Australian tourist accommodations decline in Q3
(RTTNews) - In Australia, the total accommodation takings in hotels, motels and serviced apartments by tourists fell a seasonally adjusted 2.7% in the September quarter, compared with June quarter, a report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday.

2009 Jeep Commander
2009 JEEP COMMANDER STYLING | [8 out of 10] Car and Driver: "Classic Jeep styling" Kelley Blue Book: "Far better interior accommodations" Cars.com: "Instantly recognizable as a Jeep " Edmunds: "An upscale two-tone decor makes for an attractive interior" Although retail sales remain unimpressive, the 2009 Jeep Commander is ... Watch Video | Browse Photos

Transient tax revenue on track to cover plan
WAILUKU - Seemingly running counter to recent bad economic news, Maui County's first half year take of transient accommodations tax revenue was $11.1 million, or a little more than half of the county's budgeted annual amount of $21.9 million, Finance Director Kalbert Young reported Monday.

Snow news day: Powder could turn into rain later this week, raising avalanche danger
Fifteen-month-old Sylvie Kendrick had deluxe accommodations Monday afternoon as she and her mother Aimee trudged through freshly fallen snow to the Children's Center on East Spruce Street in Missoula to pick up Sylvie's older sister, Annika.

Experience luxury at a chic Beverly Hills hotel
For chic and affordable accommodations in Beverly Hills, why not try a stay at The Crescent Hotel, a historic boutique style property that was once pied-a-terre for silent film stars.

Government meetings
Consolidated Commission on Utilities: Regular meeting on Guam Waterworks Authority matters 5 p.m., Guam Power Authority board conference room, second floor, GPA main office, Route 16, Harmon. For special accommodations, call Lou Sablan, 648-3002.

Credentials of Burris Are Rejected by Senate
Roland W. Burris nonetheless planned to arrive Tuesday to be sworn in as the new junior senator from Illinois.

Price war among Dubai hotels to woo tourists
Dubai, Jan 4 : From the seven star hotels to comparatively modestly priced furnished accommodations in Dubai, the hotel sector is seeing a price war in the new year as the hospitality industry is stretched to find cash rich tourists.

Miami Apartment Rentals -- Steps In Properly Leasing A Home
Renting out an apartment is a preferred choice to some who doesn?t want to spend thousands of dollars in hotel accommodations. It's true that hotels provide a comfortable air for your stay, but the price for the service might be too much for your wallet to handle.

Activist Roz Duman, Gov. Ritter to get awards from ADL
Human rights activist Roz Duman and Gov. Bill Ritter will receive awards from the Anti-Defamation League later this month, the organization said today.

Upgraded: Ranger Rotorcraft Group's Ed Bolden
Just Call Him "Mr. President" Ranger Rotorcraft Group, Inc. has promoted Edward Bolden to President. Bolden was previously Vice President-Operations Development of Ranger Rotorcraft Group.

Frontier Pilots Ratify Long-Term Agreement
Pilots overwhelmingly approve wage, benefit concessions Members of the Frontier Airline Pilots Association (FAPA) have ratified a long-term labor agreement with the airline. The agreement will extend certain wage and benefit concessions through December 2011. Nearly 85 percent of votes cast were in favor of ratification. Of the 454 votes cast, 384 voted yes, only 70 voted no.

NASA-Funded Study Reveals Hazards of Severe Space Weather
A NASA-funded study describes how extreme solar eruptions could have severe consequences for communications, power grids and other technology on Earth. The National Academy of Sciences in Washington conducted the study.

CAIR Files DOT Complaint After Muslims Kicked Off AirTran Flight
An Islamic civil rights and advocacy group has filed a complaint with the DOT following an incident Thursday in which nine Muslim passengers were removed from an AirTran Airways flight at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

More Upgrades For USCG HC-130Js
$13.25 Million Contract Options to Provide Mission Systems for the HC-130J Aircraft Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Coast Guard exercised contract options valued at $13.25 million to install mission systems aboard two additional HC-130J aircraft. Once delivered, these aircraft will complete the Coast Guard's planned inventory of six missionized HC-130Js.

Continental To Make First Biofuel-Powered Flight by a U.S. Carrier
There's no Fuel Like A Biofuel... It's been all the rage of late... bio-fuel this, green-flight that. But, apparently the US Carriers haven't quite caught up with the hype... that is, until this Wednesday.Continental Airlines tells ANN that will conduct the first biofuel-powered demonstration flight of a U.S. commercial airliner.

ANN's Best Of The Breed '08/Planes Of The Year-S/E 4+ Place Piston: Piper Matrix
4+ Place S/E Certified GA (Piston) -- Piper Matrix! Talk about a 'd'oh!" moment... when we first heard that yet another variant of the Malibu series was coming forth from Piper, our reaction was simple... what else could they add to this amazing little airframe? And the answer is what we thought it was... NOTHING.

Fantasy of Flight Founder Inducted into Florida Aviation Hall of Fame
Kermit Weeks, creator and founder of Central Florida's Fantasy of Flight, and a championship aerobatic pilot, has been selected as a member of the Florida Aviation Hall of Fame. Weeks was inducted into the Florida Aviation Hall of Fame recently at the society's sixth annual induction ceremony.

Teamwork Shown As USAF Airmen Respond To Helicopter Crash
Six Airmen of the 379th Civil Engineer Squadron used teamwork to recover a Aerospatiale SA330J helicopter that crashed Dec. 15 at a forward operating base in Afghanistan.

PHI S76 Offshore Accident Claims 8 Lives
The Sunday loss of a PHI Sikorsky S76 has cost 8 lives, with one other person known to be hanging on for survival. Weather does not seem to have been much of a factor and little is known about potential causes.