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| AMEX launches online marketplace for corporate travel |
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Consolidates inventory for one-stop shopping
American Express Business Travel has launched an "Intelligent Online Marketplace" for travel and related business services. The aim of the new Web-based marketplace is to consolidate inventory from over 135,000 suppliers to give business travellers a single destination to purchase and manage travel components including flights, ground transportation and hotel rooms, plus ancillary travel services such as airport parking, dining, event tickets and even package shipping and audio/web conferencing, areas customarily not handled by corporate travel systems.
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| Regent Seven Seas announces Alaskan Land Excursions |
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Port excursions offer adventure and insights
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| Alaska | | Regent Seven Seas Cruises, voted the world's #1 large-ship cruise line by readers of Condé Nast Traveler, announced more than 75 Alaskan land adventures for 2007. Guests sailing aboard the 700-guest all-suite, all-balcony Seven Seas Mariner between Vancouver and Seward, Alaska can enjoy exciting port excursions ranging from touring an authentic Gold Rush boomtown to listening in on the underwater calls of whales and porpoises using a high-tech hydrophone. Each Alaskan excursion is designed for a group of eight or fewer guests, ensuring a personalized experience:
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| Six airlines to integrate iPods with in-flight entertainment |
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Apple working to connect others
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| Steven Jobs | | It had to happen! Apple, the maker of the ubiquitous iPod is teaming up with six airlines to enable the use of iPods on board their aircraft. Beginning in mid-2007, Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and United will offer passengers seat connections to power and charge iPods during flights, with the video content available for viewing on the seat back display. But those airlines may only be the beginning. Apple announced it is working with Panasonic Avionics Corp. to bring in-flight iPod connectivity to more leading airlines.
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| As if you didn't know.Jet lag's a killer |
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Chronic jet-lag conditions hasten death in aged mice
Jet lag may have worse affects than previously imagined and could shorten a human's lifetime, according to a new study on mice. Scientists have found that disrupting normal physiological cycles of test mice increased their mortality - especially for older mice. The researchers found that aged mice undergoing weekly light-cycle shifts - approximating those that humans experience with jet lag or rotating shift work - experienced significantly higher death rates than did old mice kept on a normal daylight schedule over the same eight-week period. In the study, a majority of older rats put on an advanced-time schedule were dead within eight weeks. Only 17% of rates on normal schedules died.
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| Largest Conference Ever Held in the Cayman Islands |
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Cruise conference deemed a "resounding success"
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| Charles Clifford | | The Cayman Islands recently played host to the 13th annual Florida Caribbean Cruise Association Conference and Trade Show. Created in 1972, the FCCA represents 13 member cruise lines and provides a forum for discussion on tourism development, legislation, port, safety, security, and other cruise industry issues.The country experienced an incredible level of commitment and team work as government officials and agencies worked with private sector partners to prepare the Conference, that attracted over 1,200 cruise executives and delegates, the largest such event ever hosted by the Cayman Islands.
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| Cruise line fights global warming with carbon-free trips |
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One small step at a time .
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| Global warming | | Small ship cruise line AdventureSmith Explorations has started offering passengers carbon-free trips. "We are pleased to introduce a sustainable alternative for cruise travelers who are interested in the fight against global warming," said founder Todd Smith noting that more than 30% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide are related to travel. "Through our Carbon Free Cruising campaign we will completely neutralize harmful carbon emissions created as a result of our guest's cruise travel," he said.
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