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• 'The 2008 Business Travel Buyer's Handbook (Business Travel News)
APRIL 08, 2008 -- This 18th edition of the Business travel Buyer's Handbook updates detailed descriptions of how to perform the key processes and techniques for managing business travel.
• 'Travel Agents: Still Worth Knowing (Aviation.com via Yahoo! News)
You may have asked yourself why you would ever need a travel agent. This is the Internet age: You point and click and do it yourself. travel agents belong back there in the planet's past, like the dinosaurs.
• 'Qantas, Jetset travel agency link backed (AAP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
The Australian consumer watchdog says it will not oppose the merger of Qantas Airways Ltd's travel agency arm with Jetset Travelworld Ltd.
• 'It's Time to Think about Travel Insurance (Aviation.com via Yahoo! News)
With Aloha, ATA, Skybus and Skyway Airlines all going out of business last week in one incredible five-day free-fall, it's time for travelers to think about something they may not have considered before: travel insurance.
• 'When It Comes To Travel, Palin Packs Light (ABC Alaska News)
Unlike her predecessor, governor Sarah Palin's choice to fly Alaska Airlines has helped to keep her travel expenses down. Photo courtesy AP (AP Photo/Al Grillo).
• 'Rising travel costs aren?t keeping feds at home (Federal Times)
Agencies aren?t letting higher costs keep their employees from traveling, at least for now. Travel costs are increasing rapidly. Oil at $100-plus a barrel has driven up airfares; airlines have already hiked prices seven times this year.
• 'Numbers show Palin spends far less on travel (KTUU Anchorage)
A look at the numbers shows that former Gov. Frank Murkowski spent more than half a million dollars on travel in his last year in office. Palin tends to visit community potlucks rather than Asian capitals, though.
• 'Area travel agent to appear on Lifetime (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
A segment with a Myrtle Beach travel agent will air twice on Lifetime, a cable and satellite TV channel.
• 'Auditor general wants travel loophole closed (The Guardian)
Provincial government employees are able to charge twice for travel expenses without detection due to a lack of checks and balances, according to the auditor general?s report.
• 'French Min To Travel To Colombia After Hostage Talks Fail-AFP (Nasdaq)
PARIS (AFP)--French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner will travel to Colombia to discuss the situation after leftist rebels refused to release former French- Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, the government said Tuesday.

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