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Rosen said his agency is doing few international bookings, and the bigger question of the moment is just getting clients comfortable with travel in general. Similarly, Waldon said, he would not promote travel to North Korea; no clients have asked for travel there, either. In fact, Waldon, a member of Virtuoso, has canceled any Virtuoso marketing containing promotions to Saudi Arabia that would have gone to Departure Lounge clients. Keith Waldon, founder and director of Departure Lounge in Austin, Texas, has been unambivalent in his feelings about travel to Saudi Arabia and said its tourism push has sparked both a personal and business reaction for him. [Extracted from the article]