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• 'ELLEN CREAGER: Travel Detective divulges his secrets (Detroit Free Press)
ANN ARBOR -- The travel Detective has more tricks up his sleeve than Houdini and more solutions than Sherlock Holmes. "When should I book my airline ticket to the Beijing Olympics?" a man asks. "Forty-five days ahead," Peter Greenberg advises. That's when most discount fares are posted.
• 'Survival Tips: Don't travel too light (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Here's a response to a travel tip offered last week by a local couple. ...
• 'Travel & tourism to create 7mn jobs (Central Chronicle)
New Delhi, Oct 7: With better infrastructure and soaring income levels, the travel and tourism sector in the country is expected to employ about seven million more people over the next 10 years, a recent study has said.
• 'Tripology Achieves Success in Matching Specialized Travel Agents with Travelers' Needs (PR.com)
Tripology.com is succeeding in its mission to match the specific requirements of travelers with travel agents who possess specialized knowledge of the destination or type of trip. [PR.com - October 07, 2007]
• 'How to Save Money When You Travel This Summer (Benton Evening News)
(ARA) - The high price of gas has a lot of people rethinking their travel plans this summer, but $3 per gallon of gasoline doesn't mean you have to deny yourself a good time.
• 'Online travel firms hit the ground, literally (Hindustan Times via Yahoo! India News)
Clicks are not going far enough without the bricks. Online travel companies are taking the competition to the High Street. Faced with a low Internet usage and a slack penetration of credit cards, the main payment avenue for online bookings, leading online travelling companies such as Cleartrip.com, Travelguru.com, Makemytrip.com and Yatra.com are looking at setting up retail shops.
• 'Travel Expo: 68 more buyers jet in (The Herald)
SIXTY-EIGHT more international buyers arrived in Harare yesterday to participate at the 2007 Zimbabwe International Travel Expo which begins on Thursday and ends on Sunday.
• 'Travel, TV feed religious tensions (TVNZ)
World travel and live satellite television have fed cultural and religious tensions and alienation among nations, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a UN conference.
• '60 Japanese travel agents to take part in NMI tour (Saipan Tribune)
The Marianas Visitors Authority will host approximately 60 key travel agents and media for the upcoming Marianas Tourism Academy. The agents will be from Sapporo, Niigata, Sendai, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Okayama, Hiroshima and Fukuoka Japan. The agents and media will be in the CNMI on Oct. 22 - 25.
• 'Futher investigation: college president spent thousands on travel (WFMJ Youngstown)
NELSONVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Further investigation into Hocking College expense reports found the president has spent thousands of the college's money on travel all over the world.

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