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• 'Travel insurance policies pack more options (USA Today)
If you're thinking about buying travel insurance, here's the good news: The typical policy covers a lot more than it once did, and companies are rolling out options that offer even more protection. The bad news: All the new options are making choosing a plan more confusing than ever.
• 'IT solution for travel industry (Gulf Times)
Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, has launched new generation IT solutions for filing private fares in the distribution system.
• 'Slow business travel (CNN.com)
While holiday makers are embracing the slow travel movement, the business community is being left in their wake. But is it a contradiction to talk about go-slow business travel? It may not be feasible to take a slow boat to your next business meeting but there are other ways to embrace the movement, like eating in locally-owned restaurants, carbon offsetting and being a responsible traveler.
• 'Atong denied travel to Cambodia (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
Charlie ?Atong? Ang, a crony and co-accused of convicted former president Joseph Estrada in a plunder case, filed a motion for reconsideration (MR) Thursday after the Sandiganbayan Special Division denied recently his request to travel to Cambodia for a business trip.
• 'Prostitution Found at Travel Stop (KMIZ-TV Columbia-Jefferson City)
Police have broken up a Boone County prostitution operation. The Sheriff's Department arrested 52 year old Xue Lan Bian Thursday night for promoting prostitution out of the Midway Travel Plaza.
• 'Eight ways to avoid air travel delays (USA Today)
Inside the Deals column: Instead of simply praying for an on-time arrival or departure, practice the following defensive measures before you travel to help ensure you aren't negatively affected by air-travel delays
• 'Americans flout U.S. travel ban to see Cuba (USA Today)
Barack Obama would lift restrictions on visits by Cuban Americans to the hemisphere's only communist country if elected president. A growing chorus of Democratic and Republican lawmakers would go even farther, loosening the U.S. embargo enough to allow all Americans to travel to Cuba.
• 'Trend points to shorter travel trips (Bangkok Post)
The trend of Thai people travelling inside the country points to short trips rather than long-distance travel, while the revenue from domestic travel is expected to increase one percent from last year to 370,000 million baht in 2007.
• 'Travel spending down in 2006 (Federal Times)
Federal travel spending declined last year by the largest absolute amount since 1980, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
• 'Travel Information and Dinner Reservations in the Palm of Your Hand (New York Times)
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