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• 'Enterprises Test Travel-Tracking Site (PC World via Yahoo! News)
The Web 2.0-social networking phenomenon's seemingly irresistible force field has ensnared yet another niche: travel.
• 'Enterprises Test Travel-Tracking Site (PC World)
The Web 2.0 application Doppir lets users track their travel and buddies at once.
• 'QA lends a golden hand to Dubai business travel show (Gulf Times)
Business Reporter QATAR Airways is supporting the launch of the inaugural Business Travel Show in Dubai as a gold sponsor. The prestigious two-day event which begins in Dubai today is set to attract key travel suppliers and business travel agents from across the Middle East and around the world.
• 'Profiles In Travel Management: Thinking Globally, Acting REgionally (Business Travel News)
With future aspirations of globally consolidating its travel management services, the Interpublic Group of Companies is taking a regional approach, with American Express Business Travel handling its U.S. and Canadian travel management operations and HRG recently consolidating its top five travel spending countries in Europe into a regional travel management structure.
• 'Travel Management Rule in Ottawa to be discussed at upcoming open houses (Ironwood Daily Globe)
IRONWOOD -- Beginning Thursday, the Ottawa National Forest will host open houses across the forest to answer questions about the Travel Management Rule.
• 'U.S. travel industry banking on foreigners and you (The Charlotte Observer)
Good news for the U.S. travel industry may be bad news for Carolinas residents considering a vacation abroad, based on what a British economist told a ballroom packed with tourism officials last week in Charlotte. John Walker, chairman of Oxford Economics, was at the Westin Charlotte hotel for the Travel Industry Association's 2007 Marketing Outlook Forum. The nonprofit trade association ...
• 'S'pore urges Asean to finalise document on integrating air travel (Straits Times)
SINGAPORE has urged Asean senior transport officials meeting here to finalise the text for the document on integrating air travel.
• 'Tourists in Europe choo-choo-choose train travel (The Kansas City Star)
LONDON | Travelers in Europe, whether they are tourists or residents, are all too familiar with hassles at airports and aboard airliners. Now, their discontent is contributing to a new golden age of rail travel.
• 'Travel Sales Still Growing, but Numbers of Customers Are Declining (New York Times)
The number of customers buying travel online has begun to shrink, the first time a category has lost shoppers since Forrester Research began tracking e-commerce 10 years ago.
• 'Travel.com.au Lodges Target Statement Against Webjet offer (TVL.AX, 00775552, 20071029) (Aspect Huntley via Yahoo!7 Finance)
travel.com.au lodged its target statement in response to the off-market takeover bid by Webjet to acquire all of the ordinary shares in travel.com.au. The directors of travel.com.au have unanimously recommended that shareholders DO NOT ACCEPT the Webjet offer, as they unanimously consider that the Wotif.com Proposal is superior.

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