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The Executive's Ultimate Travel Resource

	Executive Travel magazine is the definitive source for business travel information — share your experiences and tips with fellow travelers here!
	• READ PAST ISSUES OF EXECUTIVE TRAVEL
	• Find out more about us.

See Our July 2010 Issue!

Top Features from the issue:

• Creating an emotional bond with your customers.	• How to solve customer service problems.

•See the 2010 winners of our Leading Edge Awards.	• Vacation planning: New developments in luxury cruising.

ESSENTIAL TRAVEL NEWS

Week of July 26

Update: American releases new iPhone app

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U.S. airlines report healthy 2Q profits

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AA, Virgin America plan major aircraft purchases

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House bill would ban new local taxes on rental cars

Trouble with your flight? Get tips on writing an effective complaint letter.
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TRAVEL TALK

This week's topic: Should Congress ban new local taxes on auto rentals?

A House bill would ban new local taxes on car rentals (see this week's story). Do you think auto rental taxes should be used to build sports stadiums and similar projects?

• MORE TRAVEL TALK

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY

Inside: News on the latest devices for the road warrior.

•	Best in Tech picks for 2010
•	The new generation of iPads and other tablet computers.
•	Tech News Briefs for Travelers: FlightView launches iPhone app
	• SEE ALL MOBILE TECHNOLOGY ARTICLES

SMALL BUSINESS

Inside: Tricks of the entrepreneurial trade.

•	Keeping focused on customers.
•	Do your 'best practices' really work?
•	How to handle email overload
	• SEE ALL SMALL BUSINESS ARTICLES

TRAVEL ADVISOR

Inside: Make the most of every mile.

•	Loyalty program tips from FlyerTalk.com's Randy Petersen
•	News for biz travelers
•	Get a free MilesManager account
	• GET MORE TRAVEL TIPS

CITY GUIDES

Get tips that will help you think like a local in every city you visit.

Explore these new Executive Travel city guides:

The Executive's Ultimate Travel Resource - Executive Travel Magazine

Tel Aviv

New York

Jim Stone's Boston

Frankfurt

• SEE ALL CITY GUIDES

THE RESULTS ARE IN from our 2010 Leading Edge Awards survey! See which companies Executive Travel Magazine readers selected as the best providers of travel services and products for 2010. Editor's Top Picks of the Week:
	Flight attendants' lives aren't as glamorous as they once were.
	Golf is becoming popular in China as the country's economy grows.
	Find essential resources and services in our Travel Rolodex.
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PROMOTIONS

Learn more about United Airlines in their dedicated room, including the latest news and links to the United Twitter feed.

The new eSkyGuide ® Application for
iPhone ™

eSkyGuide from American Express Publishing helps you navigate changes to your air travel plans with convenient access to comprehensive and unbiased flight schedules, flight status and weather updates. eSkyGuide for iPhone is available exclusively on the App Store.

Click iPhone App to learn more.

Find out everything you want to know about Air New Zealand, the national carrier of a country renowned for its lush landscapes and welcoming hospitality.

EXECUTIVE TRAVEL EXCLUSIVE

Hotels are constantly opening, closing and getting new brand affiliations. Check out our July update on what's happening with business hotels in the U.S. and abroad.

TIP OF THE WEEK

If you like the window seat and the pilot’s tour leaves you wanting more, America from the Air, by Daniel Matthews and James Jackson (Houghton Mifflin, 2007), uses aerial photography of the most common flight paths to explain the geology, natural history and human history below. Don’t want one more thing to lug around? Pop the accompanying CD-ROM into your laptop to learn a little something at 30,000 feet. Read more tips.

THIS WEEK'S Q&A

Q. Help me settle a bet: Which U.S. airline carries the most passengers? I’m saying Southwest, but my wagering opponent says American. Which is it? Here's the answer.

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