For the week of April 27, 2009:

Atlas News

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Atlas Signs Contract with Midtown Manhattan Hotel for Special Rates...

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Save the Date for Second Taste of Travel Event at Caffé Italiano

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Industry News

AA News: Inflight Internet Access Expanded in Domestic Fleet; AAdvantage® Offer Adds 50,000 Bonus Miles to US-UK Flights; In Historic First, AA Flying to Iraq with Supplies for Children
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Delta Revises Debit Memo Charges; Puts International Award Travel “On Sale”
(Estimated reading time: 4:17)

Short Takes: Continental Gets OK to Join Star Alliance; US Airways Codeshares with Qatar Airways; Southwest to Launch Denver Service from Minneapolis, Midway and BWI Flights from LaGuardia
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Other Airline News: BA Adds “Special Bag Charge”; Icelandair Plans Launch of SeaTac-Heathrow Service; Lufthansa Offers Electronic Boarding Pass in Vancouver; New Airline Baltia to Connect NYC and St. Petersburg, Russia
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Airlines Performance Greatly Improved, Says Study
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Airport Update: Long Beach, Ca., St. Louis – and Would You Pay a Small Fee to Go to the Head of the Security Line?
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Whole-body Scanners to Replace Metal Detectors, Says TSA
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In Depth: The Flies in the Secure Flight Ointment
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MasterCard Agrees to Cut Fees for Cross-Border Payments in Europe
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Avis Europe is Levying Fees on No-shows
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Crowne Plaza Opens Hotels in London, Paris
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Hotel Designs that are a Walk on the Weird Side
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Corporate Buyers Find Willing Partners in Hotel Renegotiations
(Estimated reading time: 4:29)

ACTE Survey: “AIG Effect” Actually Increasing Business Travel and Meeting Costs
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For Meeting Planners: Ideas that Allow Your Groups to Network, Learn, Give Back –
and Have Fun
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