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Higher travel costs signalled for the elderly (Scoop.co.nz)

March 10, 2010

The review of the SuperGold Card scheme signals cuts to travel subsidies for the elderly, Labour’s Transport spokesperson Darren Hughes said today.
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From Gemas To Hat Yai, Time For Railway Travel (Bernama)

March 10, 2010

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 (Bernama) -- Realising the potential of railway travel in boosting the country's tourism sector, Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) unveiled its Ekspres Langkawi Gemas-Hat Yai service early last February.
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FROM GEMAS TO HAT YAI, TIME FOR RAILWAY TRAVEL (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

March 10, 2010

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 (Bernama) -- Realising the potential of railway travel in boosting the country's tourism sector, Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) unveiled its Ekspres Langkawi Gemas-Hat Yai service early last February. This is expected to give a 'push' to the tourism sector...
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Travel may broaden the mind but it can also pump up your cellphone bill (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

March 10, 2010

MONTREAL - Travel may broaden the mind and rejuvenate the spirit but it can also pump up your smartphone bill to pretty unhealthy levels.
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SuperGold card travel under scrutiny (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)

March 10, 2010

Free off-peak travel for elderly people under the SuperGold card is set to exceed its annual $18 million budget and the Government is looking at ways of reining it in which may impact on services.
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Palm Coast Travel fined $2,500 and placed on probation for selling unauthorized travel insurance

March 10, 2010

Looks like Palm Coast Travel, the Boca Raton, Fla., agency accused by the state of Florida of selling unauthorized travel insurance, while at the same time trying to sue one of its own customers and me into silence, has...
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Travel: Backpackers saving Aussie tourism (News.com.au Travel)

March 10, 2010

BACKPACKERS are arriving in greater numbers and spending more despite a global downturn in travel.
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Stolen Sarcophagus Returned to Egypt

March 10, 2010
Stolen Sarcophagus Returned to Egypt

It began at a standard checkpoint, when agricultural specialist Herbert Kercado s with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stopped to inspect a crate at Miami International Airport that had been shipped from an art gallery in...
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Summer travel season is officially on – Cheapflights.com

March 10, 2010
Summer travel season is officially on – Cheapflights.com

The Money Times Summer travel season is officially on Cheapflights.com Major airlines like US Airways, AirTran, United Airlines, and Delta Air Lines have announced discounts over a wide range of travel days this summer, ... Airlines launch 2-day...
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WATCH: Spring Break Travel Deals (ABC News)

March 10, 2010

Gabe Saglie from Travelzoo on the hottest destinations. Travelzoo - Travel - Recreation - Travel and Tourism - Travel Services
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One-on-One with Tony Hawk

March 10, 2010
One-on-One with Tony Hawk

His name is synonomous with skateboarding, and despite not being on the competitive circuit for a number of years, Tony Hawk has become a sort of alternative sport emissary to the world, traveling widely to put on skateboarding...
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Bulls academy set to host youth travel team tryouts (Daily Herald)

March 10, 2010

The Chicago Bulls/White Sox Training Academy will host boys and girls basketball travel team this month in Lisle and Schaumburg.
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Russian embassy issues foreign travel passport to Anton Salonen (Itar-Tass)

March 10, 2010

HELSINKI, March 10 (Itar-Tass) -- The consular section of the Russian embassy in Finland has issued a foreign travel passport to Rimma Salonen’s six-year-old son, Anton Armas Salonen, a citizen of Russia.
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8 Great Hawaii Waterfalls Worth Gushing Over

March 10, 2010
8 Great Hawaii Waterfalls Worth Gushing Over

Hawaii is blessed with an abundance of beautiful, rainforest-fed waterfalls that are worth the time and effort to see on your Hawaii Vacation. I wanted to share this list of Hawaii’s top waterfalls that I hope you have...
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Mexico Consulate Says Region Safe – KRGV

March 10, 2010

Mexico Consulate Says Region Safe KRGV MCALLEN - The US Consulate in Monterrey has a new warning for those looking to travel to Mexico .
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How Getting Robbed Saved Me from the ‘Culture of Stuff’

March 10, 2010
How Getting Robbed Saved Me from the ‘Culture of Stuff’

I got robbed. But don’t fret! What follows here is no invitation to the pity party, nor some ill-disguised plea to drop what you’re doing right this instant and send more stuff . Quite the contrary, in fact,...
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Emirates offers special travel packages (The New Straits Times)

March 10, 2010

KUALA LUMPUR: With less than 100 days to go until the whistle blows for the opening match of the football's premier tournament, Emirates is offering attractive Fifa World Cup 2010 travel packages.
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‘Green’ tourism graces ITB Berlin travel fair (Deutsche Welle)

March 10, 2010

Tourism can be both an economic blessing and an environmental curse. But as consumer interest in 'green' getaways grows, the travel industry and tourism organizations are putting the spotlight on sustainability.
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Destination Watch: Machu Picchu Hopes to Reopen Soon

March 10, 2010
Destination Watch: Machu Picchu Hopes to Reopen Soon

After massive flooding struck the area around Machu Picchu this January, the country has been struggling to get its tourism back online.
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TUI Travel raises stake in Russian tour operator (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)

March 10, 2010

FRANKFURT, March 10 (Reuters) - Europe's largest tourism company, TUI Travel , has strengthened its presence in the Russian market by raising its stake in Russian tour operator Mostravel to benefit from the country's strong growth potential.
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Delta Shares Jump: Corporate Travel’s Back – Barron’s (blog)

March 10, 2010

Delta Shares Jump: Corporate Travel's Back Barron's (blog) But perhaps the most heartening sign to investors was the 34% jump in corporate travel ticket volume in February versus a year earlier, with a consequent ... and more
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Armed robbery at travel agents (BBC News)

March 10, 2010

Police appeal for information after an armed robbery at a travel agents in which staff were threatened with a knife.
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Klobuchar’s travel act signed into law – International Falls Daily Journal

March 10, 2010
Klobuchar’s travel act signed into law – International Falls Daily Journal

3News Klobuchar's travel act signed into law International Falls Daily Journal US Senator Amy Klobuchar attended the White House signing ceremony for the bipartisan Travel Promotion Act. As chairman of the Senate subcommittee that ..
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Uganda MPs demand minister travel ban over graft (AFP via Yahoo! News)

March 10, 2010

A Ugandan parliamentary panel called Wednesday for a travel ban on cabinet members implicated in a massive corruption scandal during the 2007 Kampala Commonwealth summit.
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