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• 'The Online Travel Landscape Is Getting Crowded (New York Times)
travel sites like Expedia, travelocity and Orbitz already have their hands full with airlines and hoteliers luring customers away. Now, here come Yahoo and AOL, and maybe even Google.
• 'Sri Lanka: Election travel restrictions at Omanthai Checkpoint (TamilNet)
In a meeting held at the Vavuniya secretariat Monday at 3.30 p.m., Sri Lanka Army (SLA) high level officials and, Vavuniya district election Commissioner and Government Agent Mr S Shanumugam, decided to restrict travel at the Omanthai checkpoint and disallow heavy vehicles during Sri Lanka presidential elections on 16th and 17th November, secretariat officials said.
• 'Three Rivers travel team goes up against Valley City (Wahpeton News)
The Three Rivers travel team was in Valley City Oct. 30 to take part in its first bowling match of the year. The tournament consisted of six head-to-head matches with the top five bowlers in both Class A and Class B advancing to a stepladder final tournament.
• 'Classic Travel Writing Jeffrey Taylor (Gadling)
It?s easy to select nothing but new pieces as we try to find the best stuff out there on the Web. But often it?s nice to go back a little bit to find a piece of writing worthy of a half-hour or so of your time. Such is the case here with Jeffrey Taylor?s early piece on the Congo from the Atlantic Online. Taylor is such a fixture in the travel and geopolitical writing scene now, it?s cool to
• 'Web travel companies seeing familiar rivals (International Herald Tribune)
Travel sites like Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz already have their hands full with airlines and hoteliers - their Rvalued partnersR - luring consumers away with sites that look more like full-service travel agencies every day. Now, here come Yahoo and AOL and maybe even Google.
• 'Govt to change travel advice (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The Federal Government is changing the way it issues travel advice for Australians overseas.
• 'US travel industry sees little impact from French riots (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The riots raging in France have not yet affected the numbers of US holidaymakers heading to one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, travel industry representatives said.
• 'N.H. lawmakers' travel expenses eyed (Boston Globe)
CONCORD, N.H. -- State legislators are paid just $100 a year, but many take advantage of an attractive perk: reimbursement for travel to conferences in locations such as Puerto Rico, Las Vegas, Taiwan, and the Czech Republic.
• 'Putin urges resolution of travel between Kaliningrad, mainland Russia (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - President Vladimir Putin called for a prompt resolution of Kaliningrad's travel restrictions to and from mainland Russia as he met with the governor of the Baltic exclave Monday.
• 'Midwest Airlines Again Named Top Domestic Airline in the Zagat Air Travel Survey (RedNova)
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2005 Zagat Air travel Survey has rated Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines as Top Domestic Airline, marking the fifth consecutive time the airline has ranked #1, garnering the top spot in every survey since its inception in 1990.

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