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• 'Frosch Continues Travel Management Acquisitions (Business Travel News)
OCTOBER 22, 2007 -- The acquisitive Frosch International travel has completed the purchase, for an undisclosed amount, of travel management company Thomas travel Service, a 65 percent corporate agency with $15 million in annual total travel sales.
• 'Dnata Travel Services awarded GSA contract for Kingfisher (AME Info)
Dnata travel Services has been appointed as General Sales Agent for passenger sales for Kingfisher Airlines for Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, the Northern Emirates and Kuwait.
• 'Preparation will ease holiday travel headaches (The Beaver County Times)
Make reservations now! If you haven't already, try to book travel on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday. If possible, avoid flying Wednesday or Sunday.
• 'Travel briefs (The Columbus Dispatch)
Fliers respond to delays, high prices Travelers are using different airports and trying to economize on hotels and car rentals in response to higher prices, flight delays and other travel problems, according to an Orbitz.com survey.
• 'Health tourism could be next big thing in silver travel: industry player (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News)
SINGAPORE: For the travel industry, the over?55s represent a goldmine of opportunities, and tour packages that offer therapeutic getaways is one of the ideas that could appeal to the silver generation.
• 'MP blames party opponents for travel bill (The Herald)
The Scots Labour MP who ran up Westminster's biggest travel bill yesterday laid the blame for it on local party opponents in her East Lothian constituency.
• 'Britain 'gravely concerned', updates Pakistan travel advisory (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
London, Nov 4 (IANS) Britain said it was 'gravely concerned' at the imposition of emergency in Pakistan and has advised against all travel to areas where there are reports of 'military or militant activity'.
• 'Thanksgiving travel does not always lead home to mom (The Pantagraph)
NEW YORK -- Thanksgiving is always one of the busiest travel times of the year. But not everybody is heading home to mom.
• 'International Travel Fair to be held at Taipei World Trade Center (Chinapost.com.tw)
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Taipei International Travel Fair (ITF), one of the island's largest tourism-related shows exhibiting products and services of tourist operators from both Taiwan and abroad, will be held from Dec. 14 to 17 at Hall 1 of the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC).
• 'Personal ID Will Suffice for Travel to Bahrain (Arab News)
RIYADH, 5 November 2007 ? Saudi Arabia and Bahrain signed yesterday an accord that will allow citizens from both countries to travel to the other using their personal ID cards.

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