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Agents mull service charge for air travellers (Express India)
With the November 1 deadline for airlines' imposing the 0% commission regime around the corner, travel agents are considering the possibility of levying a transaction fee on booked tickets from customers.

Ottawa withholding travel papers for Canadian (The Globe and Mail)
Although he has found an airline to fly him home, Abdelrazik remains stranded while awaiting emergency documents

Hitting the Road With Travel Messenger (CommunicationsDirect)
An Australian company has developed a text messaging-based travel information service that's designed to help people on international journeys stay informed. Loop9's Travel Messenger delivers up-to-the-minute personalized information to customers' mobile phones via SMS technology. In an era when travel agents are ...

Sabre Travel Network Recognizes 2008 Power of You Winner (Centre Daily Times)
Sharon Kay Howell of Travel Masters in Tyler, TX was recognized by Sabre Travel Network as the 2008 Power of You Award. The annual award is based on nominations from North American Sabre travel agents who respect and admire their peers for making significant contributions significant contributions to the advancement of the travel profession, including the role that travel plays in our communities.

Sabre Travel Network Recognizes 2008 Power of You Winner (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SOUTHLAKE, Texas----Sharon Kay Howell of Travel Masters in Tyler, TX was recognized by Sabre Travel Network as the 2008 Power of You Award. The annual award is based on nominations from North American Sabre travel agents who respect and admire their peers for making significant contributions significant contributions to the advancement of the travel profession, including the role that travel ...

Mexico, Las Vegas, Caribbean cruising rank high on travel agent survey (USA Today)
The annual survey, conducted this summer, polled 415 Travel Leaders agents, managers and owners.

20,000 Scots tourists hit by collapse of travel firm (EveningTimes Online)
UP TO 20,000 Scots tourists have been hit by the collapse of a second travel firm in as many weeks. Some 2500 holidaymakers abroad and about 18,000 who have made advance bookings have been affected after budget package holiday firm Seguro Holidays stopped trading.

Save Money on Holiday Travel (WSPA Spartanburg)
Airfares are on the rise and airlines are cutting the number of domestic flights. Add to that new fees for luggage, seats, movies and food. If you?re planning to travel this holiday season, travel agents say book your seat now to make sure you get one and save some money.

End of Seattle service leaves travel agents surprised, disappointed (Prince George Citizen Online)
The decision to pull the plug on Horizon Air's flight to Seattle has left at least one Prince George travel agent scratching her head.Although most of the flights continued to be far from full four months into the service, Jami Witso of Japatedon Travel Cruises noticed growing interest in the service. I'm just really surprised that this happened so soon, Witso said Thursday, a day after it was ...

Questions arise around Palin's Alaska travel expenses (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
ANCHORAGE ? Since Gov. Sarah Palin took office nearly two years ago, the state of Alaska has routinely bought commercial airline tickets for her daughters when they travel with her, a practice that raises questions about the governor's claim to being a fiscal conservative.

 

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