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Travel News: The Top 25 Milestones

If you've watched VH-1, E!, or MTV in the last few years, you'll notice the media has taken a liking to compiling arbitrary lists. But we understand their handiness: The lists can provide a synopsis of more than just "Hollywood's Hottest Bods." USA Today recently published a compilation of the top 25 travel milestones of the past 25 years. The creation of the online booking industry--Orbitz, Travelocity, Expedia and the others--topped the list.

The rest of the top 10 listed handy new gadgets, a few travel trends, and the creation of new standards and regulatory agencies. These included:

2. TSA airport security
   
3. Airline e-tickets
   
4. Roll-aboard luggage
   
5. Smoke-free flights
   
6. Boutique hotel chains
   
7. Airports as malls
   
8. Indian casinos
   
9. GPS car-navigation systems
   
10. Self-service ticketing kiosks
    

While we complain about the hiccups in service and jumps in prices, it's safe to say we've come a long way in our ability to travel around this Earth of ours. And when our flights do get delayed 10 hours, at least we can drag our roll-aboard luggage through duty free shops to kill time.

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