ASTA announced its ASTA Green Member Program this week which is designed to educate travel agents on how to work with green travel suppliers to offer their customers sustainable vacations, how to market their services as a green travel professional and how to green their agency's operations by reducing, reusing and recycling - and working with green vendors of supplies and services.

Travelport, the industry conglomerate that owns Galileo and Worldspan and a piece of Orbitz, is the first official Global Sponsor of the ASTA Green Program, while Avis Budget is the car rental sponsor, the Society announced.

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The first Dash 8-Q400 out of a total of four such planes commissioned by Croatia Airlines from Canada’s Bombardier Aerospace landed at Split airport on Monday.

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June 16th, 2008 by Sean - NWA WorldVacations

If the idea of my previous post about Las Vegas golf vacations has you thinking about taking a golf vacation, you might want to consider a luxury golf vacation with your spouse. There are many golf resorts all over the world that have breathtaking golf courses, plus feature full service spas, luxurious accommodations and world-class service, that make a perfect getaway for you and your spouse. 
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Wonder if Imelda owns a pair or twelve? Actually, the cool thing is that you only need to buy one pair and you’ll be able to create at least 12 different looks. The other cool thing is that these innovative sandals ( patent-pending) are cruelty free-to both you and the animals-since they are made completely from reclaimed materials (gorgeous hand rubbed woods and recycled tires) and are amazingly comfy to walk in.

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Considerable confusion exists amongst airline passengers about carbon offsetting, finds study | Omega, Manchester Metropolitan University, Paul Hooper, carbon offsetting, Defra
Fri 25 May 2008 – Carbon offset schemes aim to compensate for carbon emissions by investing in carbon saving initiatives such as wind farms and reforestation. However, customer uptake of offset services for aviation has been low and questions have been raised over the accuracy of carbon calculators and the efficacy of emissions saving projects.
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A Buenos Aires institution, Abraxas, opened 25 years ago and still retains its original role of musical guide, more than just music vendor.According to the Clarin, the store is located at Santa Fe 1200, a shopping complex full of small, eclectic music stores.  Abraxas offers only rock from 1950 to today, but they offer it with a large serving of knowledge and love.When asked about how he felt about the CD or record in the age of MP3s, owner Fernando Pau said that most people often still need a physical connection with music.That is what Abraxas continues to offer porteñosand tourists alike.

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 Due to the global rise of oil prices, the Jadrolinija ferry company on Friday announced an average increase of 9% for all fares on its lines.

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Centralwings, a low-cost offshoot of the Polish state airline, LOT,  established in 2004, is beginning to fly from Krakow (Poland)  to Dubrovnik  on 10 June 2008.
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 There are some good news comming from Croatian authorities about boats and ferries in Croatia : The municipalities of Pula, Fazana and Rovinj have last week agreed to jointly finance a new ferry boat line that will connect Pula via Fažana (place accross the Brijuni National Park)  and Rovinj.

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