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• Edinburgh Hogmanay tickets on sale
  People looking for a memorable way to celebrate New Year's Eve will be interested to hear that tickets for the Edinburgh Hogmanay street party have gone on sale today (October 3rd).Tickets for the 2008-09 event are priced at £10 but people who make their reservations quickly may receive a special price of £5.The Edinburgh Hogmanay party, which this year will kick off at 9pm and run until 1am, was once listed as one of the top 100 things to do before you die.It will take place along the length of Princes Street and Gardens and is set to see around 100,000 partygoers enjoying candle-lit concerts, dances and plenty of other events.Pete Irvine, the event's creative director, said: "With top name acts and fireworks to make sure we bring in 2009 with a bang, Edinburgh's Hogmanay offers something for everyone as musicians and DJs, across a number of stages, bring the streets of Edinburgh alive with music and an electric atmosphere."Steve Cardownie of Edinburgh City Council added: "£10 for a night of music, fireworks and electric atmosphere is a fantastic deal by anyone's standards, so the promotional offer of £5 per pass is definitely one not to be missed."Tickets are available from the official Edinburgh Hogmanay website.Cheap Flights and Travel News - © 2008 - Just The Flight
• Alitalia could be relaunched within a month
  Troubled airline Alitalia could be relaunched within a month thanks to a government rescue package, according to reports.The airline, which is the national carrier of Italy, looked as if it could be headed for oblivion before an agreement was reached on a deal that will see it receive some €2 billion (£1.56 billion) in government funding.There are likely to be a number of changes to Alitalia's operations, however, with its network substantially reduced and one in three jobs likely to be cut, Travel Weekly reports.After merging with domestic carrier Air One, Alitalia is expected to drop many of its long-haul routes and focus on domestic and medium-haul services.The Italian government has reportedly been seeking an outside buyer to help Alitalia recover from its financial problems for over two years.Air France and Lufthansa are both in the frame to buy a stake of up to 25 per cent in the airline and use Rome, Milan or possibly both as hub airports.Cheap Flights and Travel News - © 2008 - Just The Flight
• "Surge" in flight bookings with Atol members
  The recent collapses of companies such as Zoom Airlines and XL Leisure have led to a "surge" in bookings with members of the Air Travel Organisers' Licensing (Atol) scheme, according to the Association of Independent Tour Operators (Aito).Derek Moore, chairman of Aito, said that tour operators, unlike airlines, offer complete security to their customers."Airlines are always going to come and go, that's a fact of the airline industry, there will always be airlines going bust…because they work on fairly tight margins," he commented.Mr Moore said that the collapse of XL and Zoom showed consumers the value of booking with a tour operator.He added: "This is the time when money may be tight for some people and there is a lot of economic uncertainty, make sure your holiday is protected and book with a recognisable tour operator."According to the Office for National Statistics, UK residents made around 17.8 million trips abroad in the three months to July this year.Both North America and Europe saw an increase of two per cent in the number of UK visitors in this period, according to the figures.Cheap Flights and Travel News - © 2008 - Just The Flight
• International passengers boost Orlando traffic
  It has been announced that Orlando International Airport saw an increase in its number of international passengers in August.The airport announced that growth in international traffic was continuing to help offset declines in domestic travel.In total, nearly three million foreign passengers travelled through the Florida gateway in August, an increase of 16 per cent compared to the same month last year.Nearly 37 million travellers, international and domestic, passed through Orlando International in the rolling 12 months to August this year, an increase of 3.6 per cent on the previous 12-month period.In its annual business travel awards, Conde Nast Traveller magazine ranked Orlando International as one of the top five airports nationwide in areas including ease of connections, shopping, food and comfort.Next year could see international passenger numbers at the hub increase further as tourists take advantage of a new promotion from the Walt Disney company offering free entry to its US parks for visitors who are celebrating their birthday.Cheap Flights and Travel News - © 2008 - Just The Flight
• Light shows to be switched on in Iceland
  Visitors to Iceland will soon be treated to two impressive light shows in the country - one man-made and the other entirely natural.On October 9th, Yoko Ono will visit Reykjavik to relight the Imagine Peace Tower that was created to pay tribute to her late husband John Lennon.The tower emits a 20-metre high beam of white light that will be visible across Reykjavik from October 9th, Lennon's birthday, to December 8th, the date of his death.Visitors can reach Videy Island, the location of the tower, on ferries from Reykjavik's Skarfabakki pier, which depart every day at 20:00.Another light show that tourists in Iceland may get the chance to enjoy from October to March is the Northern Lights, which is sometimes visible on clear starry nights when the temperature is below zero degrees Celsius.The likelihood of seeing the Northern Lights increases with proximity to the North Pole, meaning that there are locations in northern Canada that offer a good chance of seeing the phenomenon.Cheap Flights and Travel News - © 2008 - Just The Flight
• Tourism 'must grow smartly'
  A think-tank that met for World Tourism Day on September 27th concluded that the travel industry must grow in "a smart way".The group met in Lima, Peru to discuss the theme of 'tourism responding to the challenge of climate change'.They concluded that the industry must place an increasing emphasis on ethics, local community involvement and the systematic reduction of carbon emissions.Geoffrey Limpan, assistant secretary general of the UN World Tourism Organisation, said: "Tourism must grow in a