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• 'ITA picked by DOD for travel system (BizJournals)
Cambridge's ITA Software Inc. reports the U.S. Department of Defense has selected ITA's airfare pricing, shopping and availability system to upgrade the DOD's automated travel management system.
• 'France issues travel warning against Afghanistan (People's Daily)
France issued Monday a strong travel advisory warning its nationals against visiting Afghanistan due to the worsening security situation there. "Security situation in Afghanistan has continued to deteriorate in the past few days, includ ...
• 'Online travel services ready for take-off (China Daily)
China's online travel services are taking off, with even greater growth forecast for the next few years.
• 'US travel industry eyes 200-million-dollar program to woo visitors (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The US travel industry and its allies are pressing Congress for a marketing program of as much as 200 million dollars to help restore America's "brand image" with international visitors.
• 'Travel trouble continues for Northwest Airlines passengers (WMCTV Memphis)
There's more travel trouble for Northwest Airlines passengers flying in and out of Memphis and other cities. Officials said there were nearly 200 flight cancellations this past weekend. Northwest Airlines
• '(AFX UK Focus) 2007-07-31 04:28 GMT: China online travel market worth 1.54 bln yuan last yr, up 82 pct on-yr - report (Interactive Investor)
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - China's online travel market was worth 1.54 bln yuan last year, up 82 pct from the year before, the China Daily said, citing a report by Shanghai-based iResearch.
• 'U.S. pro-Cuba protesters defy travel ban (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
American protesters walked across the border from Canada on Saturday after a visit to Cuba that violated a U.S. travel ban, in the spotlight after Michael Moore's film on health care in both countries.
• 'Human trafficking: one more travel agent brought to Delhi (Calcutta News)
Probing a human trafficking scam involving suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Babubhai Katara, Delhi Police Monday brought one more travel agent from Hyderabad to the capital for further investigations.
• 'Non-Travel E-Commerce Flies High (WebProNews)
A 23 percent climb in non-travel online retail contributed to a substantial gain in spending for the second quarter of 2007. The mild start to the year in e-commerce gained steam as the second quarter showed a nice increase, as well as a gain from the same quarter last year. ComScore said US online consumer spending totaled $47.5 billion for the second quarter of 2007. Of that spending, ...
• 'Human trafficking: one more travel agent brought to Delhi (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Probing a human trafficking scam involving suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Babubhai Katara, Delhi Police Monday brought one more travel agent from Hyderabad to the capital for further investigations.

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