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• 'Australia issues travel advisory (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
The Australian government Friday issued a new travel advisory warning its nationals to exercise a high degree of caution in the Philippines following the failed mutiny staged by Sen. Antonio Trillanes and his followers at the Peninsula hotel in Makati on Thursday.
• 'Travel retail needs more space for premium brands (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI ? Industry players yesterday stressed the need for "responsible retailing" and to increase their business space to accommodate the rising number of travel retail consumers, who are mostly going for premium brands.
• 'Travel Troubleshooter: A missed connection to Hawaii (CNN.com)
On her way from Dallas, Texas, to Kauai, Marlene Kelley lands in Phoenix, Arizona, to find that her connecting flight to Hawaii has already left. But no one notified her about the schedule change, and now she and her husband are sent to Los Angeles to catch another flight to the islands. What do her airline and travel agent owe her for the runaround -- specifically for the night she had to spend ...
• 'Luxury holiday travel gifts for people on the go (Market Watch)
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- For travel buffs, it's not just the destination, it's the journey. Help make their adventures the trips of a lifetime with luxury gifts of high-tech gadgetry, memorable voyages and globe-trotting essentials.
• 'Giuliani Defends Travel Costs, Calls Report `Political Hit Job' (Bloomberg.com)
Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Rudolph Giuliani's presidential campaign, responding to reports about travel expenses incurred by his police detail years ago while he was involved in an extramarital affair, said the former New York mayor spent and accounted for the money appropriately.
• 'Wired's How To Wiki: Avoid Air Travel Delays (Wired News)
As the holiday travel season begins, in addition to the rabid shopping, gluttonous meals, and uncomfortable moments under the mistletoe at office parties, we must prepare ourselves for another unwelcome companion to the season: airport delays. This event is almost inevitable if you plan to fly more than twice this season. So, in order to prevent the additional stress of an unwanted visit to the ...
• 'Pick The Right Travel Insurance Policy (Fool.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Szu Ping Chan takes a look at travel insurance and the factors insurers take into account when calculating your premiums.
• 'The Secret to Holiday Travel Savings (Benton Evening News)
(ARA) - AAA estimates that 38.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this holiday season, a 2.7 percent increase from last year. Of this, 4.8 million will travel by plane. This means millions of people spending top dollar for choice airline seats.
• 'City committee rejects proposed travel limits (Rapid City Journal)
The city's legal and finance committee on Wednesday rejected a proposal to limit the number of council members who can travel out of state at the same time.
• 'Telegraph Travel Awards 2007 (Daily Telegraph)
The US is out and a mixture of the reassuringly familiar and the beguilingly exotic is in. Charles Starmer-Smith analyses our readers' choices for this year's Telegraph travel Awards

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