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• 'Starwood Inks Deal With Travel Channel (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Starwood Hotels & Resorts said Wednesday it will make the travel Channel available in all Westin, Sheraton and Four Points hotels in the U.S.
• 'DALN: Acquisition of Medical Travel and Weight Loss Assets of DAL Group (Nasdaq)
DAL International Ltd. (DALN) has acquired the following assets; Medical travel International, Medical Doctors International, Hospital International, Balloon Weight Loss and AltiCard from DAL Group Ltd., a private Nevada corporation.
• 'Tallying Summer Travel Woes (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)
The first half of 2007 has been the worst for air travel delays since the government started keeping detailed statistics 13 years ago. And preliminary numbers show July is not looking much better.
• 'Last week to be listed in travel guide (Northern Virginia Times Community)
Anyone interested in promoting Rappahannock County tourism has less than one week to submit attractions, events and businesses to be listed in the 2008 Virginia Is For Lovers Travel Guide.
• 'Cathay Pacific's First-Half Profit Rises 55% on China Travel (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Asia's second most profitable carrier, said first-half net income rose 55 percent on China's rising demand for air travel.
• 'EU eyeing advanced travel security system (UPI)
The European Union is considering adopting a more advanced travel security system that potentially could include electronic screening of passengers.
• 'Profiles In Travel Management: Rockwell Reaps Pre-Trip Rewards (Business Travel News)
Using an automated, mandated pre-trip authorization tool, Rockwell Automation increased advance ticket purchases and nonrefundable ticket use and decreased business class travel, reaping substantial savings in the first quarter of 2007.
• 'EU eyeing advanced travel security system (Moldova.org)
The European Union is considering adopting a more advanced travel security system that potentially could include electronic screening of passengers.EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini is compiling a report for his fellow EU officials on the matter and is scheduled to unveil his findings at an interior ministers' meeting in September, The EU Observer reported Wednesday.The proposed system, ...
• 'EU eyeing advanced travel security system (EARTHtimes.org)
The European Union is considering adopting a more advanced travel security system that potentially could include electronic screening of passengers. EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini is compiling a report for his fellow EU officials on the matter an...
• 'A brief history of time travel (Daily Telegraph)
Time travel, reckons Cambridge University's Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, Stephen Hawking, is not possible "for if it was, they would already be here telling us about it".

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