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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2656 travel Travel News - AP en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:54:16 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2656 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091120/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_airline_luggage_scales ap_travel/20091120/us_travel_brief_airline_luggage_scales AP travel Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:53:20 GMT AP - New York City officials say virtually all of the luggage scales at the city's two major airports are accurately calibrated. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091120/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_air_travel_demand ap_travel/20091120/us_travel_brief_air_travel_demand AP travel Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:54:16 GMT AP - Passenger revenue among U.S. airlines fell 15 percent in October compared to the same month last year, an industry trade group said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091120/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_tahoe_ski_resorts ap_travel/20091120/us_travel_brief_tahoe_ski_resorts AP travel Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:01:47 GMT AP - Three more Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts plan to open for the season this week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091120/ap_tr_ge/cn_travel_brief_vancouver_accommodation ap_travel/20091120/cn_travel_brief_vancouver_accommodation AP travel Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:13:20 GMT AP - An Olympic accommodation plan in which thousands of visitors would have stayed on cruise ships has been called off because of the rough economy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091120/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_ski_resort_opening ap_travel/20091120/us_travel_brief_ski_resort_opening AP travel Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:56:04 GMT AP - Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort is opening for the winter ski season. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091120/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_air_canada_internet ap_travel/20091120/us_travel_brief_air_canada_internet AP travel Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:51:55 GMT AP - Air Canada has begun trial offers of Internet service onboard some flights between Los Angeles and the cities of Toronto and Montreal. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091120/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_airport_security ap_travel/20091120/us_travel_brief_airport_security AP travel Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:09:32 GMT AP - The Homeland Security Department wants to expand speedy screening of preapproved, low-risk air travelers arriving in the United States to most international airports in the country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091120/ap_tr_ge/aa_travel_brief_antarctic_cruise_ship ap_travel/20091120/aa_travel_brief_antarctic_cruise_ship AP travel Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:46:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091120/ap_tr_ge/aa_travel_brief_antarctic_cruise_ship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.69080c4dc2e64168a9e87814edf3a89a.antarctic_cruise_ship_mosb108.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Ta332fTK2D9kksM7Av2lkg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="In this photo taken Dec 19, 2002 and released by press service of Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO) the Captain Khlebnikov icebreaker seen somewhere in undisclosed location. The icebreaker carrying over 100 tourists, scientists and journalists on an Antarctic cruise has been successfully moving through ice and is just about 100 meters (yards) away from clear water, its owners said Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/FESCO/HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Russian cruise ship that has been struggling through a huge mass of sea ice for days has finally reached clear water off Antarctica.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091120/ap_tr_ge/aa_travel_brief_antarctic_cruise_ship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.69080c4dc2e64168a9e87814edf3a89a.antarctic_cruise_ship_mosb108.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Ta332fTK2D9kksM7Av2lkg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken Dec 19, 2002 and released by press service of Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO) the Captain Khlebnikov icebreaker seen somewhere in undisclosed location. The icebreaker carrying over 100 tourists, scientists and journalists on an Antarctic cruise has been successfully moving through ice and is just about 100 meters (yards) away from clear water, its owners said Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/FESCO/HO)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091120/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_airlines_peak_fares ap_travel/20091120/us_travel_brief_airlines_peak_fares AP travel Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:49:14 GMT AP - Continental Airlines Inc. said it matched a move by other carriers to raise surcharges for travel on a few peak days in March and April to $30 each way. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091119/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_study_abroad_decline ap_travel/20091119/us_travel_brief_study_abroad_decline AP travel Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:14:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091119/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_study_abroad_decline"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.00f182209f3c4ac0a5b5580e50e621de.study_abroad_decline_bx601.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=MfLvu0qryW4E4fLiXVcy6Q--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="In this Oct. 16, 2009, photo, Liz Weaver, a second-year law student at the University of Texas is shown in Austin, Texas. Weaver, of Nashville, Tenn., is trying to decide whether to enroll in a program in London next fall, which would saddle her with even more college debt. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)" border="0" /></a>AP - Economic reality and money problems may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad, just two years after students' interest in foreign study was at an all-time high.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091119/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_study_abroad_decline"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.00f182209f3c4ac0a5b5580e50e621de.study_abroad_decline_bx601.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=MfLvu0qryW4E4fLiXVcy6Q--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="In this Oct. 16, 2009, photo, Liz Weaver, a second-year law student at the University of Texas is shown in Austin, Texas. Weaver, of Nashville, Tenn., is trying to decide whether to enroll in a program in London next fall, which would saddle her with even more college debt. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091119/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_flight_delays ap_travel/20091119/us_travel_brief_flight_delays AP travel Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:10:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091119/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_flight_delays"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.017ed6d8257643449c126f9bc89d52b6.flight_delays_vajm101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=sZAK3XmM3TKaEdfnPbuOuQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Caleb Raehl, 3, of Manassas, Va., waits in line with his parents Matthew Raehl, left, and Rebecca Raehl, to be re-booked after their AirTran flight was canceled due to an FAA computer glitch, at Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va. on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091119/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_flight_delays"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.017ed6d8257643449c126f9bc89d52b6.flight_delays_vajm101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=sZAK3XmM3TKaEdfnPbuOuQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Caleb Raehl, 3, of Manassas, Va., waits in line with his parents Matthew Raehl, left, and Rebecca Raehl, to be re-booked after their AirTran flight was canceled due to an FAA computer glitch, at Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va. on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091119/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_jetblue_one_day_sale ap_travel/20091119/us_travel_brief_jetblue_one_day_sale AP travel Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:00:43 GMT AP - JetBlue is running a one-day sale Thursday on international and domestic flights with fares between $29 and $129 each way. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091118/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_virgin_america_flights ap_travel/20091118/us_travel_brief_virgin_america_flights AP travel Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:17:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091118/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_virgin_america_flights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.e2aaf072871942778b452e732b5697d2.virgin_america_flights_cabr103.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=lbsCAVvl.2HnlKuI.cmzQQ--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="In this photo released by Virgin America, actress Solia Milos from the CBS crime drama 'CSI Miami', walks the red carpet upon her arrival at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The domestic airline celebrated its first Golden State to Florida Gold Coast flights with a splash at a champagne-soaked arrival party right on the tarmac. (AP photos/Virgin America, Bob Riha, Jr.)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two-year-old airline Virgin America touched down Wednesday in Florida, marking one of its most ambitious expansion moves yet with a lavish welcoming ceremony that included Virgin Group Ltd. founder and billionaire Richard Branson.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091118/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_virgin_america_flights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.e2aaf072871942778b452e732b5697d2.virgin_america_flights_cabr103.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=lbsCAVvl.2HnlKuI.cmzQQ--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="In this photo released by Virgin America, actress Solia Milos from the CBS crime drama 'CSI Miami', walks the red carpet upon her arrival at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The domestic airline celebrated its first Golden State to Florida Gold Coast flights with a splash at a champagne-soaked arrival party right on the tarmac. (AP photos/Virgin America, Bob Riha, Jr.)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091118/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_flight_plan_credit_card_fees ap_travel/20091118/us_travel_flight_plan_credit_card_fees AP travel Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:33:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091118/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_flight_plan_credit_card_fees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.9becddd475944f94b3e5a65db78c1771.flight_plan_credit_card_fees_nybz176.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=PdbU2kWmITTlhl160W_cyA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2007 file photo, a traveler uses a Delta Airlines credit card to buy an airline e-ticket at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. American Express Co. is sending notices to customers who hold its cobranded cards with Delta Air Lines Inc., JetBlue Airways Corp., Hilton Hotels Corp. and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. that beginning in January your rewards won't be transferred to your loyalty account with those partners if you are late paying your bill. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Another fee is coming in the new year for airline and hotel customers &mdash; this time from your credit card company.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091118/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_flight_plan_credit_card_fees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.9becddd475944f94b3e5a65db78c1771.flight_plan_credit_card_fees_nybz176.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=PdbU2kWmITTlhl160W_cyA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2007 file photo, a traveler uses a Delta Airlines credit card to buy an airline e-ticket at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. American Express Co. is sending notices to customers who hold its cobranded cards with Delta Air Lines Inc., JetBlue Airways Corp., Hilton Hotels Corp. and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. that beginning in January your rewards won't be transferred to your loyalty account with those partners if you are late paying your bill. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091118/ap_tr_ge/as_travel_brief_delta_japan_airlines ap_travel/20091118/as_travel_brief_delta_japan_airlines AP travel Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:43:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091118/ap_tr_ge/as_travel_brief_delta_japan_airlines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.e1dacf0c99074b5b83205301dda902ac.japan_delta_japan_airlines_xjk103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=7cqhQOFHIY4cMEBvmaMYig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Delta Air Lines' president Edward Bastian smiles as he listens to reporters' questions during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Delta Air Lines and its alliance partners said Wednesday they are making a billion-dollar offer intended to lure loss-making Japan Airlines from its current affiliation with American Airlines. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)" border="0" /></a>AP - Delta Air Lines and its alliance partners said Wednesday they are making a billion dollar offer to lure loss-making Japan Airlines from its affiliation with American Airlines.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091118/ap_tr_ge/as_travel_brief_delta_japan_airlines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.e1dacf0c99074b5b83205301dda902ac.japan_delta_japan_airlines_xjk103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=7cqhQOFHIY4cMEBvmaMYig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Delta Air Lines' president Edward Bastian smiles as he listens to reporters' questions during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Delta Air Lines and its alliance partners said Wednesday they are making a billion-dollar offer intended to lure loss-making Japan Airlines from its current affiliation with American Airlines. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091118/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_holiday_windows ap_travel/20091118/us_travel_holiday_windows AP travel Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:38:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091118/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_holiday_windows"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.43d451b0f5484425afb3e1a5fac87387.holiday_windows_barney_nyls202.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=e.5rj65XovDmDkXwJHkRlg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="This photo taken Oct. 27, 2009 shows artist and sculptor Colleen Rochette preparing caricatures of 'Saturday Night Live' characters performed by female actors, for Barney's SNL theme holiday windows display, New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's not quite the warm and fuzzy crowd one imagines around most Christmas trees, but Barneys New York is celebrating the holidays with a motley crew that includes Roseanne Roseannadanna, the Church Lady, Father Guido Sarducci and Wayne and Garth.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091118/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_holiday_windows"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.43d451b0f5484425afb3e1a5fac87387.holiday_windows_barney_nyls202.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=e.5rj65XovDmDkXwJHkRlg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="This photo taken Oct. 27, 2009 shows artist and sculptor Colleen Rochette preparing caricatures of 'Saturday Night Live' characters performed by female actors, for Barney's SNL theme holiday windows display, New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091117/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_airplane_security ap_travel/20091117/us_travel_brief_airplane_security AP travel Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:27:32 GMT AP - Eight years after the 9/11 attacks brought a new focus on security at airplane maintenance facilities, and six years after Congress first required action, the government still hasn't tightened its vigilance. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091117/ap_tr_ge/as_travel_brief_obama_the_tourist ap_travel/20091117/as_travel_brief_obama_the_tourist AP travel Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:45:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091117/ap_tr_ge/as_travel_brief_obama_the_tourist"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.41030fb01ff647e2b34bb4cda339991d.china_us_obama_chnm143.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=kjWXUOMe6ygcCisyx20S_w--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama, center, during a state dinner reception with Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Seated on the left is National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - Playing tourist on his first visit ever to China, President Barack Obama drew a chilly comparison between the Chinese capital and his Illinois hometown.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091117/ap_tr_ge/as_travel_brief_obama_the_tourist"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.41030fb01ff647e2b34bb4cda339991d.china_us_obama_chnm143.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=kjWXUOMe6ygcCisyx20S_w--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. President Barack Obama, center, during a state dinner reception with Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Seated on the left is National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091119/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_antarctic_cruise_ship ap_travel/20091119/us_travel_brief_antarctic_cruise_ship AP travel Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:59:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091119/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_antarctic_cruise_ship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.68f8ca30d56c415ca1a643f2443cf62f.russia_antarctic_cruise_ship_mosb101.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=h8NCN6lw0t5XRe3EaSVTJw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="In this photo taken in March 2006 the Captain Khlebnikov icebreaker seen in the Russia's Pacific port of Vladivostok, about 6,400 km (4,000 miles) east of Moscow. A Russian shipping company says that its icebreaker, the Captain Khlebnikov, carrying over 100 tourists, scientists and journalists, including a BBC camera crew, on an Antarctic cruise has got stuck in ice. The ship is waiting for a stronger wind to begin moving, Russian news agencies reported. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Russian icebreaker carrying more than 100 tourists, scientists and journalists on an Antarctic cruise has been successfully moving through ice and is just about 100 meters away from clear water, its owners said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091119/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_antarctic_cruise_ship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.68f8ca30d56c415ca1a643f2443cf62f.russia_antarctic_cruise_ship_mosb101.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=h8NCN6lw0t5XRe3EaSVTJw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken in March 2006 the Captain Khlebnikov icebreaker seen in the Russia's Pacific port of Vladivostok, about 6,400 km (4,000 miles) east of Moscow. A Russian shipping company says that its icebreaker, the Captain Khlebnikov, carrying over 100 tourists, scientists and journalists, including a BBC camera crew, on an Antarctic cruise has got stuck in ice. The ship is waiting for a stronger wind to begin moving, Russian news agencies reported. (AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrne/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091117/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_trump_waikiki ap_travel/20091117/us_travel_brief_trump_waikiki AP travel Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:48:40 GMT AP - The Trump International Hotel & Tower Waikiki Beach Walk, the first new Waikiki luxury property to open in more than 20 years, welcomed its first guests Monday.