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• 'Heavy rain sparks travel warning (BBC News)
Motorists in Cumbria are being urged not to travel unless absolutely necessary due to the risk of flooding.
• 'Chaos as tyre blaze halts road and rail travel (The Herald)
Firefighters have been edging closer to the heart of a blaze at a massive pile of tyres more than 24 hours after it broke out. The fire at a tyre recycling depot, beside Scotland's busiest road and a busy railway line, caused further travel disruption yesterday.
• 'Heavy snow blamed for 15 deaths, travel chaos in China ahead of New Year travel spike (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Unusually heavy snowfall in central China was blamed for at least 15 deaths and stranded hundreds of thousands of people ahead of the peak Lunar New Year travel season, state media said Monday.
• 'Travel Advisory Lifted in Oswego (WSYR 9 Syracuse)
The travel advisory in the City of Oswego has been lifted.
• 'NBTA Survey Augurs 2008 Travel Cost Hike (Business Travel News)
OCTOBER 17, 2007 -- Corporate travel buyers should expect a 6 percent to 8 percent overall increase in published travel costs, according to the National Business Travel Association's 2008 U.S. Business Travel Overview & Cost Forecast report released today.
• 'Central China tries to dig out after heavy snows create travel chaos for Lunar New Year (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Heavy snow in a central Chinese province caused travel chaos Tuesday, delaying 300,000 people hoping to return to their families for the traditional Lunar New Year holiday, state media said.
• 'Heavy snow blamed for 10 deaths, travel chaos ahead of China's Lunar New Year (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
BEIJING - Unusually heavy snowfall in central China has been blamed for at least 10 deaths and stranded hundreds of thousands of people ahead of China's peak Lunar New Year travel season.
• 'XtremeMac unveils InCharge Home, Travel (MacNN)
XtremeMac has released InCharge Home and InCharge Travel, the newest additions to the company's line of power devices designed to safely charge Apple's iPhone and iPod. Both models are 'Works with iPhone' and 'Made for iPod' approved, certifying that they meet Apple's performance standards. The InCharge Home is a wall charger designed for use as an...
• 'Travel & Tourism leaders forecast continued growth (Scoop.co.nz)
Travel & Tourism leaders forecast continued growth for 2008(Forimmediaterelease.net) Despite repercussions of the ongoing global credit crunch, Travel&Tourism leaders today revealed that the industry will moderately be impacted and signalled continued growth rates for 2008 at a reduced pace.
• 'Local Presence Weak at Nordic Travel Fair (St. Petersburg Times)
The largest Nordic travel fair, Matka, held at the Helsinki Fair Center from Jan. 17-20, hosted more than 1000 exhibitors this year from nearly 80 different countries.

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