| NZers have biggest travel budget of Asia-Pacific (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News) |
| New Zealanders have the largest international travel budgets of any Asia Pacific country, a new survey has found. |
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| Golfer Michelle Grilli's Notes from Asia (Princeton University Athletics) |
| Rising senior golfer Michelle Grilli is part of the 2009 Collegiate All-Star Golf team playing in Asia and arriving back in the U.S. on July 14. The 10-member team consists of golfers from across Division I. After playing an event in Palos Verdes, Calif., the team flew from Los Angeles to Tokyo on June 26 and will see Korea and Hong Kong during the tour. |
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| Global cruise industry looks to Asia as major growth engine (Channel NewsAsia) |
| SINGAPORE: The global cruise industry is looking to Asia as a major growth engine. Industry players said on Friday the region's growing middle class is providing an untapped market for operators. |
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| Travel Picks: Top 10 rivers for cruising in 2009 (Reuters via Yahoo! News) |
| Some cash-conscious travelers are taking to water this summer for their holidays, discovering river cruising holidays where their boat is their hotel and they wake up with a new view every day. |
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| Just Back From: Kathmandu, Nepal (San Francisco Chronicle) |
| By Kathryn McFadden, Reno I went because: We have done extensive travel in Southeast Asia but we have never seen the Himalayas, including Mount Everest. Remember to take your camera with you for some great shots from the airplane. Don't miss: The... |
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| Macau.com Partners With Asia Adult Expo As Official Travel Company (PRWeb) |
| Macau.com has been appointed as the official travel agency for Asia Adult Expo (AAE) for the second consecutive year. (PRWeb Jun 28, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/hong-kong-hotels/macau-hotels/prweb2581634.htm |
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| Macau.com Partners With Asia Adult Expo As Official Travel Company (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) |
| Macau.com has been appointed as the official travel agency for Asia Adult Expo (AAE) for the second consecutive year. |
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| National govt travel spending details made public (Otago Daily Times) |
| John Key has spent nearly $150,000 on travel since being elected prime minister. The New Zealand Herald reported information provided to Labour MP Chris Hipkins that a November trip to an Asia Pacific Economic Community (Apec) meeting in Peru, then to London to meet the Queen cost $96,841. |
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| More than 360 new A/H1N1 flu cases reported in Asia-Pacific region on Tuesday (Vietnam Net) |
| More than 360 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in the Asia-Pacific region on Tuesday, with Thailand scoring the most at 84 to bring the country's tally to 1,414. |
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| Travel Agenda: Ryanair's new summer routes; BugWorld Experience; Napa's Valley's Festival del Sole (Independent) |
| Today... Ryanair's new batch of summer routes takes off, including from Bristol to Reus (for Barcelona) and Edinburgh to Haugesund on the south coast of Norway (ryanair.com). |
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