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… demands objective investigation into alleged Russian arms…
International Herald Tribune – Apr 11, 2008
The ministry summoned Thai ambassador Friday demanding that Viktor Bout's case be investigated “objectively and impartially. ” It vowed to monitor the case to make sure Thai law and international standards are duly observed. Bout who has been dubbed “The Merchant of Death” was arrested March 6 at a luxury hotel in Bangkok after a U. -led sting operation. He has remained in Thai custody pending hearings on his extradition to the United States. Bout 41 faces several counts in the U.

Getaways: How to Take a Vacation from the Diving Dollar
RisMedia.com – RisMedia.com (press release) – Apr 11, 2008
“It makes us progressively poorer and poorer” says budget-travel guru Rick Steves who huddled recently with a group of his guidebook researchers. His message: “Crank up the cheap tricks. ”Rather than pay $20 each for a hotel breakfast during a recent winter break in Rome Steves took his family on a morning picnic where they sat on the steps of the Pantheon eating a meal of prosciutto fresh bread and juice at a fraction of the price. “Get used to it” is his advice for anyone waiting for things to get better. “This is where America is. ”The dollar’s freefall against the euro British pound Canadian dollar and many other world currencies means even experienced travelers are struggling to find ways to make travel affordable. With the dollar hitting record lows against the euro a hotel room in Paris that in January 2007 cost 100 euros the equivalent of $132 is now $154 up nearly 17% using the current exchange rate of $1… What international destinations are cheapest for Americans right now?A. Almost anywhere in Asia-China Indonesia Malaysia Thailand; South Africa; the Middle East; Mexico and other Latin American countries; and the Central and Eastern European countries that haven’t adopted the euro: Hungary Slovakia Croatia Bulgaria Romania and others. The dollar has fallen against many of these currencies too but things are still much cheaper for Americans than they are in Western Europe or Canada. If I’ve already bought airline tickets to go to Europe should I consider canceling?A. Not unless you’re prepared to pay a stiff penalty-usually $200 on a nonrefundable international ticket-and that’s to rebook to another destination within a year.

PATA Annual Meeting Session Discusses Need to Invest In Human…
e-Travel Blackboard – e-Travel Blackboard (press release) – Apr 11, 2008
" "In travel and tourism we’re good at product and market development" he continued. "But HRD is rarely central to industry growth strategies and good workforce development strategies are hard to find. " Delegates learned that working-age populations will begin to contract in Korea (RK) in 2015; China (PRC) in 2016; Singapore in 2017; and Thailand in 2025. In Japan the number of workers in the population started to decline in 1994. In the travel and tourism industry inexperienced staff members are being fast-tracked into positions of responsibility quicker than ever before. Salaries are rising as competition for talent heats up and employees show a willingness to job-hop. Yet money does not seem to be the deal breaker when it comes to retaining the services of the newest members of the working age population “Generation Y”… Some of Jetwing Group’s best feedback on customer service now comes from Vil Uyana. Furthermore at less than US$5000 per graduate investment the project more than pays for itself in terms of reduced staff turnover and retraining costs. Kenneth Low Director of Strategy at IHG and the 2008 PATA Face of the Future said his company would need to fill 200000 new hotel jobs over next three years. IHG’s approach is give and take: "What do we want our people to do? What do we do for our people?" To positively position IHG the company’s multilingual careers website makes promises to prospective employees that they will have room to be themselves to get involved and room to grow. IHG’s openness to individual identities and passions its partnership-based HRD strategy as well as its own chain of IHG Academies have helped the company perform strongly on employee satisfaction surveys. Pradeepa Dahanayake of SriLankan Airlines described her organisation’s HRM and HRD as a "continuous flow" of internal staff development and external training; recruitment agents; management trainee programmes and career development. She emphasised that it was important for HR professionals to understand what is going on in the marketplace and industry on a local and global scale.

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