It is offering twice what Thomson's shares were worth before they were driven up by bid speculation, and double the average price multiple for the travel sector.

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If you were looking for a Kayak analog, it might actually be privately held Hipmunk, which has a super cool graphic interface that aggregates travel information from multiple sites.

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During the year it introduced two new brewing platforms, the Keurig Vue brewer and the Keurig Rivo Cappuccino and Latte system in partnership with Lavazza, along with multiple new beverages and a travel Vue model.

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You can get a policy directly from an insurer, through a travel agent or through one of the sites representing multiple insurers, including InsureMyTrip.com and TravelInsuranceReview.net.

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New Orleans never looked so good in a video that, filmed in November at multiple locations across the city, plays out like the most enticing Big Easy travel promo we've seen in a while.

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Authorities say that Gonzalez paid for members of a pro-Venezuela group to travel to an international leftist conference in Ecuador last month, and that he purchased multiple tickets all under his name to hide their identities.

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The trip is expected to take 12 to 15 days and has suffered multiple false starts as the Thompsons try to line up the logistics of visas, border crossings and travel time timetables in a part of the world where buses and ferries don't tend to conform to strict schedules.

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Cohen notes that there are multiple risks for the companies she covers in a recession scenario: weaker revenues from advertising, themes parks and travel, consumer products and live entertainment.

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