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• 'Food: Travel + Leisure + Food + Wine Resto Guide (Gridskipper)
In a not-at-all unholy alliance, restaurant listings from travel + Leisure and Food & Wine are now compiled into a single, browsable online omnibus. The "Select Guide" is little more than a...
• 'Holmdel man sentenced in travel voucher scam (Independent)
HOLMDEL - A township man was sentenced on April 11 to 20 months in prison for defrauding the United States and the Department of Defense of more than $150,000 in false travel vouchers.
• 'Expedia Corporate Travel Taps Hotels.com's Rosner (Business Travel News)
JULY 15, 2005 -- Expedia Inc., the soon-to-be spun-off travel division of media conglomerate InterActiveCorp ( BTNOnline , Dec. 21, 2004) , yesterday announced a series of corporate restructuring moves, including the resignation of Expedia Corporate Travel president Matt Hulett and appointment of Cheryl Rosner, president of Hotels.com, to the post.
• 'DCI Forms Discovery Travel Media (MultiChannel News)
Discovery Communications Inc. is forming an integrated travel-media business that will include Travel Channel, online assets including Travel?s site ( travel.discovery.com ), recently announced broadband offering Travel Channel Beyond and on-demand and mobile platforms, officials said Wednesday.
• 'Travel agents' deals 'misleading' (BBC News)
A survey of travel agents finds more than a third are displaying misleading offers in their windows.
• 'AMR Corp. narrows loss, sees robust summer travel (Market Watch)
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- AMR Corp. reported Wednesday a $92 million first-quarter loss, far less than the $162 million it lost a year ago, and said it expects a brisk summer travel season will bring it closer to breaking even.
• 'Kiosk gives tourists information at travel plaza (The Portland Business Journal)
A three-dimensional travel kiosk, the final phase of the new Woodburn Travel Plaza, was unveiled Wednesday during a ceremony recognizing the project's trio of founding partners: Woodburn Company Stores, Oregon Travel Information Council and Woodburn Area Chamber of Commerce.
• 'The 25 Most Influential Executives Of The Business Travel Industry, 2005 (Business Travel News)
JANUARY 23, 2006 -- The roster of the 25 decision makers who exerted the greatest sway over the corporate travel industry in the past year constitutes an awesome lineup.
• 'The U.S. ban on travel to Cuba devastates local families (Granma Internacional)
A rare visit to SLO next week by a musician from Cuba brings into the spotlight the U.S. ban on travel to and from our Caribbean neighbor. It's a prohibition that hits especially close to home for two prominent local Cuban-Americans who aren't allowed to go back to see their families.
• 'Pain in the Pump? Another Reason to Travel Michigan (The Auto Channel)
LANSING, Mich., April 19 -- When gas prices begin their expected upward climb this summer, don't cancel your travel plans, reroute them to stay in Michigan. Why spend countless hours on a cross country trek, when there are thousands of one-tank trips you can take right in your own backyard?

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