I'm sure it's happened to you, you want to find the best bar, restaurant or hotspot around town and you go online to find where to go. If you've tried sites like Yellowpages.com or Local.com, you really have no idea of what type of businesses are listed. Well I just discovered a company that looks to change the way we experience the Yellowpages online, the company is called CitySpur.

With the growing economic uncertainty and the cold, winter months just around the corner, Costa Rica has become the ideal place where families can warm up, learn about their natural environment and be green without spending a lot of money this season. Due to its wide variety of activities, hotels, restaurants and impressive leadership in the sustainable tourism arena, this small Central American country is sure to satisfy every type of personality and offer the experience of a lifetime allowing travelers to make their dollar stretch farther this season.

Hotel Derek, the chic boutique hotel with the fashionable Galleria address, is getting an extremely gorgeous makeover. The $2.5 million renovation includes a complete transformation of the hotel’s 314 rooms, including its suites, and floor landings, adding a warm, residential feel to the hotel. The renovation will be complete by January 2009. Hotel Derek remains open for business as usual.

South African Airways has announced that it will operate new non-stop service from New York JFK to Johannesburg beginning May 1, 2009. Flight SA204, which will now depart at 11:35AM and arrive in Johannesburg at 8:45AM the following day, opens up a host of online connections, taking more travelers to more of Africa through SAA’s Johannesburg hub.

Severe weather can be both frightening and dangerous for automobile travel. Extreme cold temperatures make vehicles more likely to breakdown if proper maintenance has not been performed, and heavy snow falls and icy road conditions can lead to vehicles sliding off the road and becoming stuck in the snow.

Scrapping the Pachyderm Forest now under construction at the Los Angeles Zoo would not only defy the wishes of voters who overwhelmingly approved expanding and enhancing the zoo’s facilities, it would also cost a minimum of $17 million, a new analysis by the non-profit Greater Los Angeles Zoo Assn. shows.