When Spears School of Business student Salena Askew began in fall 2005 to explore opportunities to study abroad, she was seeking preparation for employment in the global marketplace as well as the challenge of immersion in a foreign country. She found both in China last summer, spending 10 weeks interning as a marketing assistant for a British beverage company and experiencing the daily life of a Shanghai commuter.

Hogg Robinson Group (HRG), the international corporate services company, has announced that it has won a multi-million dollar contract (with a term of up to five years) for the "Provision of Travel Management Services to Federal Senators and Members of Parliament, their Staff and Other Entitled Persons" for the Australian Department of Finance and Administration, represented by the Ministerial and Parliamentary Services (M&PS) Group.

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), the world's second largest travel management company, today announced a sizeable increase in sales volume for the first six months of the year and considerable progress in the implementation of its three-year strategic development plan, CWT 007.

On 5th of December Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR) announced sweeping consumer hotel reservations enhancements to Marriott.com. The company also expects Marriott.com to shatter its revenue record by generating nearly $4 billion in gross hotel-level sales across Marriott's 2,800 property system this year. With the anticipated gross revenue growth of more than 38 percent in 2006, Marriott.com will have doubled in size in just two years.

Travel to Russia but be prepared to meet some adventures with police! The problem is, that most of the travelers who did have some extraordinary experiences with Russia would never dare to repeat it.