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• 'Once a hesitant traveler, now she's a Travel Channel fixture (San Francisco Chronicle)
Samantha Brown is not a travel expert. She says so herself. Before becoming a host on the travel Channel, she had "never been anywhere" and, by her own admission, had no real desire to go abroad. Brown got her first job on a travel show, she said, because she...
• 'Dalai Lama envoys to travel to China (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Envoys of the Dalai Lama will travel to China to meet the government over the crisis in Tibet, the government-in-exile said on Friday.
• 'Greece is the word for European travel - survey (Stuff)
The Greek island of Rhodes has been voted as the top European location in a survey of the world's 100 best travel destinations.
• 'Japan Airlines doubles profit view on cost cuts, foreign travel (Market Watch)
Japan Airlines, Asia's largest carrier by sales, doubled its profit forecast Friday for the fiscal year that just ended, attributing the change to cost-cutting measures and steady international travel.
• 'JAL doubles estimates on business travel boom (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Japan Airlines Corp (9205.T) said on Friday it had roughly doubled its 2007/08 profit estimates to above market expectations, thanks to strong business travel demand on its international routes.
• 'Florida lawmakers, travel agents row over Cuba trips (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Florida travel agents specializing in Cuba trips are up-in-arms over plans to make them pay more than 100,000 dollars in bonds to fund any probe into irregularities in their dealings with the communist-ruled island.
• 'House, Senate won't pay travel expenses for meeting in Anchorage (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
JUNEAU (AP) - Gov. Sarah Palin's gas line presentation will be held May 28-30, but it may take place before a sparse crowd. House Speaker John Harris said April 29 he will not cover travel and lodging expenses to the briefing in Anchorage.
• 'Travel fair attracts 10,000 (The New Straits Times)
KUANTAN: Over 10,000 visitors thronged the Malaysia Association of Tour and Travel agents (Matta) Fair at the Kuantan Parade Shopping complex here yesterday.
• 'Americans to travel more abroad despite economic woes (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Americans will increase their foreign travel this year despite a soft economy and weak dollar, a survey showed Friday.
• 'U.S. travel abroad to rise 2.6%, defying weak dollar, AAA says (The Palm Beach Post)
More U.S. travelers will head to other countries during their summer travel season, defying higher airfares and a drop in the value of the dollar, a study showed today.

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