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• 'Virgin inks travel reservation system deal (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
In a deal to expand its marketing reach, Virgin America Inc. said Tuesday it will post its fares and flight schedule on the world's largest travel reservation system.
• 'Online Travel Firms Map Strategies To Capture The Weekenders (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Vacations these days often mean long weekends -- and online travel sites are providing more services for such customers.
• 'Phatra to sell travel policies at airport (Bangkok Post)
SET-listed Phatra Insurance hopes to write 200 to 300 travel-insurance policies a day, mainly among inbound tourists following yesterday's partnership with a web payphone operator, which enables travellers at Suvarnabhumi Airport to buy insurance through 382 web payphones there.
• 'Travel industry still tackling reforms after 9/11 (USA Today)
Six years after 9/11, the question is as vexing as ever: How to make travel into the United States secure enough to screen out terrorists, and simple enough to attract visitors from abroad. Lately that discussion has centered on the question of which tourists should be required to have a visa when they come into the country.
• 'EU Panel To Study New Tech To Improve Security Of Travel Docs (Nasdaq)
BRUSSELS (AP)--The European Union on Tuesday launched a panel tasked with studying new technologies to improve the security of travel documents at airports, rail stations and other key infrastructures, as E.U. officials warned that the threat of suicide attacks remains high.
• 'Air Travel Post 9/11 (Indiana's NewsCenter)
Six years after the terrorist attacks, the question is as complicated as ever: how to make airline travel as safe as possible without discouraging people from flying. Nicole Pence reports from Fort Wayne International Airport.
• 'Conference and convention travel proves to be big business (Queensland Business Review)
Australia's tourism operators, well-known for their stronghold in the leisure market, are making their mark on the lucrative business, convention and conference travel industry - with business conference delegates increasing by 61 percent in six years, reaching 166,400 in 2006-07.
• 'Winkler Cannot Travel To Chicago to Appear Live on "Oprah" (Eyewitness News Memphis)
A judge has ordered that Winkler's story will air on The Oprah Winfrey Show, but Winkler cannot travel to Chicago to appear in person.
• 'Make air travel more enjoyable, airline CEO asks (Arizona Daily Star)
Amid passengers' increased frustration about the quality of air travel, the airline industry could do a better job of offering them quality service and fewer delays, an airline executive told a Tucson conference Tuesday.
• 'Tui Travel initiated with "buy" (New Ratings)
LONDON, September 11 (newratings.com) - Analyst Simon Champion of Deutsche Bank initiates coverage of Tui travel Plc (ticker: T7L) with a "buy" rating. The target price is set to 340p.

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