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Traveller letters: Priority stickers on suitcases are meaningless

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Gripe number one: my experience of collecting my “priority tagged bags for first-off-the-carousel convenience” is way different to that of Julie Miller’s (Traveller, ) in her Flight Test review. I want to commend the use of travel agents in this rapidly changing world of travel. STRANGER DANGER.

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Barbados And Medical Tourism: A Perfect Match

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B arbados has had quite an intriguing history as it relates to persons traveling to its shores for medical reasons. The business of medical tourism sees thousands of patients travel annually to various destinations around the world such as Europe, Asia, South America and the Caribbean to undergo various medical procedures. By Leslie T.

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Business Facilities’ 10th Annual Rankings Report: Memphis, NOLA Are Logistics Leaders; Houston Is No. 1 In Use Of Renewable Energy

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Rounding out the top five in BF ‘s Logistics Leaders (Air Cargo) metro rankings category are Anchorage, Louisville, Miami and Los Angeles. “If you’re shipping something by air, it’s probably going through Memphis, and by water it will travel through New Orleans,” said BF Editor in Chief Jack Rogers.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Presented by Penske Logistics and authored by transportation consultant, Rosalyn Wilson, senior business analyst at Parsons Corporation, the report tracks and measures all costs associated with moving freight through the U.S. The transportation sector of the logistics industry grew by 3.6 Costs for water transportation rose 8.9

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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These ports are reminding cross-country destinations that they can still get containers to them faster over land than it will take the big ships traveling through the Canal to reach East and Gulf Coast Ports. In May 2013, CSX Transportation Inc. MIAMI: A GLOBAL LOGISTICS HUB. million TEUs handled per year.

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STATE FOCUS: Florida – Let The Sun Shine

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percent); Trade, Transportation & Utilities (3.0 For years, the name Florida has been firmly associated with travel and tourism, and the state has enjoyed one of the world’s best known leisure brands. The prediction is that Florida’s unemployment rate (7.2 percent as of April 2013) will decrease slowly and reach 6.0 percent).”.

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Home Stretch

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The expanded Canal will permit super-sized Post-Panamax container vessels to travel directly to the East and Gulf Coasts of the U.S. The big ports of Virginia, Baltimore and Miami already are at that depth. The same journey takes 22 days sailing though the Panama Canal to East Coast ports, including road and rail transport.

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