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• '60,000 throng NATAS Travel Fair, sales up 20% from last year (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News)
SINGAPORE: Some 60,000 people thronged the three?day annual NATAS travel Fair, and 20 per cent more holiday packages were sold compared to last year.
• 'Thousands of tourists flout official Cuba travel ban (El Paso Times)
HAVANA -- Barack Obama, if elected president, would lift restrictions on visits by Cuban-Americans to the hemisphere's only communist country. A growing chorus of Democratic and Republican lawmakers would go even further, loosening the U.S. embargo enough to allow all Americans to travel to Cuba.
• 'Business Travel Show welcomes three new exhibitors (AME Info)
The Business Travel Show is proud to announce today three new exhibitors in Dubai: Sama Airlines, Saudi Arabia; Golden Tulip Hospitality Group; and Rizon Jet Airline, Bahrain.
• '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.
• 'Tough notebook for travel trials (News Interactive)
THE Panasonic W5 should survive business travel in better shape than conventional lightweights.
• 'His Most Essential Travel Item: A 6-Year-Old?s Enthusiasm (New York Times)
You know how people?s lives are often referred to as journeys? Well, I?ve always thought that comparison was extremely apt. A well-spent life, like an outstanding trip, is made up of unexpected turns, strange encounters and priority-changing experiences.
• 'Govt's Idul Fitri travel preparations in full swing (The Jakarta Post)
JAKARTA (JP):Of the 14 million people expected to travel to their hometown for the annual Idul Fitri holiday, the government expects about half to depend on buses for transportation.
• 'Dodd would end Cuba embargo, lift travel restrictions if elected (AG Weekly)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. ? Democrat Christopher Dodd pledged Saturday that as president he would end a decades-old trade embargo with Cuba and lift travel restrictions to the communist island.
• 'Free travel mooted for early birds (drive.com.au)
Melburnians could soon enjoy free train travel before 7am each weekday under a plan by the state government to ease peak-hour overcrowding. The trial of the free morning train travel will begin next month on two Melbourne lines, Sydenham and Frankston.
• 'Germany, UK review travel advisories (Daily News)
Subsequent to the successful tourism promotions in France and The Netherlands, Sri Lanka Tourism had further good news in the German and the UK markets. The travel advisory in Germany was reviewed by the authorities.

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