1.  In fact, earlier this year a French businessman who is a rival of American Express taunted the company as being a distant fourth in the French travel market.

2.  He said the move would allow them to prevent passengers with tickets for internal French travel from going all the way to Waterloo.

3.  To win back tourists, de Panafieu announced a new international promotion stressing the quality and diversity in French travel.

4.  A former French diplomat who served in Sofia faces charges for running an illegal racket to issue French travel visas to Bulgarian prostitutes, a legal source said Wednesday.