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• 'Governor Crist Defends Travel Expenses (WCTV Tallahassee)
Governor Crist faces criticism for his travel spending.
• 'High-speed rails to slash travel time (China Economic Net)
Two high-speed railways opening on April 1 will dramatically slash travel time between the hinterland and the coastal regions, a senior railway official said yesterday.
• 'Vail Resorts CEO to speak at Mountain Travel Symposium (Greeley Tribune)
Although the current ski season still has more than a month of operations at many major destinations resorts, the preliminary data suggests that destination travel in the 2008-09 ski season will show a marked decline after nearly two decades of...
• '2009 Mountain Travel Symposium starts March 29 (Greeley Tribune)
KEYSTONE - Ask any experienced marketing professional in just about any major ski resort community in the U.S. and western Canada about Mountain Travel Symposium and the answer will be sure and swift.
• 'High-speed rails to slash travel time (People's Daily)
Two high-speed railways opening on April 1 will dramatically slash travel time between the hinterland and the coastal regions, a senior railway official said yesterday. Stretching more than 350 km, the Hefei-Wuhan passenger railway, along with the Hefei-Nanjing lines opened last year, will provide the shortest link between Central China and East China's Yangtze River Delta region. "Riding a ...
• 'Mexican consul: It's safe to travel to Mexico (KTAR 92.3 Phoenix)
PHOENIX - A Mexican official in Arizona says Americans shouldn't be afraid to travel to Mexico, despite reports of escalating violence in his government's war on drug cartels.
• 'Key lawmaker thinks online travel companies should pay hotel, sales taxes at higher room rates (Orlando Sentinel)
The balance of power appears to be shifting in the long-running battle between Florida counties and the online travel industry over whether companies such as Expedia and Travelocity are paying the proper amount of sales and resort taxes.
• 'Travel Management meeting stirs up community (Kern Valley Sun)
Susan BarrKern Valley Sun Last Monday evening, the US Forest Service held a second meeting in the Kern River Valley to inform the public about the Sequoia National Forest (SNF) Travel Management Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The meeting, held at the Senior Center in Lake Isabella, was not part of the original series of five public meetings which were held in Bakersfield, ...
• '10 money-saving travel tips (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
1. Travel in the off-season or on the edges of popular seasons. 2. Use bus/metro transportation for city stays. 3. Picnic instead of eating every meal in restaurants.
• 'Appeals court cuts travel, to hear cases in N.W. Iowa (The Des Moines Register)
The Iowa Court of Appeals will hear arguments at the Dickinson County Courthouse on April 1 and 2 to cut travel costs in the wake of state budget cuts, court officials announced Tuesday.

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