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...Should the CDC have moved more quickly and issued a more unequivocal order for Speaker not to travel? "We try to balance individual freedoms with the public good, and that depends on a covenant of trust," says Dr. Martin Cetron, CDC's director of global migration and quarantine. "There were several communications between my staff and individuals in Rome, begging him to stay put and not travel while we worked on options...
...travelers looking for a little more flair at the baggage-claim area, luggage maker Samsonite seems to have come up with the perfect solution: an eight-piece customized line of luggage called Black Label Couture. "When Samsonite started in 1910, travel was a luxury only accessible to a select few," says Samsonite's creative director, Quentin Mackay. "As a result, luggage was a luxurious purchase. In those days we offered a service of customization...
...Nowadays travel is accessible to most everyone, and the current boom in the luxury-goods business has given Samsonite reason to revisit its roots. When shopping for Black Label Couture, customers can choose the lining, trim, hardware and thread that will be used to make their bags--a total of more than 2,000 different possible combinations, including unconventional materials like velvet, alligator and patent leather. With the aid of computer technology, sales associates can show customers what their creation will look like as they style it. Depending on the materials and style, prices range from...
...think they'll need in retirement, without any real deep thought and consideration," says Robin Dziuba, a wealth- management adviser with Merrill Lynch in Providence, R.I. Such as? "How they'll spend their day, what type of organizations they'd like to join, how much they'd like to travel. Once they do that, it's easier to find out what income they need to support that," he says...
...trend has been moving toward more marketing to smaller and smaller niches who can afford to indulge their wants and needs," notes Doug Shifflet, president and CEO of D.K. Shifflet & Associates Ltd., a McLean, Va., consumer-research firm that specializes in travel...