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• 'Carlson Wagonlit Travel Acquires Piedmont Travel (Hospitality Net)
Minneapolis, July 28, 2008?Carlson Wagonlit travel (CWT), the leading business travel management company, has signed a definitive agreement and acquired the travel operations of Piedmont travel, Inc., South Carolina"s largest travel firm, located in Greenville.
• 'New US travel screening measure goes online Aug. 1 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Europeans and others who travel visa-free to the United States can start registering in August for a new online security screening check that will become mandatory in January to enter the U.S., officials said Monday.
• 'Travel cost woe for businesses (TVNZ)
There is little relief on the horizon for businesses struggling with increasing travel costs. The American Express Business Travel Monitor shows that airfares in the Asia-Pacific region are up 3% for the last quarter, and 9% for the year.
• 'First Annual Drop in Road Travel Since 1980 Expected (The New York Sun)
WASHINGTON ? American motorists, paying record prices for gasoline, drove less for a seventh consecutive month in May, pointing toward the first annual drop in road travel since 1980. "$4 per gallon may have been the trigger point we've been looking for," the managing director for travel and tourism at the consulting firm Global Insight Inc. in Lexington, Massachusetts, Kenneth McGill, said. ...
• 'Travel agent arrested, charged with theft in aborted church group cruise (Macon Telegraph)
A travel agent was arrested today on felony charges over a botched cruise for a local church group.
• 'U.S. Testing Online Travel Approval Plan (WebProNews)
Travelers who do not need a visa to fly to the United States will have to answer questions about their health and criminal background under a new electronic system launched today. Starting January 12, 2009, people traveling to the U.S. from the 27 visa waiver countries will be required to fill out an Electronic System for Travel Authorization ( ESTA ) form online three days before departure. ...
• 'Sector roundup: Online travel sites, airlines (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Online travel stocks traded mixed Monday, with shares of Priceline.com Inc. rising after an analyst upgraded the stock but shares of rival Orbitz Worldwide Inc. sinking following bearish analyst commentary.
• 'Typhoon lashes Taiwan, hitting schools and travel (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Typhoon Fung-wong slammed into Taiwan's east coast Monday, bringing fierce winds and heavy rains that forced the closure of schools and offices across the island and severely disrupted travel.
• 'U.S. to require some travelers to get Internet authorization for travel to America (International Herald Tribune)
While the U.S. authorities recommended that applications be submitted 72 hours before travel, in most cases authorization would be virtually instantaneous and valid for two years for multiple journeys.
• 'Online registration for visa-free travel to U.S. begins testing phase (International Herald Tribune)
Europeans and others who travel visa-free to the United States can start registering in August for a new online security screening check that will become mandatory in January, officials said Monday.

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