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• 'Hilton Hotels Corp. new offering for travel agency commission processing (Smart Travel News)
Hilton Hotels Corporation is to offer what is calls an ?exceptional travel Agency Commission Processing and an online resource for agencies and hotels to track their incoming and outgoing commissions and process future meeting planner commissions, at www.tacsnet.com.?...
• 'South Africa: Youth League's R4.5m Travel Gift From Kebble (AllAfrica.com)
Slain businessman Brett Kebble had paid R4.5 million for the travel costs of the ANC Youth League to a conference and had given Popo Molefe, former North West Province premier, a loan of R600 000.
• 'New Falls travel guide put out by Frommer (The Buffalo News)
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - This tourist destination has been mentioned in Frommer's travel guides for several years, but now the travel "bible" has put out a whole book on the area.
• '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.
• 'Central African Republic Travel Warning (Kansas City InfoZine)
This Travel Warning is being re-issued to provide U.S. citizens with updated security information on the Central African Republic (CAR). It supersedes the Travel Warning for the CAR issued April 19, 2005.
• 'Travel industry trots out driver incentives (USA Today)
With gas prices soaring almost as quickly as spring pollen counts, nervous travel companies and drive-to destinations are offering earlier-than-normal incentives to hit the road, from $20 ethanol vouchers in South Dakota to discounts of $10 per car-engine cylinder at bed-and-breakfast inns in Maine.
• 'Disease Travel (ScienCentral)
"Follow the money," is how investigators track crime. But can the money trail also show how disease spreads? This ScienCentral News video explains. The modern age of travel means we can move around the globe faster than ever. And so can infectious diseases.
• 'Hilton improves travel agent billing access (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Hilton Hotels Corp. says it is offering new services to travel agents who put their clients in Hilton properties.
• '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.
• '$1.8m online travel buy has the mouse roaring (The Age)
DOTCOM entrepreneur Daniel Petre has scooped up nearly 20 per cent of travel.com.au and is set to take a seat on the online travel agent's board, sending its shares soaring.

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