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• 'AAA: Labor Day travel to grow less than a percent (BizJournals)
Good news for businesses than rely on tourists who drive: AAA expects no let up in Labor Day holiday weekend travel, despite record gas prices.
• 'Thrifty Announces Winners of 'Hug Your Travel Agent' Contest (The Auto Channel)
TULSA, Okla., Aug. 23, 2005 -- Thrifty Car Rental, a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. , today announced the winners of its "Hug Your travel Agent" contest.
• 'Pre-registration for ".travel" domain names begins (Tom's Hardware Guide)
Encirca, an ICANN-accredited domain name registrar, announced Tuesday that it has begun pre-registration for travel and tourism companies that would like to adopt a dot travel (.travel) domain name.
• 'Registration for Travel Domain Name Takes Flight (Ziff Davis via Yahoo! News)
Travel and tourism companies can now pre-register their .travel domain names through Encirca.
• 'Gay and Lesbian Travel Awards Announced (Gay Wired)
(San Francisco, CA) - Editors of PlanetOut Inc.'s Out&About Travel have announced the winners (and losers) of the 12th annual Out&About Travel Awards, led by Spain, which won the coveted title of "Destination of the Year" for 2005.
• 'U.S. Labor Day Travel to Be Curbed by Gasoline Prices (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
U.S. Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The number of Americans traveling for the Labor Day weekend may have the smallest increase for any holiday period in more than two years amid record gasoline prices, according to AAA, the largest U.S. travel group.
• 'Attacks leave travel plans up in air for Benton graduate (Benton Courier)
Benton's Jamie Fugitt, right, and Amanda Tackett were going to enjoy time in London soon, but Tackett's travel plans are on hold after the bombings in London Thursday. Fugitt is currently studying in England.
• 'Record High Gas Prices to Cause No Drop off in Labor Day Holiday Travel, Says AAA; AAA Offers Tips To Keep Vacation Gas (The Auto Channel)
ORLANDO, Fla.--Aug. 2, 20053, 2005--Despite record gas prices averaging more than $2.61 per gallon, AAA expects no let up in travel for the Labor Day holiday weekend.
• 'Albany, N.Y. : Timesunion.com : Life : Travel (Times Union)
With fall foliage season just around the corner, we want to show off your interpretations of nature's autumnal glory from seasons past. Send us your most eye-catching images and we will post the best from the submissions we receive in our fall travel photo gallery.
• 'AAA Reports Labor Day Travel Expected Higher Despite Gas Prices (The Auto Channel)
BURNSVILLE, Minn., Aug. 23, 2005 -- Despite national record-high gas prices averaging more than $2.61 per gallon, AAA expects no let up in travel for the Labor Day holiday weekend.

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