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• 'Travel firm goes big on 'advergaming' (International Herald Tribune)
Online games that were embedded in ads sponsored by the Internet travel agent Orbitz are coming back, this time on their own Web site.
• 'Travel section in MN earns silver award (The State)
The travel section of the Mercury News has been awarded a silver medal in the Best Newspaper Section category of the Lowell Thomas travel Journalism Competition. The annual contest of the Society of American travel Writers is the nation's most prestigious in travel journalism.
• 'TAX ON AIR TRAVEL ROW (Daily Mirror)
THE spiralling rise in air travel may not be stemmed by a tax on aviation fuel, the Government warned yesterday. Minister for Climate Change Elliot Morley said: "The evidence is people will simply pay the tax and continue to travel and we won't actually stop the growth."
• 'WPT sues Travel Channel, parent (BizJournals)
WPT Enterprises has filed a lawsuit against the Travel Channel and its parent company, claiming they interfered with plans for an ESPN poker series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
• 'Scientists: Cut Air Travel for Environment (ABC News)
British Environmental Scientists Urge Big Cut in Air Travel to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• '"World Poker" firm suing Travel Channel (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
WPT Enterprises Inc. is suing the Travel Channel, which airs the company's World Poker Tour television show.
• 'Qatar Airways to attend French travel meet (The Peninsula)
DOHA: Qatar Airways is to showcase its services at Top Resa, the leading French travel trade exhibition taking place in Deauville this week.
• 'Reduce air travel to aid environment, report says (International Herald Tribune)
Britain should drastically reduce the growth of air travel to bring greenhouse gas emissions within levels that will avoid dangerous climate change, a report by leading environmental scientists said Wednesday.
• 'Travel agency owner serves 50 dishes for open house (The Advocate Messenger)
When getting ready for a trip, some people pack everything but the kitchen sink. When preparing more than 50 dishes for her annual open house, Debbie Sebastian, owner of Carlson Wagonlit and Thomas Travel, Inc., could be accused of cooking everything but an elephant.
• 'Priceline.com Lets Web Developers Tap Travel Services (InformationWeek)
Priceline.com launches a self-service system for Web developers to add the online travel agency's hotel-room booking service to their sites.

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