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• 'Business Travel Made Simple (Harrisburg Daily Register)
(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.
• 'Gas and jokes aside, RV travel is 'a bargain' (USA Today)
Though near-record fuel prices might prompt some RVers to hang up the keys this spring and summer, most still will be hitting the road, albeit with trips closer to home and longer campground stays. With airfares and hotel bills increasing, RV travel is "still a bargain," says Bob Calderone of Cruise America.
• 'Travel arrangements for Chen 'consistent' with US practice: official (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The US State Department was responsible for a decision to restrict Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian's US travel options to a brief stopover in Alaska, a White House spokesman said.
• 'Review of free bus travel limits (BBC News)
A Devon council reviews its policy on free bus travel after calls for pass holders to be able to travel further.
• 'Sheraton Utama Hotel Hosts Travel Santai Crew (BruDirect.com)
Bandar Seri Begawan - Sheraton Utama Hotel recently hosted a one-night stay for six television crew members from Indonesia, who were in the Sultanate to shoot a travel programme featuring Brunei Darussalam as a unique travel destination.
• 'USOC makes travel plans to potential Olympic cities (AP) (Yahoo! Sports - Turin 2006)
U.S. Olympic Committee officials will travel the country during the next two weeks in their first major step toward finding a city to serve as America's candidate to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Houston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco are on the itinerary the USOC announced Wednesday.
• 'Travel Team joins American Express network (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
The Travel Team Inc. has joined the American Express Travel Network, a move that gives the Buffalo agency an edge when dealing with customers of the credit card service.
• 'Flying J Travel Plaza Problems (WTVY-TV 4)
In the past, residents have been up in arms with the idea of the Flying J travel plaza making a home in Dothan. The plaza is slated to be at the corner of South Oates and Ross Clark Circle and people are expecting heavy traffic problems with the new business.
• 'Spinning tales of travel (Minnesota Public Radio)
Two travel writers share their trade secrets, along with the joys and perils of getting paid to travel.
• 'Warning on Timor travel (Sydney Morning Herald)
AUSTRALIANS were warned last night to reconsider any travel to East Timor after what the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade described as a 'high level of communal tension and the potential for politically motivated violence'. -

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