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• 'Travel Operator Carlson Cos. Names Joly As CEO (WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul)
travel operator Carlson Cos., owner of the Radisson hotel chain and dozens of other travel brands, named Hubert Joly as chief executive on Tuesday, ending a dispute over who would take over one of the nation's largest family run companies.
• 'David Urquhart Travel withholds dividend (The Herald)
David Urquhart travel, one of the biggest independent coach tour operators in the UK, has reported a drop in pre-tax profits and will not offer a dividend for the year that ended on April 30, according to latest figures from Companies House.
• 'Association to hold travel fair of a different kind (The Star)
The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents of the Selangor Chapter will hold the first ever MATTA International Fair Selangor Umrah and Muslim Travel (MASUM).
• 'Volunteer puts travel experience to work (North County Times)
OCEANSIDE -- Sandi Barnes figures if she wanted to work a few hours less each week, she could take on a full-time paying job. As it is, she says, she spends more than 40 hours weekly volunteering as the Oceanside Senior Center's travel coordinator and loves every minute.
• 'Despite Weak Economy, Business Travel Demand Was Up in 2008 (New York Times)
BUSINESS TRAVEL DEMAND UP IN 2008 Any weakening in the economy apparently has not yet affected most business travelers? plans this year. According to Access America, an insurance and travelers? assistance company, 26 percent of business travelers surveyed said they expected to be on the road more this year than last, and 61 percent said they expected to travel about the same amount. Among other ...
• 'Travel costs blow out at Ministry of Fisheries (Scoop.co.nz)
Travel costs at the Ministry of Fisheries have increased by 274% since 2002, says National's Fisheries spokesman, Phil Heatley. Answers to parliamentary questions show travel costs rose from $211,000 in 2002 to $789,460 in 2006/07.
• 'Saudi billionaire eyes travel agency (AME Info)
Saudi billionaire Mohammed Al Amoudi is negotiating to buy Ethiopia's National Tour Operation and Travel Agency Enterprise, reported Ethiopia's Capital newspaper. The 20-year-old state-owned agency is an unprofitable legacy of Ethiopia's former communist military government.
• 'Americans now buy more travel online than off-line (USA Today)
The year 2007 was the first in which more travel was purchased online than off-line in the U.S., according to the PhoCusWright Consumer Travel Trends Survey.
• 'Move Over, Porn: Online Travel Sales Up (ABC News)
Americans finally made more travel purchases online than off in 2007.
• 'Answering travel's big question: why? (Stuff)
The Art of travel is not your usual travel program. Rather than suggesting places where people should take their next holiday or whetting their appetites with visions of exotic locations, it offers a philosophical look at how and why we travel.

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