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The Police adjust to touring in the 21st century

Oh, the things that technology has wrought in the decades since the Police last toured. Advances in concert audio are doing wonders for Andy Summers’ guitar tone. “I don’t think I’ve ever had a guitar sound this good,” he says. He also marvels at the “completely state-of-the-art show” that he and his two bandmates […]

Foreign tour firms set for easier travel

The tourism regulator is working on details to further open the market to foreign operators by lowering capital requirements and allowing subsidiaries.
Foreign tour agencies will be treated on par with domestic counterparts when it comes to registered capital, a China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) official has said.

Smithsonian traveling exhibit explores 500 years of food

“Key Ingredients: American by Food, ” a 500-year history of the development of food in America, explores the procurement, preparation and preparation of what we eat.
Put together by the Smithsonian Institute, this traveling exhibit is on display at the Washington County Rural Heritage Museum at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center through Aug. 4.

London will host ATP World Tour Final in 2009

The ATP’s season-ending Tennis Masters Cup will be renamed the ATP World Tour Final and shift from Shanghai to London in 2009. The world’ top singles players and doubles teams will compete in Britain for more than $4.5 million in prize money. […]

German Train Travel Delayed Because of Strikes for Higher Pay

Train travel in parts of Germany was disrupted with delays and cancellations as rail workers seeking a 7 percent pay increase staged a series of warning strikes. Regional travel around the cities of Wismar and Rostock in the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania were most affected, state railway Deutsche Bahn AG said in a […]

Most Taiwanese travel to relieve stress

Taiwan’s annual travel market is worth an estimated NT$340 billion (US$10.37 billion), with nearly 71 percent of respondents to a recent survey saying they travel to relieve stress, pollsters said upon the release of their research yesterday.
The survey was conducted by the Global Views Monthly journal to explore Taiwanese travel activities and preferences. The […]