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• 'A better class of armchair travel host (Stuff)
Even for those of us who find armchair travel a bit tiresome, the latest series of Intrepid Journeys, Mondays on TV One, strikes a hopeful note: that there may be life on TV for people who aren't "celebrities".
• 'Travel Agents Battle Hurricane Headaches (WISC Channel3000.com via Yahoo! News)
Hurricane Wilma has caused extra headaches for local travel agents.
• 'The Lush Life of a Rudy Appointee: Aide spent a quarter of a million dollars on food, fun, and travel (The Village Voice)
Aide spent a quarter of a million dollars on food, fun, and travel by Tom Robbins
• 'Independence Air Says 'Thanks' to Customers By Making It Less Expensive to Travel During the Thanksgiving Holiday; (RedNova)
DULLES, Va., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Everyone knows that the day before Thanksgiving and the Sunday after are two of the busiest travel days of the year.
• 'US warns citizens on Kenya travel (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The US State Department warned citizens against travel to Kenya because of a hostility to foreigners during the runup to a constitutional referendum November 21.
• 'Travel Oregon Web site to feature festivals and events (The Portland Business Journal)
The Oregon Festivals & Events Association and Travel Oregon have formed a partnership to promote Oregon's list of festivals and events on Travel Oregon's Web site, www.TravelOregon.com .
• 'Fond Memories of Air Travel, the Way It Used to Be (New York Times)
TIMES have changed when it comes to air travel. I remember being on leave from the Marine Corps one Thanksgiving during the 1950's. We were flying from Chicago to New York on a T.W.A. Constellation, a four-engine, piston-powered plane that once held the transcontinental speed record and was perhaps the most beautiful airliner ever built.
• 'Strong BUSINESS Travel Recovery To Continue In 2006: Forecast (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
(Edited text of a statement. Full text can be found at www.businesswire.com) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2005--American Express: -- Growing Demand, Higher Fuel Costs to Drive Air and Hotel Rates Higher Worldwide -- 2006 Outlook for Corporate Travel Buyers Challenging in Rising Price Environment American Express Business Travel, the world's largest travel management company, released today
• 'EAC accepts air travel liberalization agreement (IPP Media)
The EAST Africa Community (EAC) is the first sub-regional in Africa to accept the Yamoussoukro Decision (YD), which put emphasis on greater liberalization of air travel in the continent, the EAC Secretariat has said.
• 'Draft calls for travel ban on Hariri bombing suspects (Khaleej Times)
NEW YORK - A draft resolution submitted late Tuesday to the United Nations security Council calls on governments to impose travel bans and to freeze assets of individuals suspected of involvement in the slaying of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.

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