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• 'German travel agency to offer nudist flight (USA Today)
Nudists have an unexpected new clothing-free option: A German travel firm is offering its first-ever naked flight with a special charter trip to a Baltic Sea beach resort.
• 'Travel.com no loss, says Webjet (Australian IT)
WEBJET founder and managing director David Clarke is not upset that his attempt to take over online travel agency travel.com has been gazumped by online accommodation company Wotif.
• 'TUI Travel Raises Savings, Makes Lufthansa Agreement (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- TUI Travel Plc, Europe's largest tourism company, raised its forecast for cost savings to 150 million pounds ($298 million) a year and said weaker consumer spending hasn't led to a slowdown in summer holiday bookings.
• 'A hundred travel agencies to close after TUI-First Choice merger (Independent)
Up to a thousand jobs could be axed in the closure of 100 high-street travel agencies after the merger of the German travel company TUI's Thomson division with First Choice.
• 'Snow, wind hamper travel in southern Wyoming (USA Today)
Snow and strong winds hampered travel in southern Wyoming on Tuesday, while avalanche warnings were posted for the extreme western part of the state.
• 'Carlson travel spinoff is inside job (Pioneer Press)
Minnetonka-based Carlson Companies said today that it has spun off its Carlson Leisure Group to its management team. The company, a portfolio of leisure travel-related businesses, will operate as Travel Acquisitions Group.
• 'China: Storms Disrupt Travel, Markets (Time Magazine)
Some of the worst winter weather to hit southern China in decades took 25 more lives Tuesday when a bus plunged off an icy road, adding to the chaos the snow storms have caused during the nation's peak travel season
• 'German travel firm offers nudists bare flights (Daily Telegraph)
German nudists will be able to start their holidays early by stripping off on the plane thanks to a new service from an eastern German travel firm.
• 'TUI Travel Raises Savings, Reaches Lufthansa Accord (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)
Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- TUI Travel Plc, Europe's largest tourism company, raised its forecast for cost savings to 150 million pounds ($298 million) a year and said weaker consumer spending hasn't caused a slowdown in summer vacation bookings.
• 'TUI Travel Raises Savings, Makes Lufthansa Agreement (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- TUI travel Plc, Europe's largest tourism company, raised its forecast for cost savings to 150 million pounds ($298 million) a year, and said it may merge its airline unit with German carrier Deutsche Lufthansa AG.

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