“AP TRAVEL AND LEISURE DIGEST for week of Dec. 7 - Daily Mail - Charleston” plus 2 more

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• AP TRAVEL AND LEISURE DIGEST for week of Dec. 7 - Daily Mail - Charleston
• - Dow Jones Indexes Announces Dow Jones Select Dividend and Dow Jones Country ... - Benzinga
• The JW Marriott Hotel Miami voted among 2009 world's Best Business Hotels - Travel Daily News International

AP TRAVEL AND LEISURE DIGEST for week of Dec. 7 - Daily Mail - Charleston Posted: 07 Dec 2009 12:10 PM PST AP Travel for week of Dec. 7 CHRISTMAS IN BETHLEHEM BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Visitors looking to get into the holiday spirit have long flocked to Bethlehem, Pa., a quaint little town founded by Moravians on Dec. 24, 1741, and long marketed as the "Christmas City." With its 18th century Moravian architecture, a popular seasonal bazaar called Christkindlmarket, an impeccably decorated downtown, and a host of Christmas-themed events between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, Bethlehem comes by its reputation honestly. This year, there's something new, and a little jarring: A casino. By MICHAEL RUBINKAM. AP Photos. MIDTOWN CHRISTMAS NEW YORK - A tourist's Christmas in midtown has a logical starting place: Rockefeller Center, with the famous tree and ice skating rink, the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall, and the view from Top of the Rock, the observation deck at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The bad news is, there are so many tourists this time of year, you might have to wait in line just to cross the street. The good news is, within just a few blocks of Rock Center, you can find everything Manhattan has to offer: world-famous attractions, great food, and don't forget the incomparable shopping. By BETH J. HARPAZ. AP Photos GULF ISLANDS GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEASHORE, Fla. - From March to September, this barrier island teems with tourists reveling in the warm Gulf waters and famous white quartz beaches. But the tourists clear out as fall sets in and gives way to winter. That means visitors have the place to themselves. By MELISSA NELSON. AP Photos. AIR BOAT-EVERGLADES COOPERTOWN, Fla. - Jesse Kennon's day begins at 6:30 a.m., as he opens up Coopertown's only bait and tackle shop. He heads to the only restaurant, where the lunch menu includes alligator tail and frog legs, to make sure the kitchen is ready. He is then off to spend the day giving air boat rides through the Florida Everglades. Kennon runs Coopertown, which is less than an hour from Miami but consists of only four acres and eight residents. The town that started in 1945 when Kennon's family first offered air boat tours has turned into a major player in South Florida tourism, attracting about 50,000 visitors a year. By SUZETTE LABOY. With AP Photos. With AP Video: Filename 1207trav_gladestown BONAIRE KRALENDIJK, Bonaire - On a slow ascent to the surface of the water from 60 feet down, the divemaster spots something thrilling along the reef and extends her hand with all five fingers wiggling excitedly. It's a signal that can only mean one thing: Octopus! It's a surprise to see how quickly the shape-shifter fades into the reef's backdrop. But surprises tend to be the norm in this unique marine park with a plentiful array of coral, fish and sea creatures. It doesn't take many dives to find validation in the words on vehicle license plates back on land, dubbing Bonaire "Diver's Paradise." By BRIAN WITTE. AP Photos TRAVEL BRIEFS Items on ski resorts for nonskiers; Holidazzle; Christmas on a ski trip; Revelstoke; in-store dining; Capitol Visitor Center; Jersey Shore; Pacific War Museum; bats and caves; EasyJet. CYBERTRIPS-LANDSCAPES Designed landscapes are powerful places to visit, but they can sometimes be hard to find. By their very nature, they draw us in quietly. They may be far from the city center. They don't clamor for attention the way other attractions do. With that in mind, The Cultural Landscape Foundation has created an online resource to help steer travelers to some of the greatest parks, gardens, and historic homes in the United States. Through a Web feature called What's Out There - found online at http://tclf.org/landscapes - the Washington, D.C.-based foundation introduces more than 650 sites designed over the last 200 years by a pantheon of famous architects and designers. By ANNE WALLACE ALLEN. UPCOMING TRAVEL STORIES: Eds: For planning purposes, here are some of the print stories scheduled for the AP Travel package for the next few weeks (list subject to change). For Dec. 14: Snuba - scuba and snorkeling, combined The last decade in travel: How have things changed? Alabama casinos Atlanta - museum plan For the near future: Travel lookahead to 2010 - will move Dec. 21 Belize East v. West skiing - pros and cons Rethinking green skiing Motorcycle - tour rentals NC - skiing Atlanta - winter at Stone Mountain January - Vancouver - one month out from winter OLY Late January - cruise trends AP Travel editor Beth Harpaz is reachable at bharpaz(at)ap.org. For AP Photos, call 212-621-1921. Reruns of stories are available from http://apexchange.com or from the Service Desk (800-838-4616). This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

- Dow Jones Indexes Announces Dow Jones Select Dividend and Dow Jones Country ... - Benzinga Posted: 07 Dec 2009 02:48 PM PST NEW YORK, Dec. 7, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Please note the following correction to a press release issued on Thursday, December 3, 2009: In the Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 Index, Bradken Ltd. (Australia, Industrial Goods & Services, BKN.AU) will be removed, not Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Australia, Banks, CBA.AU) as previously stated. The updated release follows: Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the results of the regular annual review of the Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes for Global, EPAC (Europe, Pacific, Asia and Canada), Asia/Pacific, Canada, Japan and U.S. and the regular quarterly review of the Dow Jones Australia Select Dividend 30, Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30, Dow Jones Hong Kong Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones Country Titans indexes. All changes will be effective after the close of trading on Friday, December 18, 2009. Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes In the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index, the following nine components will be removed: Sandvik AB (Sweden, Industrial Goods & Services, SAND.SK), SSAB AB Series A (Sweden, Basic Resources, SSAB-A-SK), SembCorp Industries Ltd. (Singapore, Industrial Goods & Services, U96.SG), Rexam PLC (Great Britain, Industrial Goods & Services, REX.LN), General Electric Co. (United States, Industrial Goods & Services, GE), BT Group PLC (Great Britain, Telecommunications, BT.A.LN), CSR Ltd. (Australia, Basic Resources, CSR.AU), Dow Chemical Co. (United States, Chemicals, DOW) and UOL Group Ltd. (Singapore, Real Estate, U14.SG). The companies joining the index: StarHub Ltd. (Singapore, Telecommunications, CC3.SG), FirstEnergy Corp. (United States, Utilities, FE), Edison S.p.A. (Italy, Utilities, EDN.MI), Eisai Co. Ltd. (Japan, Health Care, 4523.TO), Emera Inc. (Canada, Utilities, EMA.T), Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Japan, Health Care, 4528.OK), Bouygues S.A. (France, Construction & Materials, EN.FR), TransCanada Corp. (Canada, Oil & Gas, TRP.T) and Schneider Electric S.A. (France, Industrial Goods & Services, SU.FR). The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index will increase to 6.01% from 5.10% as a result of this regular annual review. In the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index, the following nine components will be removed: Raffles Education Corp. Ltd. (Singapore, Retail, E6D.SG), Sandvik AB (Sweden, Industrial Goods & Services, SAND.SK), SSAB AB Series A (Sweden, Basic Resources, SSAB-A-SK), Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) (Hong Kong, Banks, 0349.HK), BT Group PLC (Great Britain, Telecommunications, BT.A.LN), CSR Ltd. (Australia, Basic Resources, CSR.AU), UOL Group Ltd. (Singapore, Real Estate, U14.SG), Sherritt International Corp. (Canada, Basic Resources, S.T) and TPV Technology Ltd. (Hong Kong, Technology, 0903.HK). The companies joining the index: Swisscom AG (Switzerland, Telecommunications, SCMN.VX), Telefonica S.A. (Spain, Telecommunications, TEF.MC), GDF Suez S.A. (France, Utilities, GSZ.FR), Wincor Nixdorf AG (Germany, Technology, WIN.XE), Edison S.p.A. (Italy, Utilities, EDN.MI), Firstgroup PLC (Great Britain, Travel & Leisure, FGP.LN), Eisai Co. Ltd. (Japan, Health Care, 4523.TO), British American Tobacco PLC (Great Britain, Personal & Household Goods, BATS.LN) and Emera Inc. (Canada, Utilities EMA.T). The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index will increase to 5.87% from 5.36% as a result of this regular annual review. In the Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 Index, the following four components will be removed: Bradken Ltd. (Australia, Industrial Goods & Services, BKN.AU), Raffles Education Corp. Ltd. (Singapore, Retail, E6D.SG), CSR Ltd. (Australia, Basic Resources, CSR.AU) and Singapore Airlines Ltd. (Singapore, Travel & Leisure, C6L.SG). The companies joining the index: Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Japan, Health Care, 4528.OK), Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (Singapore, Telecommunications, Z74.SG), SMRT Corp. Ltd. (Singapore, Travel & Leisure, S53.SG) and Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd. (Singapore, Industrial Goods & Services, S58.SG). The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 Index will increase to 6.02% from 5.01% as a result of this regular annual review. In the Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 Index, Raffles Education Corp. Ltd. (Singapore, Retail, E6D.SG) will be replaced by GemTek Technology Co. Ltd. (Taiwan, Technology, 4906.TW). The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 Index will increase to 4.73% from 4.63% as a result of this regular quarterly review. In the Dow Jones Australia Select Dividend 30 Index, Sims Metal Management Ltd. (Australia, Industrial Goods & Services, SGM.AU) will be replaced by Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd. (Australia, Media, CMJ.AU). The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones Australia Select Dividend 30 Index will increase to 5.20% from 5.18% as a result of this regular quarterly review. In the Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index, Manulife Financial Corp. (Canada, Insurance, MFC.T) will be replaced by Rogers Communications Inc. Cl B (Canada, Telecommunications, RCI.B.T). The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index also will increase to 4.60% from 4.52% as a result of this regular annual review. In the Dow Jones Japan Select Dividend 30 Index, the following six components will be removed: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc. (Japan, Chemicals, 4182.TO), Goldcrest Co. Ltd. (Japan, Real Estate, 8871.TO), Nifco Inc. (Japan, Automobile & Parts, 7988.TO), Makita Corp. (Japan, Personal & Household Goods, 6586.TO), Acom Co. Ltd. (Japan, Financial Services, 8572.TO) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (Japan, Industrial Goods & Services, 9104.TO). The companies joining the index: Astellas Pharma Inc. (Japan, Health Care, 4503.TO), Circle K Sunkus Co. Ltd. (Japan, Retail, 3337.TO), Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp. (Japan, Technology, 4739.TO), Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (Japan, Telecommunications, 9432.TO), Sankyo Co. Ltd. (6417) (Japan, Travel & Leisure, 6417.TO) and Nomura Real Estate Holdings Inc. (Japan, Real Estate, 3231.TO). The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones Japan Select Dividend 30 Index will increase to 3.65% from 3.02% as a result of this regular annual review. In the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index, the following three components will be removed: Timken Co. (United States, Industrial Goods & Services, TKR), Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. (United States, Oil & Gas, PTEN) and Joy Global Inc. (United States, Industrial Goods & Services, JOYG). The companies joining the index: Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (United States, Utilities, PEG), PG&E Corp. (United States, Utilities, PCG) and McDonald's Corp. (United States, Travel & Leisure, MCD). The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index will increase to 4.30% from 4.06% as a result of this regular annual review. No changes are being made to the Dow Jones France Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones Germany Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones Hong Kong Select Dividend 30, Dow Jones Italy Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones Netherlands Select Dividend 15, Dow Jones Spain Select Dividend 20 Index, Dow Jones Sweden Select Dividend 15, Dow Jones Switzerland Select Dividend 20 and Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 indexes as a result of this regular quarterly review. The Dow Jones Select Dividend Index family currently includes global indexes, regional indexes for Europe, Asia and the Americas, and country-specific indexes for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.S. and the U.K. Each index includes a fixed number of components, ranging from 20 to 100, depending on the size of the market, and that are selected to the index based on rankings by dividend yield. Index components are weighted by indicated annual dividend. Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes In the Dow Jones Australia Titans 30 Index, Macquarie Infrastructure Group (Australia, Industrial Goods & Services, MIG.AU) will be replaced by GPT Group (Australia, Real Estate, GPT.AU). In the Dow Jones India Titans 30 Index, Reliance Natural Resources Ltd. (India, Oil & Gas, 532709.BY) will be replaced by Unitech Ltd. (India, Real Estate, 507878.BY). In the Dow Jones South Korea Titans 30 Index, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (South Korea, Industrial Goods & Services, 042660.SE) will be replaced by Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (South Korea, Industrial Goods & Services, 009150.SE). In the Dow Jones Kuwait Titans 30 Index, Abyaar Real Estate Development Co. (Kuwait, Real Estate, ABYAAR.KW) will be replaced by (Kuwait Food Co. (Americana) S.A.K. (Kuwait, Food & Beverage, FOOD.KW). The free-float market capitalization in USD of the reconstituted Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes, as of December 2, 2009. Dow Jones Australia Titans 30 Index increased to $713.69 billion from $710.51 billion. Dow Jones India Titans 30 Index increased to $285.04 billion from $283.14 billion. Dow Jones South Korea Titans 30 Index increased to $305.94 billion from $302.28 billion. Dow Jones Kuwait Titans 30 Index increased to $32.74 billion from $32.16 billion. No changes are being made to the Dow Jones Brazil Titans 20 ADR, Dow Jones Canada Titans 60, Dow Jones Cyprus Titans 10, Dow Jones EGX Egypt Titans 20, Dow Jones France Titans 30, Dow Jones Germany Titans 30, Dow Jones Hong Kong Titans 30, Dow Jones Italy Titans 30, Dow Jones Japan Titans 100, Dow Jones Mexico Titans 20, Dow Jones Netherlands Titans 30, Dow Jones RusIndex Titans 10, Dow Jones South Africa Titans 30, Dow Jones Spain Titans 30, Dow Jones Sweden Titans 30, Dow Jones Sri Lanka Titans 20, Dow Jones Switzerland Titans 30, Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20 and Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 Indexes as a result of this regular quarterly review. The Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes represent major markets in Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. Stocks for each index are selected based on float-adjusted market capitalization and trading volume. Component numbers vary from index to index, based on the size of the underlying market. Country Expansion to Dow Jones Global Titans 50 and Sector Titans Indexes Effective on January 1, 2010, companies classified in China, India, Israel, Russia and Turkey will be eligible for inclusion in the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 and Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes. China includes Chinese companies listed on U.S. exchanges; ADRs of Chinese companies; H shares of companies incorporated in mainland China and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; and Red Chip shares of companies that are based in mainland China but are incorporated internationally and have a primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Russia includes Russian Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) trading on the London Stock Exchange and American Depository Receipts (ADRs) trading on U.S. exchanges. The Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index is a 50-stock index that reflects the market performance of the world's leading multinational companies. Stocks are chosen based on float-adjusted market capitalization, revenue and net income. The composition of the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index is reviewed annually in June. The Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes represent leading companies in each of the 19 Supersectors as defined by the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) within the Dow Jones Global Index Family (DJGI). The composition of the Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes is reviewed annually in June. Further information on the Dow Jones Select Dividend and Dow Jones Country Titans indexes can be found at http://www.djindexes.com Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Select Dividend and Dow Jones Country Titans indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company. Journalists may e-mail questions regarding this press release to PR-Indexes@dowjones.com. About Dow Jones Indexes A full-service index provider, Dow Jones Indexes develops, maintains and licenses indexes for use as benchmarks and as the basis of investment products. Best known for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Dow Jones Indexes also is co-owner of the Dow Jones STOXX indexes, the world's leading pan-European indexes that are an integrated segment of the Dow Jones Global Index series. Additionally, Dow Jones Indexes maintains its benchmark index series, the Dow Jones Total Stock Market Indexes, which is anchored by the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index and covers more than 12,000 securities in 65 markets. Beyond equity indexes, Dow Jones Indexes maintains a number of alternative indexes, including measures of the hedge fund and commodity markets. Dow Jones indexes are maintained according to clear, unbiased and systematic methodologies that are fully integrated within index families. www.djindexes.com Dow Jones & Company (www.dowjones.com) is a News Corporation company (Nasdaq: NWS) (Nasdaq: NWSA) (ASX:NWS) (ASX:NWSLV) (www.newscorp.com). Dow Jones is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media Group publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and the Far Eastern Economic Review. Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Dow Jones Client Solutions, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information Services. Its Local Media Group operates community-based information franchises. Dow Jones owns 50% of SmartMoney and 33% of STOXX Ltd. and provides news content to radio stations in the U.S. The Dow Jones & Company logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=4578 This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

The JW Marriott Hotel Miami voted among 2009 world's Best Business Hotels - Travel Daily News International Posted: 07 Dec 2009 02:00 AM PST The JW Marriott Hotel Miami has been voted by Travel + Leisure readers among the top hotels for business travelers around the globe. As part of the magazine's. 2009 World's Best Awards survey, readers rated hotels in 24 cities worldwide based on how well they met the highest standards of convenience, service, and comfort for the business traveler. According to a December 2009 Travel + Leisure magazine article accompanying the list, the writer noted that "these top hotels combine service, technology, and comfort - everything that today's business traveler needs on the road." "It is a great honor to be recognized as a Best Business Hotel by Travel + Leisure magazine readers",  said Florencia Rotemberg, General Manager of the JW Marriott Hotel Miami. "We are proud of the outstanding contributions of our talented professionals and their strong understanding of what business travelers need from the minute they step in the door." The JW Marriott Hotel Miami, which was named 2008 Hotel of the Year by Marriott International and awarded 2009 Elite Certified status by Elite Meetings International (EMI), is a first-class property, strategically located in the heart of the financial district that provides guests with an all-encompassing accommodation experience.  The JW Marriott Hotel Miami offers a variety of business amenities to guests such as a full-service business center, complimentary wireless Internet access in all guest rooms, spacious suites, 42" plasma television, flat screen terminals with wireless keyboards, Nespresso espresso machines in all concierge rooms and suites and Bose home theatre systems in every suite. The hotel's prestigious accolades also include its food and beverage offerings, as the property's Trapiche Room restaurant has earned a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for 2007, 2008 and 2009. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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