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• 'Credit crisis hits travel firm Transat (Toronto Star)
MONTREAL?Global travel company Transat A.T. Inc. says its fourth-quarter profit dropped to $7.7 million, from a year-earlier $13.6 million, after one-time charges, including a loss provision for asset-backed commercial paper.
• 'Storm warning says travel today instead of Sunday (The Buffalo News)
With a potentially intense winter storm forecast to kick into gear late tonight, forecasters are advising the public to make all necessary weekend travel today.
• 'BCD Travel Plans Changes At The Top (Business Travel News)
The announcement by BCD Holdings earlier this month that CEO Joop Drechsel also will assume the title and responsibilities of CEO of BCD Travel on Jan. 1, 2008, emphasizes the expectations for the further growth of the travel management company, now the largest operation within the holding company's portfolio.
• 'Travel (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)
Next summer, as Beijing hosts the Olympics, two million people are expected to visit China. Several travel books have arrived that might serve as useful primers.
• 'The Secret to Holiday Travel Savings (Albert Lea Tribune)
(ARA) - AAA estimates that 38.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this holiday season, a 2.7 percent increase from last year. Of this, 4.8 million will travel by plane. This means millions of people spending top dollar for choice airline seats.
• 'Travel Troubleshooter: No rain check from Hotwire (CNN.com)
Jennifer Holland prepays for a hotel room on Hotwire.com. But a severe storm threatens to wash out her vacation. Holland wants the travel site to give her a rain check, but it won't, insisting its rooms are nonrefundable. She checks in, but finds her room is unusable. What, if anything, does Hotwire owe her?
• 'Don't Travel--But if You Must--Here's How (13WHAM Rochester)
Rochester/Counties in Upstate N.Y. - Travel of any kind is discouraged through Sunday night.
• 'Regency is ?world?s best travel agency? (Gulf Times)
REGENCY Travel and Tours of Qatar has been named as the world?s best travel agency by the World Travel Awards at a function on Turks and Caicos Islands, in the Caribbean.
• 'Meetings Beat: TRX Partners For Meeting Travel Booking (Business Travel News)
NOVEMBER 19, 2007 -- Travel technology company TRX and Atlanta-based meeting technology solution provider SignUp4 late last month announced a partnership to integrate TRX's ResX corporate online travel booking tool into SignUp4's enterprise event and travel management tool.
• 'Red-hot Musketeers travel to the desert to take on Sun Devils (The Sports Network)
Red-hot Musketeers travel to the desert to take on Sun Devils

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