From an early age, travel was a large part of Allison Lawrence's life. At age eight, Allison took a family vacation to Paris. Joe and Ruth Lawrence recall exploring the Louvre with their daughter, "After five hours Allison still wasn't ready to leave." Allison's passion for travel, language and learning began. It was an easy choice for Allison to study French during high school, following in her ...

Emerging out of all the doom and gloom of the travel industry, currently plagued with high vacancies and lowering sales, is a knight of internet armor. A young web company of high moral consciousness with a desire to change the world one personal connection at a time.

Estonia's capital city Tallinn has been named a top ten travel city by the UK travel magazine and Web portal Wanderlust. Tallinn was named the number 10 best travel city among more than 600 cities. Margus Reinsalu, an Estonian businessman and owner of investment company KC Grupp, is thrilled by his country's recognition.

The main doubt about TUI Travel is the intentions of TUI AG, its German 51% shareholder, which has talked about taking it private or swapping its debt for its continental assets. The uncertainty is unhelpful, but does not detract from the improving trading outlook. Hold says the Times.