Lower prices for everything from flights to hotel rooms and rental cars have encouraged Americans to start spending again.
The dramatic increase in the number of purchases has driven overall spending upwards as travel deal sites have become some of the web's most popular destinations.
With the first of its flights touching down in earthquake-devastated Haiti late Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. began deploying military planes, ships and ground troops to the Caribbean nation.
Source:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/13/haiti.us.coast.guard/index.html
The Netherlands said Wednesday it will begin using full body scanners on all passengers taking flights to the United States, following the attempted terrorist attack on a U.S.-bound flight on Christmas Day.
Source:
http://us.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/12/30/airline.terror.schiphol/index.html
