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Let's make music and money (Asheville Citizen-Times)
BREVARD -- The 400 students at the prestigious Brevard Music Center put their music first, filling the summer air with constant scales, runs and riffs of the string and wind instruments they have been practicing for most of their young lives

Coldcut Sound Mirrora NZ Tour (Scoop.co.nz)
COLDCUT, founders of the groundbreaking UK label Ninja Tune, originators of the legendary Solid Steel Radio Show and creators of VJ software VJamm are bringing their massive audiovisual show SOUND MIRRORS to Aotearoa, NZ.

America's Vacation Center / American Express Bridges Gap Between Full-Service Travel Agency and Low-Cost Web Site (SYS-CON Media)
America's Vacation Center / American Express announced today a new way of booking travel that combines the affordability of travel Web sites with the service, support, and expertise of a full-service travel agency. AVC's exclusive system quickly connects travel consumers with professional travel agents, based on agent expertise, saving customers time and money, without sacrificing customer

Minimum Fuss, Maximum Impact (eyefortravel.com)
The most popular destination for travellers continues to be the Internet. Every company in the industry knows that travel and tourism companies rely heavily on the Web: from the smallest B&B to the biggest airline, virtually everyone has an online presence.

Multiplexes at 30,000 feet (USA Today)
The next time you get on a plane, don't be surprised to see a movie about two cowboys in love. Improved entertainment technology, longer flights and rising competition have some airlines now booking as many as 360 movie titles a year, roughly triple what they would have a decade ago.

IBM Has Its Financial Ups and Downs in Q2 (CBR via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
IBM reported its financial results for its second quarter yesterday after the markets closed, and as is often the case with a company as large as Big Blue, there were some good things and not so good things in the quarter.

America's Vacation Center / American Express Bridges Gap Between Full-Service Travel Agency and Low-Cost Web Site (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
America's Vacation Center / American Express announced today a new way of booking travel that combines the affordability of travel Web sites with the service, support, and expertise of a full-service travel agency.

Software offers online hotel reservations. (ThomasNet)
Medallion Web Booking Engine communicates with Medallion property management system to be profile, rate, and inventory aware. Incorporated into hotel website, system allows guests to update contact information and amend or cancel existing bookings. Microsoft Windows-based system is customizable to meet property needs.

Online push to benefit tourism (Examiner.com.au)
Tasmanian operators need to adapt to changes A new Internet booking system that was launched in Launceston yesterday is set to boost the tourism industry in the global marketplace.

Best of Los Angeles (Backstage.com)
Welcome to Back Stage West's first attempt at a "best of" issue, featuring a compilation of our readers' favorites and staff picks. Readers' choices were decided from more than 300 surveys returned to us via mail, fax, and online.