Travel News: Airlines, Tourism and Airfares

By year’s end, Smashburger will have approximately 100 stores in more than 15 states. It will expand, with the help of franchise partners into Louisiana, Kentucky, North and South Dakota, and Florida; and, corporately the company will add Atlanta and the Chicago-land area.

Conklin's primary responsibility will be attracting high caliber gamers to Mount Airy Casino Resort, key to the destination's expansion to table games this summer

Club Med, reacting to a strong protest from the Simon Wiesenthal Center cancelled its scheduled stop in Lebanon because the Lebanese government would not accept any passenger on the ship carrying an Israeli passport or passengers whose passport carried a stamp indicating they had visited Israel.

As expected the eruption of the volcano on Iceland had immediate influence on the travel industry. Many travelers were forced to cancel their planned trip. Almost half of EasyToBook.com's daily bookings in the affected areas were canceled where normally almost no cancellations are made for the same day.

Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced the successful launch of the Boeing-built Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), also known as the X-37B, for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Cathay Pacific Airways celebrated Monday as the airline took delivery of its 75th airplane purchased directly from Boeing, a 777-300ER (Extended Range).

Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands will name Holland America Line's new Signature-class ship, ms Nieuw Amsterdam, in a ceremony in Venice, Italy, July 4, 2010. The 2,106-guest ship is the fourth to carry that name for the line and is being built by Italian shipyard Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. in Marghera, Italy.

Innovative hotel business development firm to launch service with multiple clients in Paris, Barcelona, Munich, Frankfort, and Brussels

MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of Wireless World Forum's new report 'Mobile Youth 2010,' to their collection of Lifestye & Economics market reports.

MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of Coda Research Consultancy Ltd.'s new report US mobile advertising and eCommerce revenues, with forecasts to 2015, to their collection of Wireless Internet market reports.