A
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 26 words.
1. In connection with car rental, this indicates an automatic vehicle rather than one with gear levers. 2. As a
à la carte
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 78 words.
1. Restaurant menu from which the consumer can choose freely, paying for individual items, contrasting with table d’hôte which is
à la carte bar
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 7 words.
A1
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 49 words.
1. First class. In Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, the term applies to vessels built to trade in sheltered waters
A4A
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 19 words.
Airlines for America. Formerly the Air Transport Association of America (*ATA). http://www.airlines.org Website of Airlines for America.
AA
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 50 words.
1. Aerolineas Argentinas.
2. Always afloat shipping term.
3. American Airlines. See AAdvantage.
4. Apparent altitude.
5. The
AAA
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 52 words.
The American Automobile Association represents many US motorists and is regarded as the main non-governmental body concerned with the interests
AAAE
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 14 words.
American Association of Airport Executives.
AAAVT
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 14 words.
Asociación Argentina de Agencias de Viajes y Turismo.
AAB
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 4 words.
Air Authority Board.
AAC
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 22 words.
1. Aeronautical Advisory Council.
2. Association of *ATOL Companies in the UK. Formerly the Association of Airline Consolidators.
AACC
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 45 words.
Airport Associations Co-ordinating Council in the UK. The British branch of the international organization through which other national and international
AACC International
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 179 words.
The name changed to Airports Council International in 1992. In January 1948, 19 US commercial airports gathered in New
AACO
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 10 words.
Arab Air Carriers Organization.
AACVB
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 18 words.
Asian Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus.
AAD
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 5 words.
An agent automated deduction.
AAdvantage
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 215 words.
The brand name of American Airlines’ frequent-flyer programme (*FFP), the largest worldwide, which was established in 1981.
AAFRA
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 9 words.
African Airlines Association.
AAHOA
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 11 words.
Asian American Hotel Owners Association.
AAIB
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Travel and Holiday. 43 words.
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch is a section of the Department of Transport, and is the British authority responsible
