153 people dead
Spanair plane crashed at Madrid Barajas Airport
Thursday, August 21, 2008
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Spanair SA MD-82 jetliner crashed yesterday (14:45 hours local time) into the runway at Madrid's Barajas International airport and bursted into flames, during take off. The plane, which was taken off from Madrid to Las Palmas with flight number JK 5022, was carrying a total of 172 people of which 162 were passengers, 4 passive crew members and 6 flight crew. 153 of them were killed in Spain's worst aviation accident in 25 years...
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Ypartnership - PhoCusWright
New survey reveals unique habits and preferences of 'Next Generation' travelers
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Technological change has reinvented the manner in which travel service suppliers bring their products and services to the marketplace in recent years, and a new survey now reveals that emerging technology has had an equally profound effect on the behavior of those who use it. The "NEXTgen Traveler(TM)" survey of 2,559 adults...
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World Religious Travel Expo
WRTA: Participants from 28 countries, six continents
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Travel providers and planners from 28 countries on six continents will gather in Orlando, Florida, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, for the inaugural
World Religious Travel Expo and Educational Conference. With registration still underway, organizers are already preparing extra exhibit space to accommodate companies that continue to join the first large-scale forum of the $18 billion worldwide religious travel industry...
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