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• 'Lower Gas Prices Don't Equal More Holiday Travel (NBC 17 Raleigh)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Even though gasoline prices have dropped nearly $1 a gallon since Labor Day, North Carolinians don't appear much more likely to travel this Thanksgiving than last year, according to AAA Carolinas.
• 'Google, Yahoo, AOL target travel services (Corvallis Gazette Times)
FORT WORTH, Texas ? The big three online travel sites ? Expedia, travelocity and Orbitz ? are facing new competition from another trio of Internet heavyweights.
• 'Travel to Canada up in September: StatsCan (CTV.ca)
Travel to Canada rose for the first time in five months in September, particularly from the United States.
• 'LETTERS TO TRAVEL (San Francisco Chronicle)
Hawaii Calls strikes right chord Editor's note: When Travel Editor Jeanne Cooper's new monthly column Hawaii Calls premiered Nov. 3, readers from all over California and Hawaii eagerly responded to the invitation to "talk story" about the islands'...
• 'UN, Expedia Launch World Heritage Travel Project (Scoop.co.nz)
The United Nations Foundation and Expedia, Inc., one of the world's leading travel services companies, today announced the launch of the World Heritage Alliance, an innovative joint initiative to promote sustainable tourism and awareness of World Heritage sites and communities around the world.
• 'Talkin' travel: Ben looks at the future of RJs, and there's a beef about Wendy's deal (USA Today)
Talkin' travel: Ben looks at the future of RJs
• 'AAA Oklahoma: Thanksgiving travel to increase slightly (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise)
Reduced consumer confidence and higher travel prices may not encourage Americans to expand travel plans but will not keep families home this Thanksgiving, according to AAA Oklahoma.
• 'Holiday Travel Tips (WESH via Yahoo! News)
The holiday travel season has arrived, and it can be stressful, no matter how you're traveling.
• 'AAA Chicago: Thanksgiving Travel to Increase by Less Than One Percent (Hotel Online)
Reduced consumer confidence and higher travel prices will slow the growth in Americans' travel plans but will not keep families home this Thanksgiving.
• 'Send your travel questions to an expert! (MSNBC)
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