The strong recovery of European travel products, particularly rail, purchased by North Americans is one the important trends evident in first quarter 2004 sales figures announced today by Rail Europe, North America's largest distributor of European rail travel products and official representative of more than 30 railroads. The company also reports even higher sales for the months of April and May.

British restaurants, from quirky to classic, win high praise in global survey The London-based trade magazine recently asked more than 300 of the world\'s leading restaurateurs, chefs and food writers to pick their favorite places to eat, taking into consideration fine food, service, location and ambience. The top 50 choices, revealed in London on April 20, include [...]

McDonald\'s restaurants were the targets of bombs in two European capitals Thursday. Italian police defused two small homemade bombs discovered in travel bags outside the restaurant in the outskirts of Rome. Police said a leaflet left with the devices was printed with the five-pointed star of the Red Brigades guerrilla group. Although the devices were [...]

On the 60th anniversary of D-Day landings in World War II, Veterans can receive special discounts on travel in France, including a free France Railpass offering four days of travel within a one-month period.

Travelocity, one of the big three US online travel agencies, said yesterday it was to expand aggressively in Europe this year as it seeks a foothold in less-developed travel e-commerce markets. \"We\'re always looking for acquisitions and Europe is particularly important. There\'s an investment mood over there,\" Michelle Peluso, chief executive, said. \"Online penetration is low [...]

More than ever, North Americans are finding cruise ships are the way to visit Europe. As the current strong Euro makes land vacation options more expensive, cruising in Europe this year is great value and a great way to discover the history, mystery and romance of Europe and the Mediterranean. "Cruising has always been dollar for [...]

Comparisons of April 2004 traffic and capacity statistics with April 2003 must take into account the weak base due to the impact of the war with Iraq and SARS. In April 2004, passenger capacity, measured in Available Seat Kilometres, was 6.7 per cent above April 2003 and traffic, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, was higher by [...]

This summer, more Indians will be travelling to Europe, with the UK and Switzerland emerging as top destination choices. South-east Asia, the hot vacation spot of last year, has dropped to number two position. Among in-bound travellers, Kashmir scores high and Indians are willing to use the Internet to avail of services like purchasing airline tickets. The [...]