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Travel slumping, hotel deals jumping (The Charlotte Observer)
Cash-strapped travelers may finally get a break on rising hotel prices this fall – courtesy of airline cutbacks and high gas prices. Airlines' service cuts and rising fuel costs have damped travel demand to several popular resort destinations. That has spurred some hotels to offer plentiful deals and to temper rate increases to woo reluctant vacationers – an about-face from recent years, when ...
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Kiwis benefit from Tasman price wars (TVNZ)
Despite the price of almost everything rising, the cost of travelling to Australia is getting cheaper. Airlines are fighting a high-stakes battle for supremacy of the trans-Tasman route and that includes repeated price cuts.
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Shrewd move (BBC News)
US visit is a milestone for Gaddafi's Libya
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Shrewd Gaddafi plays host to Rice (BBC News)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Libya is a key moment in relations with Libya and Muammar Gaddafi.
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Raising McCain (Washington City Paper)
Sen. John McCain does not lose gracefully. The Arizona Republican and potential presidential candidate once shoved nonagenarian Strom Thurmond on the Senate floor.
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Unions for American’s flight attendants, pilots and ground workers combine efforts (Dallas Business Journal)
The Allied Pilots Association, a union representing commercial airline pilots, released a statement Friday saying the APA is partnering with the Association of Professional Flight Attendants and the Transport Workers Union, which represents ground workers, to negotiate with American Airlines over new employment contracts. (AMR)
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Scots airline Zoom halts all flights in cash crisis (The Herald)
Low-cost airline Zoom suspended all operations last night as industry experts warned many of its rivals would fail to see out the winter. The transatlantic carrier, owned by Scottish travel entrepreneurs John and Hugh Boyle, cancelled all flights, blaming an "unprecedented rise" in fuel costs.
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Personal finance: Hunting travel bargains (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Be prepared to look at a variety of Web sites to get a bargain.
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Get smart for a great escape (Adelaide Now)
HOLIDAYS don't have to break the bank: Alex Tilbury uncovers the secret to going five-star luxe on a three-star budget.
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Surely, it's not a flight of fancy to want decent air travel (Times Online)
It was a red-letter day for Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum. His Airbus A380 was rolled out of its hangar in Hamburg, like some bloated, basted turkey taken from an oven, and Sheikh Ahmed liked it so much that he ordered another 60. And why not? He comes from the United Arab Emirates.
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