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• 'Travel Agents Selling Out Of Sugar Bowl Packages (KITV Honolulu)
At least one Honolulu travel company is looking to charter flights to accommodate the number of Hawaii fans who want to go to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.
• 'Travel Agents Selling Out Of Sugar Bowl Packages (KITV TheHawaiiChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
travel agents on Monday quickly sold out of New Orleans tour packages for the Sugar Bowl, where the University of Hawaii football team will play on New Year's Day.
• 'Literary, theater themes in travel books (AP via Yahoo! News)
Three new travel books offer interesting perspectives on destinations and their connections to theater and literature.
• 'Business travel costs expected to rise 6% next year (USA Today)
It's getting repetitive: Business travel costs will rise next year. According to the American Express Global Business Travel Forecast, the average cost of a domestic business trip including airfare, lodging and car rental costs will rise 6% in 2008 to $1,110. The average cost of an international business trip will rise nearly 7% to $3,171.
• 'Onondaga County Travel Advisory (CBS 5 News Syracuse)
A travel advisory is in affect in Onondaga County because of limited visibility and dangerous road conditions.
• 'Hog Fans Keeping Travel Companies Busy (KTHV Little Rock)
Itâ??s official. The Hogs are headed to the AT&T Cotton Bowl where they'll play Missouri. Die hard fans are looking for tickets to the game, and they are keeping travel companies busy.
• 'Burns' Travel To Singapore & Australia Dec. 3-6 (Scoop.co.nz)
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicolas Burns will travel to Singapore, Canberra, and Sydney December 3-6.
• 'Air travel with serious lung disease can be safe (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
People with emphysema and other serious lung diseases can safely travel by airplane, but they should be evaluated by their doctor beforehand, according to researchers.
• 'Air travel, lung disease can be safe (TVNZ)
People with emphysema and other serious lung diseases can safely travel by aeroplane, but they should be evaluated by their doctor beforehand, according to researchers.
• 'Middle East opportunity knows no limits - still huge potential for travel retail growth (AME Info)
A record 390 travel retail delegates from across the Middle Eastern region and beyond attended this year's MEDFA duty free conference, held at the Al Murooj Rotana in Dubai.

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