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• 'Duck race airs on Travel Channel (The Deming Headlight)
Deming's Great American Duck Race will be featured on the travel show "Enchantments" this Sunday (April 20th) on KWBQ, Albuquerque's CW which can be found on channel 17 on Comcast Cable, and channel 19 on DirecTV and Dish Network.
• 'Christian Travel Planner guide to faith-based trips (AP via Yahoo! News)
A guide to faith-based trips is out called "The Christian travel Planner."
• 'Have bus pass, will travel (Guardian Unlimited)
Travel: Hilary Bradt on her travels east to west across the country using a free, over 60s bus pass
• 'EU to negotiate visa-free travel to US (AFP via Yahoo! News)
EU nations agreed Friday to open negotiations as a bloc with Washington on visa-free US travel, after some eastern members sought their own bilateral deals.
• 'Oman Air a lead sponsor Of Oman Travel Market (AME Info)
Oman Air the National carrier of the Sultanate has contributed as a lead Sponsor of Oman Travel Market, the Sultanate's inclusive event for promoting and marketing of inbound, outbound and intra-regional tourism.
• 'MOU signed to allow South Koreans visa-free travel to US (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Washington and Seoul signed an agreement here Friday that will allow South Koreans to travel visa-free to the United States as soon as later this year.
• 'In Cuba, speculation on possible travel freedom shockwave (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Speculation was rife Friday that Cuba could soon scrap unpopular policies requiring citizens to get costly permits to leave and return to the country, ending what effectively amounts to a decades-old travel ban.
• 'Pet travel awards honor NYC, Continental, Austin hotel, Arizona resort, and Louisiana shelter (Austin American-Statesman)
An animal-lovers magazine is honoring New York, Continental Airlines, an Austin hotel and an Arizona resort with pet travel awards.
• 'Slow travel movement really wants you to stop and smell the roses (The Fresno Bee)
Denise Edelstein of Crystal stumbled onto the idea of slow travel when she was looking for advice on travel to Italy. At slowtrav.com, a California-based site with more than 8,000 registered users, she found adherents of the slowness movement who share advice on rental houses and apartments, public transport and public markets.
• 'Girlfriends' getaways a booming trend in travel (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
NEW YORK (AP) - Girlfriends' getaways - where women travel with other women and leave the menfolk home - are booming. And the phenomenon is not just about bachelorette parties or 20-somethings on spring break.

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