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• 'Qantas may merge travel unit with Jetset-paper (Reuters Finance News, Australia via Yahoo!7 Finance)
SYDNEY, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd QAN.AX may merge its travel business with travel agent JetSet travelworld Ltd JET.AX as a restructuring of the airline's non-core businesses gather pace, the Australian Financial Reivew said.
• 'Dutch buy more and more travel products on internet (EARTHtimes.org)
Amsterdam - Nearly 45 per cent of all articles purchased via the internet by Dutch nationals were linked to travel products, according to a report by the umbrella organization of the home shopping industry Thuiswinkel Organisatie. Dutch nationals spe...
• 'Online Travel Purchases Increasing (WebProNews)
The Internet has become a travel distribution channel with 70 percent of online leisure travelers booking some of their personal travel online and 52 percent purchasing all or most of their travel online according to a new report from JupiterResearch, "US Travel Consumer Survey 2007." "Travelers who have wholly embraced online booking enjoy researching travel online while those travelers ...
• 'When do I need travel insurance? (AP via Yahoo! News)
Q: I'm driving to the Poconos for Thanksgiving and flying to Paris for Christmas. Should I buy travel insurance for both trips?
• 'NBTA Survey Augurs 2008 Travel Cost Hike (Business Travel News)
OCTOBER 17, 2007 -- Corporate travel buyers should expect a 6 percent to 8 percent overall increase in published travel costs, according to the National Business Travel Association's 2008 U.S. Business Travel Overview & Cost Forecast report released today.
• 'Senate bill would crack down on air travel abuses (Federal Times)
The Senate passed a measure Tuesday that would deny travel funds to any agency not complying with federal travel rules.
• 'Allegiant Travel Company Elects Andrew Levy CFO (FinanzNachrichten)
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allegiant Travel Company ( Nachrichten ) today announced that Andrew C. Levy, managing director of planning, has been elected to the post of chief financial officer by the board of directors, effective immediately.
• 'Travel agnt arrested for sending threat mail to blow BSE,NSE (PTI via Yahoo! India News)
Mumbai, Oct 17 (PTI) A travel agent who used to invest in the stock markets was arrested by the city police from Kolkata for allegedly sending a threatening mail to blow up the National and
• 'Qantas may merge travel unit with Jetset-paper (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
SYDNEY, Oct 18 - Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd may merge its travel business with travel agent JetSet Travelworld Ltd as a restructuring of the airline's non-core businesses gather pace, the Australian Financial Reivew said.
• 'Call 4 Action: Get Ready For The Holiday Travel Season (WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
Do you have any travel plans for the holiday season? If so, you might want to get your flights booked as soon as possible.

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