How to Babymoon Like a Celebrity According to Hotels.com

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Related Topix: Hotelscom, San Diego, CA, Marina (San Diego, CA), Canada, US Military, US Navy

5 hrs ago | KXVO

World's Most Luxurious Club Sandwich

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Beef, Meat, Pork, Hotelscom, Recreational Vehicle, Award, World News, Hong Kong, Asia Travel, Singapore, Malaysia Travel, Travel, Malaysia Travel

9 hrs ago | Travelution

TripAdvisor acquires Gate Guru flights app

The GateGuru team will continue to operate from New York City and report to Bryan Saltzburg, general manager new initiatives and leader of the TripAdvisor flights product and SeatGuru brand.

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Related Topix: TripAdvisor, VirtualTourist

13 hrs ago | Charleston City Paper

A lawsuit against Carnival Cruise Lines continues

"It's a question that goes to the nature of the city's authority, period. It goes to issues of how far the city's authority can go when there are federal regulations in place and some limits on local authority."

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Related Topix: Carnival Cruise, Charleston, SC

14 hrs ago | Hudson Hub-Times

Yours Truly wins award

Yours Truly Restaurants announced that its Hudson restaurant location has received a Trip-Advisor Certificate of Excellence award.

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Related Topix: TripAdvisor, Hudson, OH, VirtualTourist

Tue Jun 18, 2013

WAVE-TV Louisville

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For the third year in a row the Santa Claus, Indiana park received a Certificate of Excellence award from tripadvisor.com.

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Related Topix: Santa Claus, IN, TripAdvisor, VirtualTourist

Dallas Morning News

Former American Airlines executive Roger Frizzell will head PR at Carnival

Roger Frizzell, a former vice president of corporate communications at American Airlines, has set sail for Miami to head up corporate communications at Carnival Corp., the cruise company.

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Related Topix: Cruise Lines, P&O Cruises, Carnival Cruise, Carnival, Public Relations, Pacific Gas and Electric, Energy, Texas

Insider Monkey

Google Inc (GOOG), Priceline.com Inc (PCLN): 3 Buys From Lone Pine Capital Holdings

Lone Pine adopts the investment strategy of "bottom-up stock picking." Under this strategy, companies are analyzed on the basis of their performance rather than their industry or the macro-economic factors of the country to which they belong.

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Related Topix: pricelinecom, Computers, Google, Startups, Dollar General, Retail, Financial Services, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Investment Services

Business Journal

Tampa port extends deal with Carnival through 2017

The Tampa Port Authority Board of Commissioners has approved an agreement to homeport Carnival Cruise Lines ships at the Port of Tampa through 2017.

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Related Topix: Tampa, FL, Carnival Cruise

AGBeat

10 tips for improving the odds of entrepreneurial success

Entrepreneurial success is not a given just because someone has a great business idea, no, a lot of work goes into any company, but these ten tips narrow down the scope of proven methods for success.

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Related Topix: Hotelscom

Internet Retailer

Orbitz finds a more efficient route to updated price quotes

With a statistical analysis, its hotels team figured out the optimal length of time to wait before requesting an updated room rate quote from a hotel.

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Related Topix: Orbitz, Mathematics, Science

Hospitality Net

Hotel for Group Events: Signature Living launch their new Movie Themed hotel

Signature Living hotel finally opened their doors to the general public on Thursday with a grand launch of their spectacular new Movie themed hotel, based in the heart of the City of Liverpool on Stanley Street.

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Related Topix: TripAdvisor

Accountancy Age

Former E&Y accountant joins Liverpool FC as CFO

Hughes, who trained with the Big Four firm before holding executive positions at Hilton Hotels and Cendant Corporation, takes up the role next month and will be responsible for all the club's financial operations.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Cendant, Hotels

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Local 15

Carnival Deflects Blame for Death, Damages in Triumph Breakaway

MOBILE, Ala. Carnival Cruise Lines doesn't think they should be held liable for a death and millions of dollars in damages when the Triumph broke loose in April.

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Related Topix: Carnival Cruise, Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, BAE Systems

HotelChatter

TripAdvisor To Tuck SniqueAway Into Jetsetter.com

We've been talking a lot about TripAdvisor drama lately, but didn't touch too much on their acquisition of flash-sale site Jetsetter back in April.

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Related Topix: TripAdvisor, VirtualTourist

Seattle Times

Yakima’s brick-and-mortar visitor center remains relevant in electronic age

On Wednesday, David and Karen Brown were heading home to Invermere, B.C., after a vacation in the Southwestern United States.

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Related Topix: Yakima, WA, Canada, TripAdvisor, Travel

Battle Creek Enquirer

Kumon Announces Honor Roll Students During "Carnival", With Special Guest

As her parents proudly watch, Shruti Sabbani is congratulated by Battle Creek Vice Mayor, Elizabeth Fulton ; and Jessica Truong recognizes ambitious students who are working on academic material that is one year or more beyond their grade level.

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Related Topix: Carnival Cruise, Battle Creek, MI, Marshall, MI

4 Hoteliers

Digital Innovation Asia announces winners for the 1st DIA Awards.

In association with the Pacific Asia Travel Association , Digital Innovation Asia is delighted to announce the winners for the first Digital Innovation Asia Awards.

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Related Topix: Travel, Asia Travel, Thailand Travel, Bangkok, Thailand Travel, Thailand, Laos Travel, Laos Travel

Post and Courier

Savannah studying cruises; wona t share study yet with public

A consultant's report on three potential sites for a cruise ship terminal along the Savannah River has been given to city officials in Savannah, but they aren't sharing it with residents.

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Related Topix: Carnival Cruise

The Orlando Sentinel

Disney tickets now have a Magic Kingdom premium

For many years, as it grew from one theme park to four, Walt Disney World adhered to a simple principle: Each of those parks, no matter how disparate the attendance, was worthy of the same ticket price.

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Related Topix: Orlando, FL

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