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• 'Travel Recommender NileGuide Raises $8 Million Second Round (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
travel reviews aggregator NileGuide has secured an $8 million second round, the company tells us. Austin Ventures led the round, with additional backing from Lehman Brothers Venture Partners and existing investors Draper Richards and KPG Ventures.
• 'Air date for Travel Channel show set (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
The Grand Strand will have its big moment on The travel Channel in July.
• 'LastMinuteTravel.com is First Online Travel Agent to Launch Interactive Campaign for Web Users with Dapper MashupAds (Centre Daily Times)
In the first partnership of its kind, LastMinuteTravel.com and Dapper MashupAds join together to create a dynamic online advertising alliance that beams the site's last minute hotel, flight, vacation package, and cruise inventory to targeted travel websites in real-time. "For instance, if a consumer is reading an article about New York City while browsing an online travel guide, the banner will ...
• 'Travel Trends: Tips For Summer Travel (The Chattanoogan)
by L. West Oehmig, Jr. Welcome to this month?s travel article in which I will address items that I hope will be helpful and informative for you and your family.
• 'Travel agents say fewer Singaporeans holidaying in US, Europe (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News)
SINGAPORE: Travel agents said more Singaporeans are opting to holiday in destinations that are closer to home this June school holidays.
• 'Travel Recommender NileGuide Raises $8 Million Second Round (CBS News)
Travel reviews aggregator NileGuide has secured an $8 million second round, the company tells us. Austin Ventures led the round, with addition backing from Lehman Brothers Venture Partners and existing investors Draper Richards and KPG Ventures. This brings NileGuide's total funding to over $9.5 million.
• 'School Holiday Travel Packages (BruDirect.com)
Bandar Seri Begawan - Tours and travel agencies are expected to boost their ticket sales in conjunction with the 15-day second term school holidays from June 15 to 29.
• 'No Travel: Hanson, Hutchinson Counties (KELO Sioux Falls)
Hanson and Hutchinson County Emergency Management are advising no travel on secondary roads Thursday night.
• 'LastMinuteTravel.com is First Online Travel Agent to Launch Interactive Campaign for Web Users with Dapper MashupAds (Broadcast Newsroom)
ORLANDO, Fla., BUSINESS WIRE -- In the first partnership of its kind, LastMinuteTravel.com and Dapper MashupAds join together to create a dynamic online advertising alliance that beams the site's last minute hotel, flight, vacation package, and cruise inventory to targeted travel websites in real-time.
• 'Registered Nurse Blazes Trail as Medical Travel Professional (Centre Daily Times)
When Stephanie Sulger, then a registered nurse specializing in operating room nursing and staff management in the New York City metropolitan area, took fledgling steps into the world of medical tourism, she never envisioned becoming vice president of the nation's leading medical travel company. Her first experiences as an entrepreneur and president of Medical Tours International (MTI), a medical ...

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