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• '"Night Owls" Take to the Web for Travel Bookings (Scoop.co.nz)
Auckland, Thursday June 1 2006 - travel bookings via the internet continue to climb with many New Zealanders using the web between 8 pm and 7am to look, book and pay for their holidays.
• 'U.S. not ready to implement new travel law: report (CBC)
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.
• '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.
• 'Google Green Travel (Search Engine Journal)
Google Green Travel Google has put together a rather nice looking map-based eco-friendly travel site. Most of the straight searches default to Google Maps/Local. But if you click on the featured cities on the left, you?ll see a very nice presentation of content on a map (including video [although it wasn?t working for me]). See, video [...]
• 'Rooney to travel with England ahead of scan (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Wayne Rooney will travel to Germany with the England squad on Monday before returning home two days later for a scan on his injured foot.
• 'Highway 1 travel times available (Half Moon Bay Review)
Commuters can now monitor the travel times from Montara to Half Moon Bay along Highway 1. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, which runs the Web site http://www.511.org , announced Tuesday it was ready to carry the information.
• 'New travel rules in Eritrea (News 24 South Africa)
Eritrea has tightened in-country travel restrictions on foreigners, requiring permits for diplomats, aid workers and visitors.
• 'Summer Travel Season to be a Busy One (WISH-TV Indianapolis)
Airport officials are bracing for one of the busiest seasons ever for air travel. Experts expect almost 207 million passengers will ignore the threat of high fares and get on board airliners for domestic and international trips between now and Labor Day.
• 'Internet travel bookings show solid growth (Las Vegas Business Press)
Booking travel via the Internet has shown marked increases, especially during the early months of the year, when those in the colder climes are eager to travel to warmer destinations.
• 'UK Tories warn of looming EU-US travel chaos (Islamic Republic News Agency)
EU Court - US travel Britain's main opposition Conservative Party Wednesday warned of travel chaos between the UK and the US following a European Court of Justice ruling that Washington could not demand the personal data of EU citizens in order to fly to America.

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