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• 'Top travel jobs: Back paddle! Lean in! Get down! That's the life! (USA Today)
For nine years, James Rodger has been running rapids on wild rivers from California to Turkey to Australia to Chile, primarily for Angels Camp, Calif.-based outfitter O.A.R.S. He sleeps most nights under a blanket of stars lulled by the white noise of the river's roar.
• 'Top travel jobs: Just a gig afloat dancing with the ladies on the high seas (USA Today)
Armed with dancing shoes, a crisp tuxedo, breath mints and a spritz or two of cologne, so-called "gentlemen hosts" fox-trot and rumba their way across the oceans on many cruise lines. Their passage is gratis, plus the gig typically pays an allowance for incidentals.
• 'US bird flu team to travel to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A US team of experts, currently investigating the deadly bird flu outbreak in Turkey, will also travel to neighboring Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, a US embassy spokesman said.
• 'Top travel jobs: The world is her oyster with Dom Perignon (USA Today)
But as a travel director for the deluxe tour operator INTRAV, Nancy Jane Earnhardt gets paid to go along on 22-day global blitzes via private jet. And she packs enough goodies, not to mention personal travel savvy, to make the passengers happy that she's along for the ride.
• 'Online travel site: Miami and Fort Lauderdale among top Valentine's destinations (South Florida Business Journal)
Vacationspot.com has named Miami and Fort Lauderdale as among its top 10 most popular destinations for romantic, St. Valentine's Day travel.
• 'Top travel jobs: Nothing escapes this guy (USA Today)
As the managing director of a hotel inspection company, Trent Walsh and 13 employees anonymously check into hotels, including the 420 members of the upscale Leading Hotels of the World group, to see whether they're up to snuff.
• 'Five jobs in the travel biz: Been there, reported that (USA Today)
As the rather grandly titled Global Travel Editor of Lonely Planet, Don George writes and edits books for the guidebook publisher, oversees a monthly newspaper column and fields traveler questions in a weekly online column, "What Would Don George Do?"
• 'Valley places sixth in travel trends ranking (The Business Journal of Phoenix)
The Carlson Wagonlit Travel Associates' 2006 Travel Trends Survey ranked the Phoenix/Scottsdale area as the sixth-most-popular travel destination in the United States.
• 'Travel counselors needed for centers (Plain Talk)
The South Dakota Office of Tourism is accepting applications for travel counselors and supervisors at 10 Information Centers along Interstates 29 and 90.
• 'Customers Vote: United Is Best Airline for North American Travel (RedNova)
CHICAGO, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United was voted best airline for North American travel and United Mileage Plus was voted best frequent flyer program for the 10th year in a row, in Business traveler's annual travel industry contest.

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