1. The Economist explains that the internet has ……… travel agents against travel providers in an intense battle to win customers. baited brandished pitted promoted 2. This year’s travel season, now ……… to a close, has been busier than ever, despite strikes and terrorist threats. drawing getting settling winding 3. Freed from having to ring [...]

1. Travel advertisers were confronted with a major decision after September 11, 2001: should they spend more on advertising to ……… travel by people who were apprehensive but fence-sitting? goad goose nudge spur 2. Meanwhile, corporations cut ……… their budgets, reducing the volume of business travel. across back into off 3. On an annual basis, [...]