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• 'Smithsonian Reviews Travel Records (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
An internal review of travel expenditures by Smithsonian Institution museum directors found no other problems after a former leader came under fire last year for his use of luxury airfare, hotels and limousines, officials said Wednesday.
• 'High winds are making travel hazardous both north and south of Reno. The Nevada Highway Patrol is trying to upright a ... (KOLO 8 Reno)
Trooper Scott Simon says there are no injuries but at least one of the northbound travel lanes is blocked. Simon says 60 mile-per-hour winds are blowing snow and sand across the highway.
• 'Qantas Airways Achieves Record-Breaking Bookings in January for Travel to Australia (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance)
North Americans increasingly choose to make Australia one of their favorite travel destinations. This increasing demand for travel has pushed the airline's bookings during January to record-breaking levels.
• 'Kenya: Travel Advisories Begin to Hurt Sectors (AllAfrica.com)
Travel advisories issued by various Western governments following the post-election violence that has affected various parts of the country have begun to bite, with an international conference scheduled for Nairobi being the first casualty.
• 'Carlson Leisure is now Travel Acquisitions (Miami Herald)
A management team led by Fort Lauderdale entrepreneur Michael Batt has acquired travel giant Carlson's leisure travel-related businesses. Carlson Leisure Group will now be known as Travel Acquisitions Group, and will continue to operate its current brands, including Carlson Wagonlit Travel for the roughly 500 U.S. franchisees and other agency locations.
• 'UK Government Advises Against All Travel To Chad - AFP (Nasdaq)
LONDON (AFP)--The U.K. Foreign Office Thursday advised its nationals against all travel to Chad due to increased rebel activity. already in the country should either leave quickly or remain indoors until the situation is clarified, it said.
• 'Northwest Airlines Issues Travel Reaccommodation Options Due to Forecasted Weather in the Upper Midwest (Centre Daily Times)
Due to the forecast for severe weather conditions throughout the portions of the Upper Midwest, Northwest Airlines has issued temporary travel reaccommodation options for customers scheduled to travel Friday, February 1 or Saturday, February 2, 2008. The temporary reaccommodation options allow customers to travel earlier or later than originally scheduled without penalty.
• 'Market Report: Travel firms provide an escape from the gloom (Independent)
While the rest of the market frets about the spectre of a significant slowdown in economic activity, travel companies (especially those in the package holiday business) are celebrating bumper results.
• 'US warns against travel to western Kenyan cities (The Times of India)
The State Department has warned Americans against travel to Kisumu and other western Kenyan cities.
• 'Veterans Affairs to increase disabled veterans travel benefit to obtain care (Minot Daily News)
Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., announced Thursday that the secretary of Veterans Affairs has confirmed in a letter to him that the Department of Veterans Affairs will increase the amount disabled veterans are reimbursed for travel to obtain VA health care.

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