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Cos. lift SARS restrictions. (News).

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 07-JUL-03 		Format: Online - approximately 792 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Following the World Health Organization's proclamation that SARS has been "stopped dead in its tracks," business travel to SARS-infected regions is beginning to rebound as corporate travel departments lift restrictions and many Asia/Pacific, European and U.S. carriers restore service to the region.

When WHO lifted its advisory for Beijing last month, all areas that the organization once advised travelers to avoid for nonessential trips had been deemed safe once again. "Beijing is the last area to which WHO recommended that people should postpone all but essential travel," said WHO director general Gro Harlem Brundtland.

At the height of SARS transmissions in the Asia/Pacific region, the National Business Travel Association conducted a survey of 240 travel managers, finding...

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