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• 'Incentive for travel agents (The Star Online)
IPOH: Perak wants to introduce a cash incentive scheme for travel agents who rope in foreigners to stay at least one night in the state.
• 'More travel firms offer hurricane 'guarantees' (USA Today)
Amid this week's kickoff of the Atlantic hurricane season and predictions of another unusually active year, more travel companies are trying to reassure skittish vacationers by launching storm-related guarantees or waivers that let them change plans without penalty.
• 'U.S. not ready to implement new travel law: report (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
The Bush administration is not ready to implement a travel law that would require everyone entering the U.S. to have a passport or some other form of national identification by Jan. 2008, according to a new report.
• 'It is apparently going to be a terrible year for summer travel. Gas prices are... (San Francisco Chronicle)
It is apparently going to be a terrible year for summer travel. Gas prices are through the roof, and the driving itself seems more and more like an act of global sabotage, so the romance of the open road -- which is harder to find all the time anyway -- may...
• 'No-Frills Air Arabia Creates a New Passion for Travel in the Persian Gulf (New York Times)
Based in the emirate of Sharjah and founded through royal decree by Sheik Sultan bin Mohammed al-Qasimi, the ruler of Sharjah, Air Arabia aims to do for air travel in the Arab world what budget airlines like Ryanair, EasyJet, JetBlue and Southwest have been doing the last decade in some Western countries.
• 'Business Travel Made Simple (Wellsville Daily Reporter)
(ARA) - The nickname for frequent business travelers - road warriors - says it all. Business travel is stressful. But experienced travelers develop their own ways of dealing with these pitfalls.
• 'Palestinian views on travel curbs (BBC News)
Four Palestinians describe how increases in Israeli travel restrictions in the West Bank are affecting their daily lives.
• 'Man dies, travel problems as Mumbai faces monsoon woes (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Rain has lashed Mumbai again as this year's early-arriving monsoon caused travel chaos and brought back memories of last year's devastating floods that left hundreds dead.
• 'Travel Tip: Pack without wrinkling your duds (Lifehacker)
For those of you packing up for summer vacation, Fodor's Travel Guide has a few tips for keeping your clothes wrinkle-free. One trick? Use plastic. Friction causes wrinkling, plastic reduces...
• 'Gov't looking into travel agencies over World Cup tickets (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ The transport ministry has begun looking into travel agencies which have been arranging package tours to Germany for the World Cup soccer finals in the wake of ticket problems at one of the agencies, ministry officials said Thursday.

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