Travel news/2008

December

• Winter storms pummel Canada & US (22 December 2008)

• Medellín inaugurates Colombia's most spectacular Christmas (21 December 2008)

• Saint Petersburg subway is growing (20 December 2008)

• More flights between Taiwan and mainland China (15 December 2008)

• Riots across Greece (09 December 2008)

• World's Largest Ice Rink opens (03 December 2008)

November

• Terrorist attacks in Mumbai (26 November 2008)

• Crisis in Bangkok (26 November 2008)

• ABC hosts final Super Soap Weekend (15 Nov 2008)

October

• World's largest airline prepares for takeoff (29 Oct 2008)

• Farmfair 2008 (31 Oct 2008)

• Sterling Airlines declares bankruptcy (29 Oct 2008)

• JFK Airport icon re-opens (22 Oct 2008)

• New mosque in Grozny (17 Oct 2008)

• Tijuana Tequila Expo returns (15 Oct 2008)

• Dubai Terminal 3 opens (14 Oct 2008)

• Fort Worth Alliance Air Show (11 Oct 2008)

• Aruba Music Festival (10 Oct 2008)

• Long Beach gets longer (9 Oct 2008)

• No more Helsinki-St. Pete ferry (8 Oct 2008)

• Paris Motor Show (4 Oct 2008)

Paris/15th arrondissement

• Singapore Beer Festival (2 Oct 2008)

• This Is Not Art (2 Oct 2008)

• Chinese National Day (1 Oct 2008)

September

• Delta-Northwest merger closer (26 Sep 2008)

• State Fair of Texas (26 Sep 2008)

• Disney's Pleasure Island closes (28 Sep 2008)

• South African Parks Week (22 Sep 2008)

• Russia and Israel: a mutual visa-free travel (20 Sep 2008)

• San Sebastian Film Festival (18 Sep 2008)

• Kirstenbosch Chelsea Flower Show Exhibit on show in Cape Town (15 Sep 2008)

• Hurricane Ike, strikes texas coast (13 Sep 2008)

• Airport, train strike in Thailand (4 Sep 2008)

August

• Zoom goes zip (29 Aug 2008)

• Bibles seized in China (18 Aug 2008)

• Changing of the Guards in Saint Petersburg (9 August 2008)

• Utah arch collapses (9 Aug 2008)

• War in Georgia (8 August 2008)

• Regular ferry traffic begins between Saint Petersburg and Helsinki (1 Aug 2008)

July

• Travel warning: Hurricane Dolly (23 July 2008)

• New Disney hotel in Tokyo (9 July 2008)

• Continental changes alliances (7 Jul 2008)

• Taiwan-China flights start (4 Jul 2008)

• Big Sur ablaze (3 Jul 2008)

June

• New Tokyo Subway Line Opens (14 Jun 2008)

• A new illumination system of the Saint Petersburg TV tower (5 Jun 2008)

• Frontier Airlines throws the Little Rock (1 Jun 2008)

May

• New Bangalore airport opens (23 May 2008)

• The launch of Japan Travel Guide JTB on Second Life” (20 May 2008)

• China visa regulations tighten (8 May 2008)

• Cyclone causes havoc in Myanmar (4 May 2008)

• More JetBlue flights to Long Beach (1 May 2008)

April

• Nationwide shuts down (29 Apr 2008)

• Eos goes Bye (28 Apr 2008)

• India-Bangla trains (14 Apr 2008)

• Oasis HK dries up (9 Apr 2008)

• Three US airlines cease operations (6 Apr 2008)

• Transport taxes in Saint Petersburg was raised (1 Apr 2008)

March

• Come fly the open sky! (30 Mar 2008)

• Heathrow T5 opens (27 Mar 2008)

February

• Riots in Belgrade (24 Feb 2008)

• Database failure (22 Feb 2008)

• Total lunar eclipse (20/21 Feb 2008)

• The Lantern Festival Starts In Taipei (16 Feb 2008)

• Fire Destroys Seoul's Iconic City Gate (11 Feb 2008)

• Singapore Zoo's icon dies (8 Feb 2008)

• Carnival de Binche (3 Feb 2008)

• New ferry for Robben Island (1 Feb 2008)

• Monte Carlo Las Vegas Update (1Feb 2008)

• Mickey celebrates the Year of the Mouse (1 Feb 2008)

January

• Las Vegas hotel burns (25 Jan 2008)

• New Terminal Open at Mexico City's Benito Juarez Airport (16 Jan 2008)

• No Match in Paris (1 Jan 2008)

• Cyprus, Malta go euro (1 Jan 2008)