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Travel Europe News Archive06-Dec-2005
Travel industry braces for bird flu Possible outbreak concerns airlines, cruise operators (San Francisco Chronicle)Hoping for the best but preparing for the worst, the Travel and tourism business is gearing up for a widespread outbreak of avian flu among humans, a much-feared event that would put Travelers and Travel-industry workers on the front lines of the fight against the disease.
American Express Business Travel Renews and Expands Long-Term Global Services Contract With TRX (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) TRX, Inc. , a leading, independent provider of transaction processing and data integration solutions to the global Travel industry, today announced that it has signed a five-year global services agreement with American Express Business Travel.
Casey Magyar is headed to Europe (The Steubenville Herald-Star)RAYLAND - Casey Magyar, a senior at Buckeye Local High School and a three-year starting pitcher for the Panthers softball team, will travel to Europe to play for the Belgium National Cup team in International Competition.
EU: 'Open Skies' Talks With U.S. on Hold (AP via Yahoo! News) Talks on an "open skies" air-travel agreement between the United States and Europe are on hold until Washington provides details about how it will remove restrictions on foreign ownership of U.S. airlines, the British transportation minister said Monday.
10 yrs later, travel to Europe by train (Deccan Herald)The first step to link Asia with Europe by railways has been taken by the UN?s Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific (ESCAP). The dream railway providing a fast and inexpensive trans-continental link is likely to be realised in about a decade.
Volvo selects SAS and Star Alliance as its main supplier of air travel (eyefortravel.com)Volvo has selected SAS and Star Alliance as its main supplier of air travel. The air-travel agreement, which is for two years, is the largest that Volvo has signed with an airline alliance.
Travel meta-search gets mixed response for its battle with other online players (eyefortravel.com)Quoting Al Lenza, vice president of distribution and e-Commerce at Northwest Airlines, on viewpoint on the battle, boston.com report says, ?These (Travel meta search engines) guys have become a credible threat and competitor to Orbitz, Travelocity, and Expedia.?
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