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		<title>Save on Rail Europe round-trip tickets, from $257</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Real Deal: Discounted round-trip tickets in Leisure Select class on the Eurostar route (18 departures daily between London, Paris, and Brussels) start at $257 per person—plus between $10 and $18 in fees.
Leisure Select class is more spacious than economy class, with reclining seats and more legroom; you also get complimentary newspapers and a three-course [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World airlines see blue skies ahead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Global airlines are undergoing a surprisingly strong recovery with Asian and Latin American carriers leading the way, the leading industry group said Thursday as it halved its loss forecast for 2010 to $2.8 billion.
The International Air Transport Association said carriers began bouncing back late last year, and have continued to see stronger demand after posting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Airways, American Airlines, Iberia to cede airport slots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia have offered to give away takeoff and landing slots at London and New York airports to soothe European Union antitrust worries, EU regulators said Wednesday.
The European Commission said it would ask other airlines whether freeing up slots at London Heathrow, London Gatwick and New York&#8217;s John F. Kennedy airports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Park Service predicts peak for Washington cherry blossoms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those famous pink and white flowers in Washington are expected to bloom on schedule on trees around the nation&#8217;s capital as soon as the end of March, the National Park Service predicted Thursday.
Horticulturalist Rob DeFeo, who keeps a close eye on the city&#8217;s cherry blossom trees for the park service, said they likely will bloom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flight attendants, American Airlines at odds over contract</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contract talks between American Airlines and its flight attendants broke off Wednesday night, with the union declaring that negotiations were hopelessly stalemated while the company said it is looking forward to more bargaining.
The union said that it would ask federal officials to start a 30-day cooling-off period, after which the flight attendants could strike.
There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Info on the go for travelers without smart phones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is how my in-laws use the Internet to get a hotel room when they&#8217;re traveling the 650 miles between their home in Canada and their cabin in Idaho: They call us from the road, and we book the room online for them.
The in-laws are comfortable with the Internet. But to them, a portable Web-ready [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rome airport tries new body scanner technology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rome&#8217;s main airport is trying out Italy&#8217;s first body scanner at a terminal that serves U.S. airliners.
Authorities said the scanner went into use Thursday at Leonardo da Vinci airport&#8217;s Terminal 5 on an experimental basis. If there are no problems after a few weeks, more machines will be added.
Italy&#8217;s civil aviation agency says that unlike [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand offers tourists free insurance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thailand is continuing to offer insurance coverage worth $10,000 to anyone harmed in riots and demonstrations as it seeks to attract tourists scared off by political turmoil, officials say.
Other carrots range from a waiver on all visa fees to discounts on airline landing fees.
&#8220;The measures are to support the tourism industry. The situation has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$135 for a passport? Feds mull fee hike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Get ready to open your wallet a little wider to satisfy your travel bug: It may soon cost more to apply for a new U.S. passport or renew an old one, and the news is not sitting well with some lawmakers.
The State Department is proposing fee hikes that would require adults applying for their first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring break travel: Airfares up, hotel rates down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Average airfares for spring break are up from last year but hotel rates are down, according to data from Bing Travel and Travelocity.
Travelocity found average airfares are up 9 percent compared to last year, with the average domestic roundtrip flight at about $351, while hotel prices are down to an average nightly rate of about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Continental Airlines to let coach customers buy more space</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Continental Airlines will begin charging coach customers extra if they want a seat with more legroom.
Prices will vary depending on the length of a flight and popularity of the route. A spokeswoman said extra room on a Houston-New York flight might cost $59. International fliers would pay more than that.
Starting March 17, coach customers will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Audio indicates kid directed planes at JFK airport</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A child apparently directed pilots last month from the air traffic control center at John F. Kennedy Airport, one of the nation&#8217;s busiest airports, according to audio clips. The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it was investigating.
&#8220;Pending the outcome of our investigation, the employees involved in this incident are not controlling air traffic,&#8221; the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virus outbreaks on cruise ships mirror trend on shore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Suffering a bout of gastrointestinal illness in a cramped cruise ship cabin ranks pretty high on the scale of vacation nightmares. And given the bug going around this year, illness at sea is likely to spike.
Last week, Celebrity Cruises&#8217; Mercury ship returned to port in Charleston, South Carolina, from a sailing during which more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa marks 100 days to World Cup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With 100 days to go before the World Cup, jackhammers shuddered and bulldozers rumbled Tuesday as workers wearing &#8220;Proud to be building Soccer City for 2010&#8243; buttons readied South Africa&#8217;s main stadium.
Inside, the grass was smooth and inviting. But not far away stacks of pavement tiles waited to be laid, and parking lots and access [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hard-pressed Europeans flock to cheaper airlines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Budget airlines in Europe gained 13 million more passengers last year, with cheaper prices pulling in customers amid an overall drop in air travel.
The European Low Fares Airline Association, which includes Ryanair and easyJet, said an 8.7 percent increase in passenger numbers in 2009 allowed their industry expand and hire 3,000 more workers.
Airports say overall [...]]]></description>
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