Of course, this is just one of the many ways the travel industry has begun to employ the QR code to make travel sites and services more tech-friendly.

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He quit as authority leader in July after an investigation found he breached the code of conduct over travel expenses.

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Mr Parsons quit as authority leader in July after an investigation found he breached the code of conduct over travel expenses.

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Mr Parsons resigned as council leader in July after an investigation found he breached the code of conduct over travel expenses and has since been expelled from the Tory group.

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However Thailand is also one of the countries in which the travel industry has responded well to The Code.

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Developers can integrate the service by simply adding one line of code, making it ideal for social, travel and shopping apps, or any other app or website that includes points of interest, places or addresses.

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But I am hugely relieved at being able to dress comfortably for air travel and business meetings, despite a general upgrading of the dress code in some industries that seems to correlate with the recession.

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Kosovo still does not have an international telephone dialling code - and, unlike other Balkan countries, its citizens cannot travel visa-free to the European Union.

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"I wish I could travel for pleasure, " says the author of such scenic blockbusters as "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels and Demons, " in which secrets and suspense are combined with a guided tour of Italy and other stops in Western Europe.

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