Subject: China Overtakes US in Business Travel Spend
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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:16:54 -0400

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China Overtakes US in Business Travel Spend ( http://www.meetingstoday.com/NewsEvents/IndustryNews/IndustryNewsDetails/tabid/138/RegionID/0/ArticleID/28275/Default.aspx?topic=903,667,644%20 )

China's business travel market has overtaken the United States as
the No. 1 business travel market in the world. This is one of the
key findings from the GBTA BTI Outlook...

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Denver International Airport recently celebrated the launch of
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INDUSTRY NEWS

AmEx Global Biz Travel CEO Steps Down ( http://www.meetingstoday.com/NewsEvents/IndustryNews/IndustryNewsDetails/tabid/138/RegionID/0/ArticleID/28274/Default.aspx?topic=644%20 )

American Express Global Business Travel (AmEx GBT) announced that
Bill Glenn, president and CEO, will step down from his current
role and join the...

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North Carolina and Mississippi See Tourist Backlash (via N.Y.
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The reaction has been swift.

The singer Bryan Adams canceled his concert in Mississippi in
protest against what he called an "anti-L.G.B.T." law, and the
actress Sharon Stone decided not to film a movie there.

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Television reporter and personality Erin Andrews has
settled her lawsuit against a hotel owner and operator that
allowed her stalker to secretly record her naked through a door
peephole.

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