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			<title>President Obama Signs Travel Promotion Act into Law</title>
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			<description>President Obama signed into law the first-ever national travel promotion and communications program to attract more international travelers to the United States.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:26:58 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Group Travel Associations Support TRIP Act</title>
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			<description>The main purpose of the TRIP Act is to stimulate more jobs and revenue through domestic tourism.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:35:57 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Senate Passes Travel Promotion Act, Awaits President&#8217;s Signature</title>
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			<description>The program could attract 1.6 million additional visitors from other countries and create more than $4 billion in consumer spending annually. &amp;#8232;&amp;#8232;</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:59:54 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Secretary Locke Announces Travel and Tourism Advisory Board</title>
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			<description>The board&#8217;s new charter expanded membership to include a more diverse and expansive industry representation from private sector participants in the travel and tourism industry.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:15:26 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Revamped USTOA Web Site Helps Travel Agents Find the Right Fit</title>
			<link>http://www.packagedtravelinsider.com/news/article.asp?id=1767</link>
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			<description>Of special interest to travel agents is the Web site's Travel Trade Room.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:46:57 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>U.S.-Cuba Travel Summit Coming in March</title>
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			<description>Dozens of representatives of the U.S. travel sector will meet with their Cuban counterparts in a public forum.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:59:40 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Upward: International and Domestic Predicted to Rise</title>
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			<description>This year&#8217;s survey results are in sharp contrast to responses from USTOA tour operators at this time last year, when more than 70 percent said they expected sales to either plateau or decline in 2009.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:47:07 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Fed Bans Bus Driver Texting</title>
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			<description>Truck and bus drivers who text while driving commercial vehicles may be subject to civil or criminal penalties of up to $2,750.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:39:47 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>ABA and Foundation Announce $25,000 Donation for Disaster Relief in Haiti</title>
			<link>http://www.packagedtravelinsider.com/news/article.asp?id=1750</link>
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			<description>Learn more about how ABA is offering aid to Haiti during this time of crisis. </description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:34:35 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Platform for Online Motorcoach Rental Launched</title>
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			<description>EasyBusRental.com, in partnership with TravelManager, launched the beta version of its new platform for group transportation at the American Bus Association Marketplace in Washington, D.C.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:40:57 EDT</pubDate>
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