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• 'China online travel group Ctrip.com profit rises (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
LOS ANGELES, May 17 (Reuters) - One of China's top online travel agents, Ctrip.com International Ltd. , on Wednesday said quarterly profit rose from a year earlier due to continued rapid growth in the travel industry.
• 'Travel costs rising, but there ways to save (MSNBC)
The cost of travel has been going up all year and that is making it difficult ? but not impossible ? to find summertime bargains.
• 'Assistant Secretary Lowery to Travel to London to Attend Annual Meeting of the EBRD (United States Department of the Treasury)
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Clay Lowery will travel to London this weekend to lead the U.S. delegation at the Annual Meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
• 'UNWTO and Tralliance Corporation Agree to .travel (SYS-CON Media)
Tralliance Corporation, the .travel Registry, todayannounced an agreement with the UNWTO to continue the extension of the.travel Place Name Priority Right through December 31, 2006. Theannouncement took place during Online Revealed Canada, that country'spremier online travel conference organized by the Canadian TourismCommission, and demonstrates the full endorsement of The United NationsWorld
• 'Alabama travel industry shows 3.3% growth in 2005 (USA Today)
Despite hurricane damage on the Gulf Coast, Alabama's travel industry grew to $7.6 billion in 2005 thanks to a boost in golf-related tourism. Jobs attributed to the industry also grew by 3,121 to 159,659.
• 'FBI agent charged with submitting false travel vouchers (Rocky Mountain News)
A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against an FBI agent who allegedly submitted fraudulent travel vouchers for lodging reimbursements.
• 'Air Canada angers travel group by pulling cheap fares off distribution system (Canadian Business)
CALGARY (CP) - Several Canadian travel associations said Air Canada (TSX:ACE.B) was hurting its best customers by removing its cheapest fares from the distribution systems used by travel agents around the world.
• 'Business Travel Made Simple (Harrisburg Daily Register)
(ARA) - The nickname for frequent business travelers - road warriors - says it all. Business travel is stressful. But experienced travelers develop their own ways of dealing with these pitfalls.
• 'AAA: Memorial Day travel forecast (MSNBC)
The number of Americans driving and flying over the Memorial Day holiday weekend is expected to rise only slightly this year as consumers respond to the rising cost of airfares, hotel rooms and motor fuel, according to travel agency AAA.
• 'Senior travel: exotic places without leaving home (Newsday)
For seniors who have no plans to travel to Peru, Kenya or Vietnam anytime soon, a virtual tour with Shirley and Stanley Romaine may be the next best thing.

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