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• 'European Travel Stocks Including Hilton Rise; Total Declines (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- European travel stocks rose, led by Hilton Group Plc after Hilton Hotels Corp. of the U.S. offered to buy the hotels unit of the U.K. company.
• 'True Life Travel: Casting Call (Gadling)
True Life takes on travel ? the voyeuristic MTV reality show is looking to ruin your vacation ? by following you and your friends everywhere! (Contain your excitement, please.) That?s right, the word is out ? in all the important places , of course ? that MTV wants to document a variety of wild winter travels. True Life will showcase three folks on ?...vacation adventures that
• 'Qatar Airways spreading wings to major travel shows (The Peninsula)
DOHA: Qatar Airways has been spreading its wings to the international travel trade across Lebanon, Russia, Japan, Egypt and France by participating in six leading exhibitions.
• 'Tourism and Travel (In Business Las Vegas)
Travelzoo, a New York-based media company that puts travel deals on display and directs customers to the Internet sites of the companies offering those deals, is opening an office in Las Vegas to grow its rapport with local advertisers.
• 'Travel funds top up CASA salaries (News Interactive)
STAFF at the air safety regulator have wasted at least $150,000 a year booking their own travel, and have spent more on food and drink when away than on accommodation.
• 'Genting Group's Founder Wins "Travel Entrepreneur Of The Year" (Bernama)
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- Genting Group Founder and Honorary Life Chairman, Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong, won the prestigious Travel Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the TTG Travel Awards 2005.
• 'U.S. online travel agencies look abroad for growth (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
U.S. online travel agencies like Expedia and Orbitz are increasingly setting their sights overseas, especially in Europe where vacations are longer, as U.S. demand rises more slowly.
• 'Lim Goh Tong gets TTG travel award (The Star Online)
GENTING group founder and honorary life chairman Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong has won the prestigious Travel Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the TTG Travel Awards 2005.
• 'Travel news in brief (Telegraph.co.uk)
Bill Bryson, the American travel writer and Anglophile, this week gave warning that the many attractions of Britain were in danger of drowning - in a sea of rubbish.
• '.Travel Launch Preview Featured at World Travel Market 2005 (RedNova)
Worldwide industry leaders will unveil details about the new top level internet domain, .travel (dot travel), during opening day at World travel Market 2005 in London.

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