TruMix.com : Podcasts : Podcasternews.com Travel Podcast

Alternative

Trumix.com : Podcast : News and Politics : News and Politics

Podcasternews.com Travel

Network:
Language: English
Category: News and Politics / News and Politics
Visit Website

Get the latest news and information on Travel with multiple content producers creating short five minute recaps of events and happening in the world today

Add to Playlist

View RSS |

View in iTunes

Previous1 2 3 4 5 ...10 NEXT

Travelography: #153: Mexico and Thailand's Tourism Challenges, and more...

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 21 to 27 April 2009. This podcast is available at PodcasterNews.com, Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Canada hoping to attract Chinese travellers Canada is one of the few remaining countries that hasn't been granted "approved destination status," known as ADS, by the Chinese. As a result, the Canadian tourism industry cannot actively market Canada in China, and Chinese travel agents can't adv...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:19:00 -0400 ]

Travelography: #152: Green Skeptics, and a Week of Bizarre Travel News

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 14 to 20 April 2009. This podcast is available at PodcasterNews.com, Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Polish travel agency takes tourists to Afghanistan [Extreme Tourism] It said the 12 places, costing up to $3,700 apiece, have all been booked. However, reports of the offer spurred Poland's Foreign Ministry to warn Poles against unnecessary travel to Afghanistan, where NATO forces are struggling to ...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:48:47 -0400 ]

Travelography: #151: Time for Sustainable Tourism, and The Best of ...

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 7 April to 14 April 2009. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. US Volunteer vacation sales up 28 percent "The recession has encouraged many people to volunteer and take some time away from all of the bad news. What we have seen is an increase in shorter volunteer trips in locations that are closer to home for Americans such as Latin America," ... There has been a distin...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:22:24 -0400 ]

Travelography: #150: PATA Numbers, Hawaiian MICE, Antarctic Tours, & More Nudes

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 30 March to 6 April 2009. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Hawaii asks Obama to bring back business travelers Gov. Linda Lingle, 90 business leaders and Hawaii's four mayors wrote Obama last week urging him to oppose any measure restricting companies that receive federal funds from using business meetings "as a legitimate business tool." Obama Calls for Limits o...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:35:29 -0400 ]

Travelography 149: Dark Tourism, East Africa, Vegas and the TSA

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 23 to 30 March 2009. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Tourists look for luck at Pol Pot’s grave Cambodia - He was one of the greatest mass killers of the 20th century, but that doesn't stop the hopeful from praying at Pol Pot's hillside grave for lucky lottery numbers, job promotions and beautiful brides. Nor does it stop tourists from picking clean the bones an...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:06:31 -0400 ]

Travelography 148: Tourism and Political Bedfellows

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 15 to 22 March 2009. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Tourism Concern Calls For Halt On Construction Of Mega-Resorts The global trend in developing luxury, large-scale resorts is leading to widespread alienation and displacement of people from their land, and is wreaking havoc with fragile ecosystems. Poor communities in developing countries, which depend heavily upon...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:42:46 -0400 ]

Travelography 147: Finally - Some Good Travel and Tourism News!

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 8 to 15 March 2009. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Tripology Report Finds Positive Trends for Agents "With a 42% increase in trip requests received via Tripology.com in 2009 over the end of 2008, the increase demonstrates that many consumers are looking to travel in the next 140 days -- just in time for the summer travel season. Further, the increase in trip requests...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:07:21 -0400 ]

Travelography 146: Direct Flights are Best & Filling Cruises at Any Price

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 1 to 8 March 2009. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Discount airlines grow amid downturn Nimble discount airlines here and around the world are growing and opening new routes even as the recession forces traditional carriers to cut flights and jobs. Low-cost carriers, such as New York-based JetBlue (JBLU), Ireland-based Ryanair and Canada-based WestJet, are making inr...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:46:18 -0400 ]

Travelography 145: Slumdog, Foreclosure and Oil Rig Tourisms

...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:09:24 -0500 ]

Travelography 144: Business or Pleasure in Vegas, and Fleeing Tibet

...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:17:14 -0500 ]

Travelography 143: Fire Tourists and Tweet My Spring Break

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 2 to 9 February 2009. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Police warn 'fire tourists' to stay away - Australia People have died in their cars trying to escape the Gippsland fires and there are reports of a busload of Japanese tourists heading towards the Yarra Valley. Police say they will be blocking people who are driving towards dangerous areas and people co...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:08:46 -0500 ]

Travelography 142: Winners and Losers, and Carbon Neutral Mountains

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 26 January 2009. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Azerbaijan's Carbon Neutral Seven Peaks Resort Island The Seven Peaks will each house a residential development and public space, and there will also be 300 private villas near a golf course in the central valley. Zira’s new skyline of organic buildings will resemble a mountain range that merges with t...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:16:36 -0500 ]

Travelography 141: More Birds, Fog, Obama, and Mexico

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 19 January 2009. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Turkish plane lands safely after bird strike The aircraft with 143 passengers aboard had just taken off Monday from Istanbul bound for Denmark when it struck the birds and the pilot was able to return to the city's airport. Nobody was hurt. Turkish Airlines said passengers will be flown to Copenhagen... ...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:59:42 -0500 ]

Travelography 140: Inaugural Tourism

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 12 January 2009. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Disney hopes to build 1st park on Chinese mainland The Walt Disney Company and the Shanghai municipal government have signed a project proposal to build the first Disney park on the Chinese mainland. Under the proposal, the entertainment giant will take a 43 percent stake in Shanghai Disneyland. Securi...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:10:33 -0500 ]

Travelography 139: Travel Trends for 2009

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the first two weeks of January 2009. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Trend Watch Euromonitor Internationals Top City Destinations Ranking ... AAA releases tips and trends for 2009 travel - AAA Travelers will be getting lots of deals in 2009 (in the US) Other findings in the Travel Leaders 2009 trends survey: •90.5% say customers are cu...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:48:35 -0500 ]

Travelography 138: Travel Now - Save the Economy!

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 1 December 2008. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. TSA says new uniforms calm travelers and make spotting terrorists easier the new [blue] shirts project a more professional look and instill a greater sense of calm among passengers. In turn, the agency says fewer nervous travelers now make behavior profiling of potential terrorists more effective. De-...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:31:01 -0500 ]

Travelography 137: Bummer Week of Travel News

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 24 November 2008. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Budgets Shrink, and Holiday Airfares Follow Suit The travel industry is bracing for a painful holiday season as people scale back their discretionary spending. But that is good news for anyone who has yet to book a winter getaway, with hotels, airlines and cruise operators introducing last-minute deals to...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:01:01 -0500 ]

Travelography 136: Holiday Travel Ups and Downs

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 17 November 2008. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Gloomy economy expected to curtail Thanksgiving travel Los Angeles International Airport holiday travel will be down 14.3% from the 1.85 million passengers that passed through the airport last year, airport officials said Thursday. Japanese traveler refuses to leave Mexico City airport At fi...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:10:37 -0500 ]

Travelography 135: Responsible Travel and Tourism around the Globe

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 10 November 2008. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Air New Zealand Schedules First Commercial Biofuel Flight On December 3rd, Air New Zealand will be the first commercial airline to power one of its jets with a second generation non-food biofuel made from the Jatropha plant. Jatropha is viewed as having a huge potential as a major source of oil for sustai...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:00:59 -0500 ]

Travelography 134: Barack Obama's Travel and Tourism Impact

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 3 November 2008. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Will Obama's holiday habits catch on? President-elect and body-surfing fan Barack Obama could break the [previous] trend of White House incumbents by travelling overseas for his holidays. As well as trips to Hawaii to catch a few waves and take walks along the beach with his wife and children, Offici...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:44:50 -0500 ]

Travelography 133: Crocs, Scales and Greenhouse Gasses

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 27 October 2008. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. 25 Non-Cliché Travel Songs (With Videos) Forget the tired tracks you’re used to hearing. Here are 25 inspiring songs that will have you hitting the road. - from the BraveNewTraveler blog Croc terrorises north Queensland, Australia, tourist mecca A major north Queensland tourist i...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:48:59 -0500 ]

Travelography 132: Travel Downturn Hits NZ and A380 comes to LAX

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 20 October 2008. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Gloomy weather on New Zealand's tourist front The financial crisis has hit tourism - one of New Zealand's biggest earners - causing visitor numbers to plummet last month. Statistics New Zealand figures show the number of international tourists fell 6.6 per cent... Cancelled cruises bring loss to New Ze...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:05:15 -0400 ]

Travelography 131: Tourism and The Economic Meltdown - Part 2

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 13 October 2008. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Tibet slashes tourism ticket prices after riots In the first half of the year, 340,000 people visited Tibet. That's down 69 percent from the same period last year. Tourism almost came to a standstill after a riot broke out on March 14. Tourists to tip less as they feel the squeeze Penny c...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:25:45 -0400 ]

Travelography 130: Travel, Tourism and The Economic Meltdown

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 6 October 2008. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Economic woes cause travelers to postpone, cancel trips One reason experts doubt travel will rebound quickly has to do with the way many people were financing their travels before the housing market collapsed. ... many people were financing their travels by accessing the equity built up in their h...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:50:20 -0400 ]

Travelography 129: Airlines Flying Above Financial Crisis

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 29 September 2008. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Low Gas Prices Help Airline Stocks Take Off Airlines also attracted investors by retiring older, less fuel-efficient planes and cutting capacity to support higher ticket prices. Passengers seemed willing to pay additional fees for everything from luggage to food to extra leg room, which added m...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:40:20 -0400 ]

Travelography 128: Economy + Environment Stall Cruise Lines

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 22 September 2008. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Analyst cuts Carnival rating to "Sell" ... $100 a barrel oil and rising shipbuilding costs require the industry to focus on improving returns by raising cruise prices and cutting commissions to travel agents. ... Carnival's $10 billion in ship orders means that the company cannot m...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:00:38 -0400 ]

Travelography 127: Honey, I Shrunk the Airlines!

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 15 September 2008. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Airline Stocks Fly Through the Downturn Looking for a safe haven in today's jittery stock market? ... Try the airlines. falling fuel prices may have masked what's really going on in the airline industry, which is that ...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:29:40 -0400 ]

Travelography 126: Tourism Challenges All Over the Globe

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 8 September 2008. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Thousands stranded by XL collapse Chairman Phil Wyatt said he was "totally devastated" by the failure which has grounded XL's 21 planes. The company flies to about 50 destinations. ...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:42:18 -0400 ]

Travelography 125: The Trickle Down Travel Contraction

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 1 September 2008. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Hanna-caused detour prompts 'mutiny' on Carnival Miracle The New York-based ship was supposed to head to the Caribbean... But thanks to Tropical Storm Hanna, the 2,124-passenger vessel ... wil...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:56:43 -0400 ]

Travelography: Crime and Mayhem Against, and By, Tourist

Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 25 August 2008. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info. Macau, the fastest-growing destination in 2008 More than 1.5 million international visitors have come to Macau in the first six months of this year, a 46.5 % jump over the same period last year. This does not include the 8.8 m...

MORE... | LISTEN | DOWNLOAD | MOBILE DEVICE

[ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:36:35 -0400 ]

Previous1 2 3 4 5 ...10 NEXT


Wade E. Butler Philosophy Orthodoxy Transforming offers a collection of short (10 minutes or less per episode) easy-to-understand guided teaching describing a new sort of spirituality which merges orthodox Christianity with Universal spirituality and practices. Orthodoxy Transforming seeks to offer at least part of the solution of the re-adaptation of the Christian Church to the modern era of spiritual transformation.		Hipsters United News, speculation, and discussion about The Smashing Pumpkins, their music, and their legacy. http://www.hipstersunited.com		Press Start Video Games The weekly podcast for gaming news, impressions, reviews, and alcohol fueled rants as delivered by Richey and Schlep. Live recording and pre-show take place 11:00 PM CST at justin.tv/pressstart.