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• 'Online Travel Sellers Get Break From Orlando Judge (CBS4 Miami)
Orange County will not be able to collect higher hotel taxes from online travel companies after a judge threw out a lawsuit brought by county officials. Orange County Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Mackinnon dismissed the lawsuit on Friday.
• 'Orange County judge throws out case against online travel companies (Naples Daily News)
Orange County won?t be able to collect higher hotel taxes from online travel companies after a judge threw out a lawsuit being brought by county officials. The county contended the Internet hotel-booking agencies were not fully paying local taxes. County officials learned of the lawsuit?s dismissal by Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Mackinnon on Friday.
• 'Amazon radar failure deepens Brazil air travel woes (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Radar that tracks planes over the vast Amazon jungle failed for several hours early on Saturday, forcing a dozen international flights to change course, Brazil's airports authority said.
• 'Where Women Advise Women on Solo Travel (New York Times)
Bucking the trend toward networking travel sites, JourneyWoman.com is one of a few that encourage women to go solo.
• 'Malaysia issues travel advisory not to visit Pakistan (ANI via Yahoo! India News)
Islamabad, July 21 (ANI): Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar has asked the country's citizens to not to travel to Pakistan in view of the recent wave of violence there. "The situation in Pakistan is unstable. I think it is very dangerous for our people to go there unless there is a pressing need to go," The Star newspaper quoted Albar, as ...
• ''1,000 Places to See Before You Die' author lives for travel (The Pantagraph)
DALLAS -- Ever since her familyâ??s clunky station wagon pulled out of their upstate New York driveway when she was 4 and headed to the beaches of Atlantic City, Patricia Schultz has been hooked on travel.
• 'Travel changes (Carroll County Online)
If the Baltimore Metropolitan Council gets its way, Carroll County will see big changes in travel over the next 30 years. In Transportation Outlook 2035, a report updated every four years, the council recommends overhauling some of Carroll?s main roads and intersections.
• 'Rain causes travel disruption (BBC News)
Severe weather causes travel chaos across England.
• 'Travel: Capturing a airfare deal (Money via Yahoo! Finance)
Do you ever feel as though making airline reservations takes longer than the flight itself?
• 'Sinking Feeling: Travel agency closes; cruise payments lost (Palatka Daily News)
Imagine booking the cruise of a lifetime only to find out the travel agency you used to book that cruise went out of business and left you high and dry.

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