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• 'Sector Snap: Online travel stocks mostly fall (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Most online travel stocks fell Monday after an analyst lowered his price targets for Expedia Inc., Orbitz Worldwide Inc. and Priceline.com Inc., citing weakening European leisure travel trends and rising search ad competition.
• 'GOOD magazine wants travel videos of your hometown (AP via Yahoo! News)
Are you proud of your hometown? Want to show it off to the world? Do you think your neighborhood makes as good a travel destination as any place out there?
• 'Agencies file suit against state over Cuba travel (Sun-Sentinel)
A group of charter companies and travel agencies filed a lawsuit Monday that accuses the state of illegally meddling with federal policy on Cuba.
• 'AAA: Local July 4 travel expected to decrease due to gas prices (Anderson Independent-Mail)
1.3 percent less travel expected this year, according to AAA Carolinas.
• 'Fla. travel agencies sue over new Cuba travel law (AP via Yahoo! News)
Dozens of Florida-based travel agencies have sued the state trying to block a new law that would make it harder to book trips to Cuba.
• 'Last Call: Allegiant Travel declines (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
An analyst initiated coverage of leisure travel carrier Allegiant Travel Co. at "Neutral" on Monday, expecting high fuel prices and a poor economy to curb the company's capacity plans.
• 'Travel Abroad (New York Times)
Dr. Phyllis Kozarsky is a professor of medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine and the director of Travel Well, a traveler?s medical clinic in Atlanta.
• 'Expedia Corporate Travel changes name to Egencia (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Expedia Corporate Travel, a unit of online travel company Expedia Inc., said Monday that has changed its name to Egencia, added new Web site tools and agreed to buy Synergi Global Travel Management.
• 'Fla. businesses sue over Cuba travel law (AP via Yahoo! News)
More than a dozen Florida-based travel agencies and charter companies sued their state on Monday to block a new law that would make it more expensive for them to book trips to Cuba.
• 'For many, golden years mean less travel, more work (USA Today)
Many older Americans had long envisioned retirement as a period of adventure a time to indulge in frequent trips out of town to see relatives and explore places. But with food, health care costs and fuel prices soaring, many retirees have been forced to downsize their dreams of travel.

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