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		<title>A plethora of hotel program promos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every fall, hotel companies roll out big bonuses for members of their frequent stay programs. They are hoping to lure in more business travelers who are out and about in force during this time. This year, with hotels still hurting, the offers are looking pretty generous. (If I don&#8217;t have your fave program listed below, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 BAT readers get month&#8217;s supply of roadie java</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have read in previous issues, The BAT has partnered with Starbucks to get the word out about VIA, its new line of instant coffee, among frequent travelers like YOU!
Starbucks VIA is perfect for those times you find yourself deprived of good coffee on the road. You know what I mean…like when your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>17 Things Travelers Need To Know This Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve done one of my Bay Area travel news round ups. Here are 17 things frequent travelers need to know this month:

(Photo: Ed Yourdon / Flickr)

&#62;SIGH OF RELIEF. Ah, fall! If the madding crowds of tourists have knocked you around this summer, relief is on the way.  Over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is business travel back? You betcha! (See 2 min vid)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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(Are you having problems viewing or hearing this video? Please email me and describe issue if so: chris@travelskills.com I&#8217;ve gotten a few reports of issues and I&#8217;m trying to get to the bottom of the problem. Thanks&#8211;chris)
Last week I attended the National Business Travel Association convention and exposition in Houston, Texas. This is an annual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SFO gets free wi-fi early</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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San Francisco International flipped on the switch early for free wi-fi, airport-wide, on Friday.  The new service was originally set to launch in September.
This means that Bay Area Travelers can now access the internet for free at our three main airports, SFO, Oakland and San Jose.
To log on at SFO, choose &#8220;sfo free wifi&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United tweaks new logo, livery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new combined United/Continental released a &#8220;tweaked&#8221; new look today. (It originally just replaced the word &#8220;Continental&#8221; with &#8220;United.&#8221; This is a bit more refined.)
The new logo displays the combined company&#8217;s brand name in capital  letters (UNITED) in a custom sans-serif font, joined with the global  mark which has represented Continental&#8217;s brand image [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$257 roundtrip SFO-HNL late Aug/Sept (UPDATE)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s rare that you see fares between SFO and Hawaii dip below $300. But check out what we just found on Expedia!  Who knows how long it will last. 
From what we can see on various sites, these fares are good for travel from late August through the end of Sept.

Thanks to BAT reader BKL [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama vs. the travel industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, President Obama urged federal government employees to cut back on business travel in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The president wants the federal government, now the largest energy consumer in the country, to cut its emissions from indirect sources like commuting and business travel by 13 percent by 2020.

That sounds fair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The BAT travels with Carly Simon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still a little bit star struck.
Last week, on the first leg of my journey home from my summer vacation on Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, Mass., I traveled with one of my all-time favorite singers and songwriters, Carly Simon.
Here&#8217;s what happened: As we were walking along the pier to enter the queue for the ferry back to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New nonstops between SFO and South America</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week LAN Airlines inaugurated their fourth US  gateway at San Francisco International  Airport with LAN Peru&#8217;s nonstop service to Lima,  Peru. LAN Peru will offer four  flights per week to Lima on Monday,  Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with continuing service to Sao Paulo, Brazil and additional connections  available [...]]]></description>
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