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		<title>Thompson to lose 2600 call-center jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.travel-niche.com/blog/2006/12/18/thompson-to-lose-2600-call-center-jobs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thompson have announced the loss of 2,600 jobs in their UK call centers after a drop in demand for telephone bookings.
Announcing extensive restructuring, the German parent company TUI said that it was cutting 3,600 staff throughout Europe but the majority of cuts would fall to the UK where the tourism and leisure business had changed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa fastest growing tourism market</title>
		<link>http://www.travel-niche.com/blog/2006/12/01/south-africa-fastest-growing-tourism-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Figures released by the Cape Town Routes Unlimited (CTRU) tourism agency suggest that South Africa had the largest growth of international tourism in the world during the 2005-2006 holiday season.
Of the 800 million international travelers world-wide, 7.4 million visited South Africa during 2005. This was an impovement of over 10% compared with 2004, which makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Novovirus strikes another cruise ship</title>
		<link>http://www.travel-niche.com/blog/2006/11/20/novovirus-strikes-another-cruise-ship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t imagine how awful it must be. You start the cruise holiday of a lifetime only to have the ship hit by a mystery stomach bug that confines you and your loved ones as well as other passengers and crew to your cabins.
That&#8217;s what it&#8217;s like when the novovirus hits a cruise ship as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low cost airlines under pressure after Stern report</title>
		<link>http://www.travel-niche.com/blog/2006/11/12/low-cost-airlines-under-pressure-after-stern-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world&#8217;s getting warmer and mankind&#8217;s rampant usage of fossile fuels is causing it. We&#8217;ll have to change our behaviour and soon if we&#8217;re to avoid a climate catasrophe that could change the Earth forever.
But what about the impact of climate change on travel?
Passenger planes are growing in number and people more than ever are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US loses business travellers</title>
		<link>http://www.travel-niche.com/blog/2006/11/06/us-loses-business-travellers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It shouldn&#8217;t suprise anyone that the stringent security measures introduced at US airports are putting off business travellers, who apparently turning to Europe for no-hassle entry to conference and congress venues.
The problem for many commercial travellers is getting a visa for entry into the USA. The World Travel Market Report 2006 claims that business travel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British spend £100 billion on holidays</title>
		<link>http://www.travel-niche.com/blog/2006/10/07/british-spend-%c2%a3100-billion-on-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.travel-niche.com/blog/2006/10/07/british-spend-%c2%a3100-billion-on-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2006 07:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent survey reported in the BBC News, Britons are set to spend nearly £100 billion on holidays during 2006. The study by the UK insurance group Axa, looked at all the costs associated with a holiday such as travel costs, hotel bills, car hire &#8211; and of course holiday insurance.
Just about half [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People in the UK want to travel on an Irish passport</title>
		<link>http://www.travel-niche.com/blog/2006/09/13/people-in-the-uk-want-to-travel-on-an-irish-passport/</link>
		<comments>http://www.travel-niche.com/blog/2006/09/13/people-in-the-uk-want-to-travel-on-an-irish-passport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems the Irish passport office is being flooded with applications from UK and American citizens. Many are speculating that people from the UK and USA are anxious to avoid being singled out on holiday in the Middle East by terrorists.
Under Irish law, anyone with a grand parent from Ireland can apply for an Irish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Columbia launches capaign to lure back tourists</title>
		<link>http://www.travel-niche.com/blog/2006/09/09/columbia-launches-capaign-to-lure-back-tourists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.travel-niche.com/blog/2006/09/09/columbia-launches-capaign-to-lure-back-tourists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2006 16:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Columbia has announced a $4 million ad campaign to lure back tourists.
Over the last few years President Alvaro Uribe has taken a hardline approach against Farc rebels and disarmed paramilitary groups. The result has been that kidnappings have fallen by 73%, and Columbia has launched the campaign to rebuild it&#8217;s image as a &#8220;safe&#8221; tourist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilot goes to loo, gets locked out of cabin</title>
		<link>http://www.travel-niche.com/blog/2006/09/01/pilot-goes-to-loo-gets-locked-out-of-cabin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.travel-niche.com/blog/2006/09/01/pilot-goes-to-loo-gets-locked-out-of-cabin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to CNN Travel News a Canadian pilot paid a visit to the toilet and found himself locked out of the cabin.
The Jazz airlines plane was on a flight from Ottawa to Winnipeg. With 30 minutes remaining, the pilot was seen frantically banging on the cabin door by passengers. The crew had to remove the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thomson to close call centres</title>
		<link>http://www.travel-niche.com/blog/2006/08/31/thomson-to-close-call-centres/</link>
		<comments>http://www.travel-niche.com/blog/2006/08/31/thomson-to-close-call-centres/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thompson travel have announced they are closing their Glasgow based call centre after 7 years, shedding 450 jobs in the process.
When the call centre opened in 2000, it was viewed as a major investment allowing people to book holidays directly via the telephone instead of using a high street travel agents. This year though, less [...]]]></description>
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