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• 'Yearning for 'authentic' travel leads to trend of geotourism (USA Today)
traveling to a seaside New England clam shack for fried clams, listening to jazz in New Orleans, or visiting a small organic coffee farm in Guatemala could all be considered "geotourism," a relatively new term for travel that focuses on a destination's unique culture and history and aims to have visitors help enrich those qualities rather than turn the place into a typical tourist trap. travel ...
• 'The mad world of Mrs Mortimer - the un-PC travel guides of a Victorian lady (Daily Mail)
Filthy French, lawless Aussies and awful Arabs...the eye-poppingly un-PC travel guides of a Victorian lady. But 150 years ago, this parson's wife from Shropshire was the million-selling author of travel guides which advised England's youth on the perils and pitfalls awaiting them if they ever dared to leave this sceptred isle
• 'Trade Me To Launch Travel Scheme (Scoop.co.nz)
Trade Me today confirmed it will launch its new travel website in August with over 1000 accommodation providers already signed up.
• 'Robes That Travel (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)
Packing for travel is all about making choices. A lightweight travel robe could make at least one choice -- to bathrobe or not to bathrobe -- a lot easier. We tested out five of these packable robes and here's what we found.
• 'Travel outside the box ? unique destinations (MSNBC)
TODAY Travel editor Peter Greenberg on exciting, worthwhile places you might have overlooked ? Greenland, Tasmania, Montenegro and Nicaragua.
• 'Conrad Black granted bail until sentencing in November, travel restricted (CNews)
CHICAGO (CP) - Conrad Black can go free on bail until his Nov. 30 sentencing hearing but can't travel back to Canada, at least for now, a Chicago court ruled Thursday.
• 'New peace envoy Tony Blair said Thursday he would travel to the Middle East soon and was optimistic momentum could be ... (AP via Yahoo! News)
New peace envoy Tony Blair said Thursday he would travel to the Middle East soon and was optimistic momentum could be regained in moribund talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
• 'Airlines told to organise air travel for poll officers (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News)
In the wake of the presidential polls, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday directed all scheduled airlines, operating in the country, to facilitate air travel to officers on election duty and transport important election materials, mainly ballot boxes. Airlines have been asked to ensure that all flight schedules are specifically adhered to and no delays occur. All ...
• 'Trade Me now after a slice of travel pie (Stuff)
Trade Me will launch a travel website in mid-August as it aims to exploit a gap that founder Sam Morgan sees in the market.
• 'Tenant may have to move with her purple travel trailer (News 8 Austin)
Lola Stephens loves the color purple. Her restaurant, Nubian Queen Lola's Cajun Kitchen, is purple. Her clothes are purple. And much to the dismay of her landlord, the front door and trim of her travel trailer home in Southeast Austin is purple.

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