Continental flies solo; ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’; EOS shuts down

Good morning travelers! I hope you had a great weekend.

I saw “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” this weekend and Turtle Bay Resort got just as much exposure as Jason Segel’s you-know-what. A large portion of the film was shot at Turtle Bay, located on the North Shore of Oahu. I checked out their website and even the rooms look a lot alike.

If “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” enticed you to try a Hawaiian getaway, check out Turtle Bay’s “North Shore Romance” package. It includes a Hertz convertible rental, daily buffet breakfast and champagne with strawberries starting at $502 per night (pre-tax, two-night minimum).

Airline news | Continental will not seek a merger with United Airlines. Speculation was building that Continental might join with United to create the world’s largest airline, but Continental announced on Sunday that it would not be seeking a merger with any airline right away.

In other aviation news, the all-business-class airline Eos (which was contracted by Maxjet back in Dec. ‘07 to accommodate their New York-London passengers when Maxjet ceased operations) shut down and canceled all flights after April 27, 2008. [Upgrade: Travel Better]

Shark attack update | San Diego beaches that were closed following the fatal shark attack last week will reopen Monday.

More SoCal news | Take a virtual L.A. mob murders tour. The LAT’s Daily Mirror historical crime blog has a Google map of mob murders that took place in L.A. between 1906 and 1951.

— Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times Travel Deal Blogger

[Photo: Hannelore Foerster / Bloomberg News]

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