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Press Release Twice Weekly Summary

05-06-2008

GVB Honored as an Outstanding Member of PATA for 50 Years Tumon, Guam - The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) International Board of Directors held its biannual meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka from April 4 – 7, 2008, and the Guam Visitors Bureau was honored, along with 33 other organizations, for being members in good-standing for over 50 years. The accolade was bestowed during PATA’s Annual Meeting Welcome to Sri Lanka Dinner, hosted by Sri Lanka Tourism on April 5. Click for more > International Visitation Up 11 Percent In January 2008 Spending At $11.4 Billion For The Month The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced that 3.4 million international visitors traveled to the United States in January 2008, an increase of 11 percent over January 2007. Click for more > Dutch Oven Cooking Programs are Tasty and Fun Jill M. Rohrbach, travel writer Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism My recent cooking lesson started off familiar enough – we sprayed the pot with Pam – except that pot was a Dutch oven sitting on gravel at my campsite on the White River in north central Arkansas. I was enjoying a cooking program given by interpreters at the Bull Shoals-White River State Park in Bull Shoals. Click for more > NBTA: US-VISIT Exit Plan Would Create Undue Stress on U.S. Economy Alexandria, VA - The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) – the business travel industry advocacy organization – voiced concern about a plan to hold airlines and cruise lines responsible for collection of biometric identifiers from non-U.S. citizens as they exit the country. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed the plan as a way to meet exit requirements of the US-VISIT border security program. Click for more > Corporate Travel Professionals Begin Designation Program at NBTA Canada Event in Montreal The National Business Travel Association Canada (NBTA Canada) -- the leading provider of education and professional resources for corporate travel professionals in Canada -- yesterday held an Education Day in Montreal at which 21 corporate travel professionals took the Canadian Fundamentals of Business Travel Management course. More than half of participants were travel managers, or corporate travel buyers. The course taught by NBTA Vice President Michael W. Lyons, CCTE. Click for more > NBTA Applauds Progress on FAST Redress Act The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) applauds the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection for approving by voice vote H.R. 4179, the FAST Redress Act of 2007. The move comes after NBTA submitted the attached letter to the leadership of the Committee and the Subcommittee. The FAST Redress Act now goes to the full Committee, and NBTA is urging that the Committee send it to the full U.S. House of Representatives for consideration. Click for more > Guam Links Up with AOL Travel Tumon, Guam - The Guam Visitors Bureau Chairman of the Board David Tydingco has confirmed GVB’s participation in AOL Travel’s online promotion of the 25th Annual National Tourism Week. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Discover Great American Traditions” and it encourages travel to American destinations while highlighting the role that tourism plays in discovering the special attractions and interesting facts about each destination. Click for more > SATW Digital Travel Photography Institute SATW - The Society of American Travel Writers - announces its first Institute for Digital Travel Photography, to be held July 24-27 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Aimed at honing photographic skills, the course aims to aid career-minded professional photographers and advanced beginners learn the ins and outs of the technology. Click for more >

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