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BBC Worldwide has announced a deal which will see a range of the Corporation's natural history, travel, and factual programmes placed on the Internet TV platform Babelgum. uk.news.yahoo.com/techdigest/20080710/ttc-bbc-natural-histor...
SAUGUS - Gas prices are putting a damper on a lot of travel plans but that is one area the Senior Center is determined not to pinch pennies on. Council on Aging Chairman Dick Barry said he and other board members were discussing concerns about the rising price of gas. www.itemlive.com/articles/2008/07/10/news/news10.txt
Hallisey Kunde can’t think of a person on her summer travel softball team, the Marengo MudDogs, who doesn’t spend their summer swinging a bat because it’s the right thing to do. www.mchenrycountysports.com/articles/2008/07/10/spring_sport...
A $2 million project that would enable 10 traffic signals from Palmyra to Cleona to "talk" to each other could cut travel time for motorists, a county planner said. www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/12156...
SINGAPORE, July 10 (Reuters Life!) - Bangkok was voted the world's best city for 2008 and the Galapagos were picked as the best islands in an online poll by Travel + Leisure magazine, trumping last year's winners Florence, Italy and Bali, Indonesia. ph.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080710/tap-travel-awards-c3bb44c.ht...
A vote to force children participating in the travel baseball league to play also in the less competitive recreational baseball program drew large crowds and passionate reactions from parents early Wednesday morning. www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/west/epaper/2008/07/09/c1...
**HK$2m programme to support the use of ‘eco-blocks’ to reduce air pollutants** HSBC Insurance is launching a revolutionary ‘green’ travel insurance programme in partnership with The Hong Kong Polytec www.thaipr.net/nc/readnews.aspx?newsid=C104ACC46485891939823...
Many older Americans had long envisioned retirement as a period of adventure a time to indulge in frequent trips out of town to see relatives and explore places. But with food, health care costs and fuel prices soaring, many retirees have been forced to downsize their dreams of travel. www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/retirement/2008-06-30-retiremen...
As medical travel becomes a strategic health benefit offering in the United States, the upcoming meeting of the Health Care Administrators Association (HCAA) 6th annual TPA University conference, July 17-18, 2008, San Francisco, California will offer presentations from key thought leaders in the medical tourism industry. www.centredaily.com/business/story/705297.html
2008 is proving to be a year of great economic uncertainty. If travel companies want to stay in business, it’s more import ant than ever that they understand how to lower costs and boost revenues, even when times are tough. www.eyefortravel.com/node/14556
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