Penny pinchers can still go the luxury route

Posted by Rob Fleming on May 2nd, 2007
2007
May 2

By Kitty Bean Yancey
Mistaken assumptions about luxury travel hold back many a vacationer, says Joel Widzer . Lofty living on the road doesn’t have to cost more, says the Orange County, Calif., travel consultant and author. “Too many people feel they either do not deserve or cannot afford to be pampered,” he writes in the [...]

How to book a cheap flight

Posted by Rob Fleming on May 2nd, 2007
2007
May 2

by Cath Urquhart
Booking a cheap flight is a cheap thrill. You’re delighted to think you have beaten the system and picked up a bargain. If it’s really cheap, it may even have been the deciding factor in where you choose to travel.
But the reality is that, especially once taxes, charges and any fuel supplements [...]

YouTube, eBay win ‘Oscars of the Internet’

Posted by Rob Fleming on May 2nd, 2007
2007
May 2

NEW YORK (AFP) — Video sharing website YouTube, the eBay online auction community and rock icon David Bowie were among the winners announced Tuesday of this year’s Webby Awards, the so-called “Oscars of the Internet.”
The awards honor online excellence and are considered the leading international gongs for websites, interactive advertising and online video. [...]

Magazine wins appeal over Douglas-Zeta-Jones photo rights

Posted by Rob Fleming on May 2nd, 2007
2007
May 2

LONDON (AFP) — Celebrity magazine OK! won an appeal Wednesday in a long-running legal battle with rival weekly “Hello” over wedding pictures of Hollywood super-couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
The House of Lords, Britain’s highest court of appeal, backed OK!’s right to protect its one million US dollar deal with the couple for exclusive [...]

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