http://www.news24.com/Tags/Topics/travel international Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Thu, 23 May 2013 19:57:08 +0200 An 80-year-old Japanese climber reached the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, becoming the oldest person to scale the world's highest mountain, his website and a Nepalese official said. http://www.news24.com/Travel/International/80-year-old-scales-Everest-sets-record-20130523 The captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which capsized off Italy's west coast last year killing 32 people, will face trial for manslaughter as well as other charges. http://www.news24.com/Travel/International/Concordia-captain-to-face-manslaughter-trial-20130522 US senators reach deal on high-tech visas, which has been a hurdle to the passage of immigration bill. http://www.news24.com/Travel/International/US-senators-reach-high-tech-visa-deal-20130521 Rail passengers searching for love in the Czech capital need look no further than the daily commute as the city makes plans to designate carriages on its underground trains for singles. http://www.news24.com/Travel/International/Prague-metro-plans-to-launch-love-trains-20130520 A website glitch has delayed the low-cost UK-based carrier's much-anticipated launch in South Africa by another month. http://www.news24.com/Travel/Flights/fastjet-SA-launch-delayed-again-20130521 Amid battery problems, United Airlines took to the skies flying the Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights. http://www.news24.com/Travel/Flights/Dreamliner-flying-again-20130521 Two US holidaymakers found themselves a long way from their intended destination after an airline confused two airport codes. http://www.news24.com/Travel/International/Airline-error-sends-couple-to-wrong-continent-20130520 Two Brazilian tourists died Monday and 23 other people were hurt after two hot-air balloons collided in a beauty spot in central Turkey, officials said. http://www.news24.com/Travel/International/Tourists-killed-in-hot-air-balloon-crash-20130520 We chat to Daniel Anvari-Brown from Global Visas SA and find out how applying for a visa can be made less nightmarish. http://www.news24.com/Travel/International/Visa-application-basics-20130520 An investigation is under way after commuter trains collided in Conneticut, sending 70 to hospitals. http://www.news24.com/Travel/International/Probe-begins-after-commuter-trains-crash-20130518-2 64 climbers, including a Saudi Arabian woman, scale Mount Everest from Nepal. http://www.news24.com/Travel/International/64-scale-Everest-20130518 A family holiday ended in tragedy when a young British girl drowned in the pool of an Egyptian Red Sea resort. http://www.news24.com/Travel/International/British-girl-drowns-at-Egyptian-resort-20130518 A Saudi woman reached the summit of Everest, the world's highest peak, in a first for the conservative Muslim kingdom where women's sports are severely restricted. http://www.news24.com/Travel/International/Saudi-woman-climbs-Everest-in-first-20130518 Hear the word museum and odds are you conjure up an image of portrait halls and sculpture gardens - the traditional home of traditional art. However, here are a few alternatives. http://www.news24.com/Travel/International/Top-10-quirky-museums-around-the-world-20130517 The dire manners and "uncivilised behaviour" of some Chinese tourists abroad are harming the country's image, said a top official who lamented their poor "quality and breeding." http://www.news24.com/Travel/International/Some-Chinese-tourists-uncivilised-top-official-20130517 Japan's All Nippon Airways on Friday said a modified Dreamliner had experienced a fault earlier this month, but insisted it would not affect the restart of the high-tech planes. http://www.news24.com/Travel/International/ANA-reports-fault-on-modified-Dreamliner-20130517 Carnival has told agents in a letter that it has decided to pull out of Europe blaming rising air fares and market conditions. http://www.news24.com/Travel/International/Carnival-pulls-out-of-Europe-20130516 Greek air traffic controllers began a four-hour work stoppage on Thursday, disrupting flights at the start of the tourist season. http://www.news24.com/Travel/International/Greek-air-traffic-controllers-strike-20130516 New Zealand on Thursday announced a multi-million-dollar marketing push to attract more foreign students - especially from Asia - to its universities. http://www.news24.com/Travel/International/New-Zealand-to-woo-more-foreign-students-20130516 South African Airways will highlight how aviation can benefit the African continent and the pan African economy as a whole at the upcoming IATA annual general meeting. http://www.news24.com/Travel/Flights/Aviation-holds-promise-of-88-000-local-jobs-20130515