The Sheraton Yankee Clipper Hotel, which is located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, is holding a special “Roll back the Clock” room deal to commemorate the hotel’s 50th anniversary.

Australia’s official travel website, Australia.com, has a whole new look and it’s better for tourists.

The new site provides information on thousands of hotels, tours and experiences within Australia.

According to the Directorate General of the Budget, Accounting and Statistics, prices for a night’s stay at a Taiwan hotel rose by about $4 this year when compared to last year.

Unfortunately, the occupancy rate is suffering. In a bit of irony, the occupancy rate is down 4 percent, which is almost the exact increase of the rates this year.

Expedia is about to get a welcomed upgrade. JetBlue is about to embrace the Internet by committing to a long-term deal with Expedia.

JetBlue flights will now be listed on Expedia. According to the companies, this initial deal is for five years.

Cebu is a popular tourist destination in the Philippines. It looks like the major tourism players there are trying to rework the area to target a more affluent traveler.

It’s the goal of many tourist destinations. The thought of luring in travelers with lots of disposable income has become the manta behind the new visions in more places than just Cebu.

On October 31, I reported that an airline rate hike was canceled. Two of the four airlines mentioned in that report have raised rates on many routes by $10 per round trip this week, which is higher than the failed raise of last week.

Traveling to a foreign country when you don’t know the language can be frustrating—or even frightening.

The Korean Tourism Organization has created a 24/7 hotline to aid travelers. The hotline number is (02) 1330.

The Bulgaria Tourism Agency said the number of tourists visiting the country in the first the quarters of 2006 rose 5% from the same period last year.

Tourists from Germany and Britain were the two largest groups. Of the 3.7 million tourists, just over 800,000 were from these two areas.

At a cocktail party with over 300 guests, which included many journalists, Thailand Airways International Executive Vice President Narongsak Sangapong announced the airline would be flying to three new destinations in India.

The three new destinations in India are Hyderabad, Bodhgaya and Varanasi, Sangapong said.

The Philippines has always been a destination enjoyed by many tourists, but now even more travelers are choosing the country, and the tourism numbers are swelling.

According to a report in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the Philippines is approaching the 3 million foreign tourist mark, which would be an all-time high.