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• 'Replacing Chirac, Villepin to push for tax on air travel at United Nations (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin is to replace a recuperating President Jacques Chirac at this week's UN summit in New York, where he will push French proposals for a tax on air travel to finance aid to the very poor.
• 'Traditional travel agencies continue to play role (Las Vegas Business Press)
Business travel increased 4 percent in 2004 and is on track to climb another 5 percent this year, Keefe said. "After 9-11, instead of traveling, many employees would use the telephone, video conferencing and other alternatives to travel," Keefe said.
• 'Harvey Travel calls new S8 bid too low (Sydney Morning Herald)
Queensland property management company S8 has increased its on-market bid price for tourism retailer Harvey World Travel to $81.05 million. HWT responded by telling its shareholders that the offer continued to undervalue the company and they should take no action.
• 'Katrina's lingering effects felt throughout the travel industry (Seattle Times)
Hurricane Katrina's lingering effects continue to reverberate throughout the travel industry.
• 'Attacks leave travel plans up in air for Benton graduate (Benton Courier)
Benton's Jamie Fugitt, right, and Amanda Tackett were going to enjoy time in London soon, but Tackett's travel plans are on hold after the bombings in London Thursday. Fugitt is currently studying in England.
• 'Talk About Travel (Washington Post)
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• 'REDtone set to roll out travel phone, mobile services (New Straits Times)
DISCOUNTED-call provider REDtone International Bhd plans to roll out a travel phone and mobile services this year, products that would would mean stiffer competition for existing mobile phone firms.
• 'Vietnam Joins APEC Business Travel Card (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
Businesspeople from a number of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies will be granted easier access to enter Vietnam as the country has officially joined the APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) programme.
• 'Experts Answer Questions About Future Travel Plans (Tampa Bay Online News)
The specter of two of the nation's largest commercial airlines filing for bankruptcy, Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp., may have some consumers worried about travel plans.
• 'Businesses continue move to Internet sites for travel (Las Vegas Business Press)
As the Web savvy of workers grows, so does the appeal of such major online travel services as Expedia, travelocity and Orbitz. Each has opened business portals in recent years, and today a larger percentage of employees of small- and mid-sized companies use them, changing the cost of business travel.

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