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• 'Getting a head start on the holiday travel (News 14 Carolina)
(MORRISVILLE) ? ?Tis the season for holiday travel and the hustle and bustle is already on. Millions of people will either hit the roads or jump on a plane to visit family for the holidays.
• 'Travel insurance protection will not become law this year (Miami Herald)
A measure prohibiting insurers from denying coverage to people who travel to ''high-risk'' destinations, including Israel and Colombia, will not become a law this year.
• '$500,000 travel bill under microscope (Herald Sun)
AN army of globe-trotting bureaucrats have chalked up an estimated half million dollar taxpayer-funded travel bill pursuing Bracks Government plans to build a giant microscope.
• 'Travel industry prepares for bird flu (Northwest Herald)
Hoping for the best but preparing for the worst, the travel and tourism business is gearing up for a widespread outbreak of avian flu among humans, a much-feared event that would put travelers and travel-industry workers on the front lines of the fight against the disease.
• 'Travel Q/A (Sun-Sentinel)
Q. I'd like to travel to Croatia but heard that Dubrovnik is getting touristy. Are there other Dalmatian coast cities you'd recommend? Also, do passenger boats run between Italy and Croatia?
• 'Early Christmas for Asia travel (Business Day)
SINGAPORE ? Asia?s travel industry is enjoying an early Christmas with strong ticket sales as Asians take off for year-end holidays in the region, unruffled by fuel surcharges and warnings of a potential bird flu pandemic.
• 'Best fares: Winter travel goes on sale (Sun-Sentinel)
We're seeing airline sales springing up for travel this winter.
• 'Travel insurance going places (The Hindu)
TRAVEL insurance is growing in terms of volume though insurance companies say their profits are under pressure due to severe competition. Leading insurers say the business has been growing at an average rate of 25 per cent per annum, though they do not have any actual figures to back it up.
• 'Travel Q & A (San Jose Mercury News)
Q We're traveling to Egypt. What should we know about security? And how can we find a Catholic church? A. There are no travel warnings about Egypt on the U.S. State Department's Web site (www.travel.state.gov). In addition, your tour operator, Grand Circle Travel, says it has escorted more than 6,000 visitors to that country this year without problem.
• 'Dubai International Airport wins Gold Award from Buying Business Travel (AME Info)
Readers of the high profile travel magazine - Buying Business travel in UK have voted Dubai International Airport the second best in the world in a recent survey for the year 2005.

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