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Leading Travel Experts Charlyn Keating Chisholm & Gary Chisholm Discuss Tips and Tricks for Smarter Travel in the Coming Year Flight delays made headlines this holiday season resulting in all sorts of suggestions about capping the number of flights at certain airports and the need for new technologies and staffing. It adds up to even more potential frustration for both the occasional and daily business traveler. In addition, many travelers acquire some habits that might be adding to travel stress. The start of a new year is the perfect time to establish some new traveling habits (and do some spring cleaning to get rid of old habits). Traveling smarter in the New Year can help one become more efficient, more productive, and happier both on and off the road. It’s time for all of those road warriors out there to make a few travel resolutions, so any changes mandated for air travel will not be much of a distraction. Did you know? A study released this month reported that a weakening economy apparently has not yet affected most business travelers’ plans this year and demand for business travel actually expected to be on the rise in 2008. According to the Department of Transportation there are going to be more than a billion airline passengers annually in the next few years Traveling ‘greener’ is one of the hottest trends for business travel 2008 Many travelers have bad habits that can easily be redirected for a much less stressful travel experience Charlyn Keating Chisholm has been guiding travelers both on the Internet and in the real world for over ten years. The author of two published books, Charlyn has written hundreds of articles and produced video seen on the Travel Channel Online, Consumers Digest, TurnHere, About.com and the CBS affiliate TV station in New Orleans.Currently, she is the editor and writer of Hotels & Resorts on About.com, a top 10 Web property that is part of The New York Times Company. A native of New Orleans, Charlyn earned a degree in communications from the University of Texas at Austin. Gary Chisholm is an experienced business traveler who knows what it takes to maximize one’s performance while on the road. Gary has traveled professionally for the last fifteen years in the fields of business development. As an editor and writer for About Business Travel, Gary shares tips and insight on business travel trends with fellow road warriors. Gary received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Communications from Loyola University in New Orleans, and his Master’s in Business Administration from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business. Charlyn Keating Chisholm and husband Gary Chisholm are available to discuss: Many tricks and tips for more efficient and less stressful travel Travel resolutions for 2008 “Green” business travel tips Where to go for more information This interview is produced for: Embassy Suites