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DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 3, 1993                   TAG: 9311030117
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-5   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Short


TRAVEL AND TOURISM SEMINAR MONDAY

Suzanne Cook, executive director of the United States Travel Data Center, will be the keynote speaker at the second annual Travel and Tourism Seminar.

The seminar will be held Monday, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., in the Brush Mountain Room of Squires Student Center on the Virginia Tech campus. It is open to the public.

Cook, who also is president of the International Travel and Tourism Research Association, will speak on "Travel Trends in 1993."

Other experts at the seminar will discuss the 1994 outlook for international travel, Virginia tourism, U.S. national parks and eco-tourism in Ecuador.

A reception will follow the seminar.

For more information, call Karl Lian, 232-6908, or Jeannette Ponnwitz, 232-5303.



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