Travel News: Week of April 23, 2014

Top Travel News

• U.S. Teen ‘Lucky’ to Be Alive After Stowing Away in wheel way on Calif.-Hawaii Flight 
• After deaths of 13, Everest Sherpas say they are abandoning climbing season
• Vueling launches world’s first ‘smart watch’ boarding pass
• Oregon wines fly free on Alaska Airlines as ‘pilot program’ partnership is extended
• Berlin Court Tells Uber to Stop Competing with Local Taxi Providers
• UberX to charge $1 fee for passenger safety
• Air Canada to fire workers after outrage over baggage-tossing video
• Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia will soon be the world’s tallest building
• 13 Nepalese Climbers Killed in Mount Everest Avalanche
• Airbnb’s Best Hosts Aren’t Going to Like San Francisco’s New Airbnb-Friendly Law
• American Eagle Airlines renames itself Envoy Air Inc.
• Drug smuggler caught after reporting luggage missing

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GOOD TO KNOW TRAVEL NEWS

• Airline and Hotel Invitation-Only Elite Status
• How Does a Teen Get in a Plane’s Wheel Well? ‘It’s easy’
• Tiered Wi-Fi emerges as new industry model
• Your Minuscule In-Flight Entertainment Screen Costs $10,000
• Here’s Why Manhattan Beach Might Be the Coolest Beach Town in California
• A Roman Retirement: An American’s tips on how to retire in the Eternal City
• What’s Best For Traveling? Cash, Check, or Charge?
• The Business Class Seat of Tomorrow Will Blow Your Mind, and Freak You Out a Bit
• The Origins of Mashup Marketing Terms Like ‘Bleisure’ and ‘Staycation’
• The Trouble with Hotel Reward Programs
• Earth-size planet discovery: 5 things to know
• What Is A Bitcoin and Might They Be Useful For Travelers?
• Business Class seats on South African Airways’ new A320s feature small shelf to stow a tablet device

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