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• '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.
• 'Dubai gets strong endorsement of German Travel Industry Convention (AME Info)
The 55th annual convention of the German Association of travel Agents and Tour Operators (DRV) opened at the Dubai International Convention Centre (DICC) on Thursday night with over 1200 delegates who included the top-brass of Europe's leading tour operators like Thomas Cook and TUI and German government officials and envoys.
• '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.
• '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.
• '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 mag slams NZ's luxury lodges (Stuff)
An international travel magazine has slagged New Zealand's luxury lodge market as a bunch of amateurs running lazy bed and breakfasts, "except instead of $150 a night they charge $1000".
• 'Golf's Teenagers Travel With Parental Entourage (New York Times)
The parents of Michelle Wie and Paul Creamer have made sacrifices to nurture their children as they prepare for a sporting life as adults.
• 'Change in Eid holidays hits expats? travel plans (The Peninsula)
DOHA: The changed schedule of Eid Al Fitr holidays announced by the Ministry of Civil Service Affairs and Housing this year has affected the travel plans of several nationals and expatriates. They have urged the Ministry to revert to the old pattern of Eid holidays.
• '.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.
• 'Council sticks to $50K travel budget (Selma Times-Journal)
The Selma City Council tied up a few fiscal loose ends Monday, voting to keep increases to its travel and discretionary funds budgets.

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