Saturday, July 28, 2007

Rookie Wright day late, but confident (Dayton Daily News)

BEREA Rookie cornerback Eric Wright is just happy to be here. After a travel problem kept him away an extra day, he's one guy who can say that and mean it.

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On to the next retail show (Hibbing Daily Tribune)

HIBBING While the gamble of having four persons attend the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) convention in Las Vegas last May has yet to pay tangible dividends, another contingent of four will head to a similar show in September thats closer to home.

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Mayweather sets date to fight Hatton (The Grand Rapids Press)

Now that the fight is on, and to classify the thin air in which the greatest boxers travel, Oscar De La Hoya was a pocketbook fight for Floyd Mayweather. Ricky Hatton is a record book fight.

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Zeff Design to Lead Hard Rock Makeover, Expansion (Hospitality Design)

The Morgans Hotel Group has hired Mark Zeff as the lead designer for its $600 million redesign and expansion of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The plans call for a redesign of the existing 550-room tower and creating interiors for the new 400-room tower.

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Nevada Internet Domain Land Rush Begins August 1, 2007 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

LAS VEGAS----In what is expected to be the most important Internet domain name to register with, the nv.com domain is scheduled to launch in five days.

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Travel companies are taught important behavioural differences between European travel consumers (eyefortravel.com)

A 22% growth of European online travel spend is expected this year, accruing more than EUR 46 billion and representing 18.4% of the European travel market.

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Summer travel keeps ECI athletes busy over the summer (The Star Press)

Planes, cars and hotels have become the summer staples for serious AAU basketball players. Yorktown senior Emerson Kampen knows all too well about that. He can rattle off a list of destinations in the South, West and Midwest that he's visited in recent months.

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Friday, July 27, 2007

Fake, fun Vegas is great place to visit (Star-Gazette)

"Oh man! Even the Motel 6 is blinged out here!" That was the observation I heard from a keen 10-year-old on a bus full of tourists who had just gotten off a plane in Las Vegas.

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On Yosemite and Las Vegas (Los Angeles Times)

Hiking dangers at Yosemite After I read "Under the Stars or 4 Stars?" [June 24], I felt it necessary to warn your readers that other dangers besides bears roam in Yosemite National Park.

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Host cities work to fund '08 conventions (USA Today)

Organizers estimate it will take at least $100 million in corporate funds to underwrite next year's political conventions. Because Minnesota and Colorado aren't home to many Fortune 500 companies, elected officials from those states must travel across the country to make their pitches.

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Humble beginning, big success (Tacoma News Tribune)

Carlos Baldomir doesnt travel light.

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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Olson is as spry as ever in Las Vegas (Long Beach Press-Telegram)

LAS VEGAS - He'll turn 73 years young on Sept. 22.

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Struggling to take some time off (Daily Record)

Michael and Lisa Plociniak of Stanhope traveled to several locales, including Las Vegas, California, Hawaii, before they bought their business. But the one place they can't seem to get to these days is the timeshare in Key West they purchased almost three years ago.

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Travelocity introduces its first North American Spanish travel site (eyefortravel.com)

The site (www.travelocity.com.mx) will serve the growing needs of more than 20 million people in Mexico who have Internet access.

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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Taxicab Authority Votes To Put More Cabs On Streets (KTNV Las Vegas)

No more cabs! That is what local taxi drivers are hoping the Las Vegas Taxicab Authority will decide.

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Derek Smith All-Stars in Las Vegas to win, not sin (Louisville Courier-Journal)

The bright lights, the sounds of slot machines ringing through your ears and sweltering temperatures that make you want to just sit by the pool.

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American Express Business Travel launches new web-based MI data reporting solution (eyefortravel.com)

American Express AXIS @ Work draws in and unifies information from more than 60 critical global business markets to present corporate travel purchasers and managers with centralised, online access to the comprehensive data resulting from their firms business expenditures.

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Eyes on '09 - and beyond (Tucson Citizen)

LAS VEGAS - With the 2008 basketball recruiting class all but completed, University of Arizona coaches have the opportunity to get a head start on the next class.

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Generic terms may increase visits to a travel site, but they decrease conversion rate: study (eyefortravel.com)

Such sites or travel aggregators typically see a spike in visitors during June and July--and the research firm found that branded terms were the top three keyword drivers of this years summer traffic.

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Local comedians get a shot at HBO stage (Daily Press)

Ten comedians from the Hampton Roads area will compete on Wednesday for a shot at performing alongside Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock in Las Vegas.

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Expedia Corporate Travel offers `75 by 75 Guarantee (eyefortravel.com)

We are so confident in our customers ability to achieve high levels of online adoption with our tool that we back it with a guarantee, said Jean-Pierre Remy, President - Expedia Corporate Travel.

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More Hybrid Cars Are Available to Rent (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)

Avis and Enterprise are adding hybrids to their fleets Marriott brands are increasing WiFi access Hotels.com is running condo specials in Las Vegas and Myrtle Beach and more.

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KID STUFF (New York Post)

WHILE most of the newer pool/beach areas in Las Vegas now skew toward adults (even the rather tame Flamingo is taking part of its always fun pool complex in a grown-up direction), there are still plenty of places suitable for kids. In addition to...

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Expedia Corporate Travel introduces integrated global consolidated reporting (eyefortravel.com)

The companys global consolidated reporting allows travel managers to create and run customised travel reports that aggregate travel data across countries and subsidiaries. Reports can be produced in the languages and currency of choice.

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Arriva Card Partners with Striker VIP to Offer Exclusive Las Vegas Luxury Travel Services to Cardholders (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

LAS VEGAS----Arriva Card, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. and the first credit card designed specifically for use in casinos, has entered into a joint marketing agreement with Striker VIP, Inc., a Las Vegas concierge and event services provider, to offer luxury concierge services to Arriva cardholders.

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First joint airline-sponsored corporate travel site launched (eyefortravel.com)

Designed to provide companies of all sizes with a one-stop solution for their corporate travel needs, SkyCorp Direct provides access to airline, hotel and car rental content.

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Coaching is kept all in the family (Long Beach Press-Telegram)

LAS VEGAS - It was a familiar scene for him, although one that Mike Montgomery hadn't participated in since July of 2003.

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Monday, July 23, 2007

Corporate Travel (eyefortravel.com)

Click here to view this years event video. An innovative and well executed marketing plan is integral to driving travel product sales. Hear the latest trends and developments from industry experts at this inaugural Asia-Pacific event.

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Entering Las Vegas overload (Los Angeles Times)

I hope you realize that your Travel section has by far set a record for consecutive weeks in which there has been an article about Las Vegas. Hopefully when you have covered every venue in Vegas, you won't start over again.

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New travel 2.0 website gets seed round of financing (eyefortravel.com)

The investment round will be used to finance the growth of the business. The size of the round was not disclosed. Founded in early 2006, the site is yet to be made open to the public.

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KU among preps top 10 (Lawrence Journal-World)

Rotnei Clarke, a 6-foot, 180-pound guard from Verdigris High in Claremore, Okla., pared his list of prospective colleges to 10 before heading to Las Vegas for this weeks Main Event Tournament.

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Travel Briefs (San Jose Mercury News)

UNITED STATES Vegas' Luxor getting a new look inside The pyramid-shaped Luxor hotel-casino is getting a $300 million makeover.

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Travel Notes: Las Vegas' Luxor to get renovation (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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Travel briefs (Detroit Free Press)

LAS VEGAS -- The pyramid-shaped Luxor hotel-casino is getting a multimillion-dollar makeover. The name and distinctive shape of the resort near the south end of the Las Vegas Strip will remain the same, but the interior and most hotel rooms will be renovated, said Jenn Michaels, executive spokeswoman.

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Travel trends lead to cheap room rates at Mesa Verde (The Farmington Daily Times)

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK What appears to be a change in travel trends from major cities has cleared the way for the lowest room rates at Far View Lodge since the 1970s.

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