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Bed and Breakfasts: fun, sustainable and romantic!

Leading B&B website iLoveInns.com has awarded 14 traveler-favorite romantic Bed & Breakfasts and Country Inns just in time for the launch of its new iPhone App, “InnTouch”. The new “Travelers’ Choice for Romance” award is based on candid guest reviews guests on iLoveInns.com, lending new insight into the mysterious qualities that make an inspiring romantic getaway.

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Get paperless airport guides and flight tracking on your iPhone with 'iFly' apps

iFly.com, an online guide to 350+ commercial airports, has just announced the launch of its iFly Airport Guide and iFly Pro iPhone applications, providing comprehensive, paper-free airport info to tech-savvy travelers.

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Microsoft steps into the travel search arena with a "Bing"

Competing with modern web-startups that seem to be dominating the social travel and shopping waves lately, Microsoft’s new Bing Travel is hoping to let travelers make smart travel shopping decisions with flight and hotel search, airfare price predictions, travel news and community and more.

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Free fitness training for Kilimanjaro trekkers

Award-winning eco-adventure travel company Thomson Safaris is helping adventure enthusiasts get themselves in gear for a Kilimanjaro climbing excursion by offering a free, four-week specialized fitness training program tailored toward the demands of the adventure itself.

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Locals know best: new online travel guides by local gurus

Online wellness community InnerRewards.com has just launched a new online travel guide by locals, highlighting the best spas deals, restaurants, outdoor exercise tips and more throughout the U.S.

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New adventure travel website gives back to local communities

PureTravel is a new website that provides adventure vacations directly from the countries you visit, bringing together hundreds of carefully selected specialist tour operators across the world while cutting out the middle man and directly benefiting the local economy.

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Two online travel sites eliminate fees on flights

Online travel giants CheapTickets.com and Orbitz.com have announced that they are permanently removing booking fees on all flights, domestic and international. While it may not be in the vein of responsible or “green” travel, this bit of news is definitely worth reading for the budget-conscious traveler.

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Keeping it simple: eco-friendly hotel bath products

Luxury meets eco-consciousness with a new line of earth-friendly amenities. Spanning a range of benefits and budgets, Earth Simple and Earth Perfect products allow hotel guests to pamper themselves in a whole new, green way.

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New iPhone travel app lets travelers explore destinations based on their mood

San Francisco-based travel software company thumbble has just released “Super twiddler” - a new iPhone app that lets intrepid travelers toss out (and recycle) their old paper travel guides and experience cities “beneath the surface - finding out what to do based on the traveler’s mood, timeframe and location.

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Ecogear launches line of eco-friendly bags

A new line of rugged bags by Ecogear come fully equipped with form, function and eco-friendliness. After trying one out for myself, I am definitely hooked.

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Go social to go green with Cooltribe and Carbonica

Some social networks have the right idea: CoolTribe.com is donating the planting of one tree for every new member to the new, free web community.

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Lonely Planet travel guides go high-tech

Popular travel content provider Lonely Planet has partnered with NAVTEQ to provide a new, interactive travel guide for both Australia and New Zealand, with additional Asian cities to follow.

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EcoGreenHotel opens up on Florida’s Green Lodging Program

A model green hotel certification program that continues to grow, Florida’s Green Lodging Program has become a cornerstone example of green certification principles for the lodging industry.

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Xanterra to debut a Green Educational store 'For Future Generations'

Xanterra Parks & Resorts - one of the best known travel operators throughout Yellowstone National Park - is planning to convert its gift shop in the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel into an interpretive facility dedicated to informing park visitors about climate change and offering environmentally friendly products.

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Move over, iPhone - here come Android travel apps

Flightstats for Android - a new air travel application for Google Android phones that provides flight status, flight tracking, airport weather and delays, and airline information - is available now in the Android Market.

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