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Lowestfare.com subsidiary moving to Las Vegas

Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2001 | 9:45 a.m.

A Lawrence, Kan., tour subsidiary of Lowestfare.com will move to Las Vegas early next year and be consolidated with the parent company.

Maupintour LLC will close its office in Lawrence, a college town of about 50,000 residents, on Dec. 31. A spokeswoman said the move would leave 39 Maupintour employees with the choice of being laid off or relocating to Las Vegas. Some key employees are being offered relocation packages.

The consolidation is occurring because Maupintour has lost about 30 percent of its tour business since Sept. 11. Tourism to Great Britain from Lawrence -- a large agricultural center -- was already off before the terrorist attacks because of fears of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom.

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