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		<title>Creative Adventure Travel and Outdoor Recreation Industry Partnerships Yield Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Adventure Travel Trade Association continues to bridge the gap between outdoor and adventure travel industries by fostering three more successful partnerships between outdoor gear manufacturers and adventure destinations. By Nicole Petrak, Assistant Editor, AdventureTravelNews A meeting facilitated by ATTA at the 2009 Adventure Travel World Summit in Quebec has resulted in an in-store and online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cycling and Multi-Sport Specialist Austin-Lehman Adventures Embraces Bicycles for Humanity (B4H)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 23:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Billings, Montana-based ALA puts fleet of old wheels, its home community and active trips to work for rural Namibia settlement Billings, Montana — Global adventure travel company Austin-Lehman Adventures (ALA) has announced Bicycles for Humanity as its charitable partner and designated the African community of Ngoma, Namibia, as its newly adopted beneficiary. Spearheaded by ALA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Condé Nast Traveller Nominates WikiReader For Innovation &amp; Design Awards 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 18:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WikiReader makes the short list among innovative travel-related products in ten different categories TAIPEI, TAIWAN &#8211; May 3, 2010 &#8211; Condé Nast Traveller has nominated WikiReader, a 4.5 ounce, palm-sized touchscreen device with more than 3 million Wikipedia articles, as a contender in the Condé Nast Traveller Innovation &#38; Design Awards 2010 in the Communications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EL AL Israel Airlines Offers 1,000 Free Cell Phones for use in Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free phone delivery plus 60 Minutes Airtime Included New York, NY – EL AL Israel Airlines is introducing a new promotion whereby passengers departing from many cities in the USA can receive a free travel cell phone to use in Israel and on all future visits. This promotion is available with the purchase of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Verde Ventures forms New Partnership with le Fonds Français pour l&#8217;Environnement Mondial</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Verde Ventures has announced a new partnership with le Fonds Français pour l&#8217;Environnement Mondial (FFEM) to support small and medium size enterprise business development and to improve impact monitoring in Africa. Verde Ventures experience has demonstrated that a &#8220;blended capital&#8221; approach, incorporating strategic grants for business skills and / or monitoring has significant conservation and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Local Travel Movement Launches</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local Travel sets its sights on becoming a key trend in 2010 In mid-March, the Local Travel Movement trumpeted a call to people and organisations with a passion for local travel and commitment to local travel values. The promising early reverberations of this new, international, free-to-join movement have already inspired more than 40 organisations to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discover France Adventures Announces VIP Cycling Tours That Access the Celebrities and Legendary Stages of the Tour de France</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Discover France Adventures, the leaders and specialists in France for cycling and hiking tours, announces the ‘pièce de résistance’ for summer 2010. The company is offering a series of VIP tours that follow the same route as the Tour de France and along the way give exclusive on-site access to the world’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Torngat Safari puts Labrador in reach</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labrador &#8211; The once inaccessible peaks of northern Labrador are now within reach. Cruise North Expeditions, in partnership with Parks Canada and the Nunatsiavut (Northern Labrador) Government, is offering an exciting and unique wildlife Safari deep into the Torngat Mountains National Park. This strikingly beautiful, rugged mountain range is brimming with wildlife including the fastest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strengthen Your Adventure Travel Line Up with A Personalized Pre-Departure Fitness Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’ve crafted the dream itinerary. The destination rocks. Your guides are awesome. But is there still an essential ingredient missing in your adventure formula? You may view tour planning and guest fitness as separate issues, not part of an integrated system. Both are important, of course, but does a fitness program need to be part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. President Signs the Travel Promotion Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to www.whitehouse.org:  March 04, 2010 &#124; 1:48 &#8212; The President signs the bipartisan Travel Promotion Act, which will create jobs, encourage travel to the United States, and help the tourism industry, which has been hurting as a result of the economic downturn, in the Oval Office. View the signing. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adventuretravelnews.com%2Fthe-president-signs-the-travel-promotion-act'; addthis_title = [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gap Adventures Launches Global Online Contest &#8211; &#8220;Create Your Own Adventure&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toronto &#8211; To celebrate 20 innovative years providing life-changing travel experiences across the globe, Gap Adventures is launching the Create Your Own Adventure contest (www.createyourownadventure.com), the largest and most ambitious interactive competition in the company&#8217;s history. The global online contest invites everyone from once-a-year vacationers to seasoned globetrotters to submit an itinerary for the tour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discover France Adventures Becomes One of only Four Officially Licensed Tour Operators for the Tour de France</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scottsdale, AZ—Discover France Adventures, an award winning specialist in journeys to France, recently announced that it is one of only four tour operators worldwide that are officially licensed to sell Tour de France tours in 2010. As officially licensed tour operators for the Tour de France, Discover France Adventures will offer trips that provide cycling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Vision: Science and Tourism under the Stars</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Madrid and Canary Islands – The StarLight Tourism Certification System (Starlight Certification) was presented yesterday, 22 December, in a Press Conference held at UNWTO (World Tourism Organization) Headquarters in Madrid. It aims at bringing closer two key components of contemporary society: Science and Tourism. On the one hand, in this recently opened post-Copenhagen era, it has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Living Project Launches Mobile Tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New event marketing and educational outreach strategy will reach over 100 venues (schools, retail stores, festival&#8217;s, etc) in 2010; Supports new Education Program Los Angeles, CA – Green Living Project, the leading media production and marketing company showcasing global sustainability initiatives, has launched a new Mobile Tour as an event marketing and educational outreach strategy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Computer Animation Not Just for Video Games—AIA Awards New Grant to Help Save Cultural Heritag</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project Will Use Technology to Recreate a Five-Thousand-Year-Old Chalcolithic Roundhouse in Cyprus BOSTON &#8212; The Kissonerga archaeological sites in Cyprus will benefit from a Site Preservation Grant from the Archaeological Institute of America. The grant will finance the use of 3-D and computer animation technologies to complement the reconstruction of a five-thousand-year-old Chalcolithic roundhouse. AIA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tour Industry Executives Team Up for Global Sustainability Initiatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robin Tauck welcomes a new Senior Partner, Randy Durband (September 9, 2009) — Robin Tauck, now of Robin Tauck &#38; Partners today announced a new Senior Partner, Randy Durband, former President of both Travcoa and Intrav/Clipper, subsidiaries of TUI Travel (formerly First Choice Holidays). Robin Tauck and Partners is dedicated to new public-private partnerships to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TIES Joins the ATTA’s 2009 Adventure Travel World Summit to Co-Lead Sustainable Tourism Trade Forums</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(SEATTLE) – (August 25, 2009) – Two newly featured forums scheduled for the Adventure Travel Trade Association’s 2009 Adventure Travel World Summit, both addressing sustainable tourism, will gain heightened conservation expertise and perspectives through the first-time conference collaboration between the ATTA and The International Ecotourism Society (TIES). ATTA and TIES, which for years have together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Partners ATTA &amp; AIA Release First Version of “Guide to Best Practices for Archaeological Tourism&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tourism Industry Feedback Sought, Deadline for Comment July 15, 2009 (June 18, 2009) &#8212; Archaeological sites and historic places are major tourist attractions worldwide. In the last few years, visits to historical sites have ranked third—after dining in restaurants and shopping—among activities undertaken by Americans traveling abroad. The number of people that visit archaeological sites [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Documentary Scholarship: Go on assignment to Vietnam and have your video broadcast on Nat Geo Adventure!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[World Nomads, in conjunction with Buffalo Tours, are offering the chance for one lucky aspiring filmmaker to kick start their documentary career. Go on assignment deep into Mai Chau Valley, with documentary producer Trent O’Donnell (who filmed Positive Footprints shown on Nat Geo adventure channel). Trekking with a team of 20 doctors, medical students &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WorldNomads.com Breaks Rules Again, Gets &#8220;Van-Tastic&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Sydney, Australia) June 3, 2009 &#8212; Leading online travel insurance company, WorldNomads.com is offering travellers the chance to win an Australian road trip of a lifetime. WorldNomads.com Global Programs Manager, Amanda Byrne, says applications are now open for the ‘Van-Tastic Adventure’, where travellers can win a trip to Australia and spend 6 weeks driving across [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kilimanjaro Trekkers to Receive Free Fitness Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thomson Safaris, Fit for Trips team up for promotional offer Boston, Mass. &#8212; Trekkers with dreams of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro can now get a head start with Thomson Safaris (www.thomsontreks.com). The award-winning adventure travel company is offering free four-week specialized fitness training for travelers who book a Kilimanjaro trek in June 2009. The personal training [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cruise West Offers Epic Year-Long Global Adventure</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 11:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ground-breaking Journey Will Visit 242 Ports, 59 Countries on 24 Voyages Seattle, WA – Marco Polo; Odysseus; Leif Eriksson; Christopher Columbus; James Cook; Ferdinand Magellan &#8212; history’s great sea explorers have inspired an epic global voyage destined to become the most memorable cruise of a lifetime. These legendary adventurers whose travels shaped much of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Paid Vaction Bill in U.S. History to be Introduced in Congress on May 21st</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 18:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(May 2009) &#8212; TAKE BACK YOUR TIME is pleased to announce that Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) will introduce the Paid Vacation Act of 2009 at a news conference on the Cannon House Office Building Terrace in Washington DC at 11 a.m., Thursday, May 21, 2009. WHAT THE BILL DOES: * Requires one week of paid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geotourism Challenge 2009 Nomination Deadline Nears</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 16:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ATN Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online Contest Seeks Top Innovators in Sustainable Tourism The National Geographic Society and Ashoka’s Changemakers entry process for the second annual “Geotourism Challenge” to showcase how tourism done well sustains, enhances and preserves local culture and the environment is winding down this month. The competition will identify individuals worldwide who have introduced the most innovative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experience the Mystique of Sea Turtles in Celebration of World Ocean Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paige Stringer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 22, 2009 (BEAVERTON, OR) &#8211;Imagine a close-up and personal encounter with one of the world’s most mystical and prehistoric creatures. That is what engagement with sea turtles is all about.  Communities around the world will celebrate World Ocean Day on June 8, and the occasion presents many opportunities to see these endangered gentle giants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AdventureLink Acquires Key Competitor, Adventure Central</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acquisition Creates the Largest Adventure Travel Booking Company Worldwide LOS ANGELES, CA&#8211;(Marketwire &#8211; March 19, 2009) &#8211; Continuing to forge ahead with a pattern of unprecedented growth, AdventureLink, Inc. today announced the acquisition of its key competitor, Denver-based Adventure Central Inc., in an all-stock transaction. In addition, Allegis Capital, the largest investor in Adventure Central, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Hub For Adventure Travel Businesses Gains Instant Following</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adoption of Online Social Networking Resources Fuels Networking, Business (SEATTLE) – (March 4, 2009) – Blogs, Groups, Forums and Videos are fueling the rapid adoption of a vibrant new online networking hub for the global adventure travel community launched today by the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA). Dubbed, “The HUB,” the ATTA’s central digital meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Specialty Travel Agents Tighten Bonds with Adventure Travel Trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(SEATTLE) – March 3, 2009 –  Building and strengthening ties between specialized travel agents and the tour operators and ground suppliers who offer adventure travel product throughout the global adventure travel community is the key aim behind a newly forged alliance announced today by the Specialty Travel Agents Association (STAA) and the Adventure Travel Trade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adaptive Sports Center Highlighted on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Episode</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Crested Butte, CO)—March 2, 2009 &#8212; For the second time in two years, the Adaptive Sports Center (ASC) and Crested Butte Mountain Resort will be highlighted on the popular prime-time reality program Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The much-anticipated episode will air this Sunday, March 8, 2009 at on ABC, during sweeps month (check local listings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Geographic Society and Ashoka’s Changemakers Launch Online Contest Seeking Top Innovators in Sustainable Tourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Feb. 18, 2009)—The National Geographic Society and Ashoka’s Changemakers today opened the entry process for the second annual “Geotourism Challenge” to showcase how tourism done well sustains, enhances and preserves local culture and the environment. The competition will identify individuals worldwide who have introduced the most innovative practices in tourism and destination stewardship. Conducted [...]]]></description>
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