Air passengers will not have to pay a commission for booking tickets through travel agents. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has rejected the demand made by private airlines that travel agents be allowed to recover a transaction fee from clients bookings tickets.
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Fliers don t have to pay commission to Travel agents (Hindustan Times)
Actor Sunny Deol has got temporary relief from the Bombay High Court in a case filed by a travel agency alleging that he had not paid for the air tickets and accommodation it had arranged.
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Court stays action against actor in case filed by travel agency (Hindustan Times)
Travel agents on Friday claimed victory in a dispute with 16 foreign airlines that fly in India over the pricing of air tickets. The agents said the regulatory body-directorate general civil aviation (DGCA)-has directed airlines to restore commissions on tickets issued by the travel agents instead of making the agents charge a transaction fee on the passengers.
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Passengers spared travel agents cut (Express India)
MARCH 12, 2010 — Corporate travel technology providers are seizing on this week’s launch of the Google Apps Marketplace to target small and midsize companies with Web-based scaled-down versions of their products distributed through the online storefront.
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Google Marketplace Drives Corporate Travel Apps (Business Travel News)
The state Senate votes to authorize the governor to negotiate for less-generous travel benefits for union workers.
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Lawmakers act to roll back state ferry workers’ travel perk (Everett Herald)
CNET Editor Natali Del Conte and Travel Editor Peter Greenberg Explain the Benefits and Pitfalls of New Travel Technology
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Testing the New Travel Tech (CBS News)
MHAUS announces availability of a $1,500 Travel Award to anesthesia resident/fellow or anesthesiologist who is within five years of ending his/her training to attend the 2010 annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists in San Diego CA.
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Malignant Hyperthermia Travel Award to San Diego, CA (Newswise)
Whether or not to climb over a sleeping passenger mid-flight and more. United States – Travel – Oceania – Recreation – Airline
Travel expert Peter Greenberg and CNET’s Natali Del Conte discussed how technology is changing the way we fly and vacation.
British Airways To Do All Possible To Protect Customer Travel
A new site launched on January 1st that looks to be a contender for our attention for relevant local news. The site is LocalSpur.com, and calls itself the Internet’s city guide. They are currently in beta with around 200 cities live across the country. I tried out my local city of Lubbock, TX and was pleased to find breaking news, sports news and local videos and tweets from around the city, all in real time.
This Travel Alert expires on December 20, 2009.
The deal market suddenly came alive this week when Scripps Networks Interactive agreed to pay about $1 billion for the Travel Channel, nearly twice the estimated value of the network when its auction began almost five months ago.
CLARK FREEPORT — Government officials urged travel agencies and other tourism stakeholders to sell the Philippines in the domestic and international markets to boost the country’s tourism and trave read more
So I stopped by my local travel agent on the way home from work the other day and picked up some guides. The guides were so uninspiring. Cheesy couples hugged during cheesy sunsets while they drank cheesy Caribbean drinks wearing cheesy …
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