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• 'Net surfers turn their backs on high street travel shops (Sunday Herald)
HOLIDAYMAKERS are turning their backs on the traditional high-street travel agent in fav our of booking trips online.
• '7.3 mln people to travel through HK check points during holidays (People's Daily)
About 7.3 million people will travel through Hong Kong check points during the National Day "Golden Week" and Chung Yeung holidays (around Oct. 1 to 11), up 19 percent from the same period last year, the government said Saturday.
• 'More Malaysians bitten by the travel bug (New Straits Times)
The travel bug has indeed bitten Malaysians. The increase in airline fuel surcharge has not reduced the appetite for travel. This was evident at the 20th Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) Fair which ended in Kuala Lumpur on Sept 18.
• 'Report: NASA wasted millions on routine travel (CNN.com)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) -- NASA wasted millions of dollars over a two-year period by shunning commercial airline flights and instead using its own planes for routine travel, according to a government report provided to The Associated Press on Thursday.
• 'Lawmakers on troubled Defense Travel System: Start over (Federal Times)
The new, highly touted Defense Travel System is plagued by so many problems that lawmakers want the Pentagon to consider scrapping the whole thing and starting over.
• 'Attacks leave travel plans up in air for Benton graduate (Benton Courier)
Benton's Jamie Fugitt, right, and Amanda Tackett were going to enjoy time in London soon, but Tackett's travel plans are on hold after the bombings in London Thursday. Fugitt is currently studying in England.
• 'Marianas represented at largest Japan trade, travel fair (Saipan Tribune)
The Marianas-Saipan, Tinian, and Rota-was recently showcased at the largest trade and travel fair in Japan. The Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) and World Trade Fair (WTF) was held in Tokyo, Japan on September 22-24, 2005.
• 'Forest Springs Travel Club (The Union)
Oct. 2: Travel Club Meeting. Tour company reps will talk about Greek Island and British Columbia tours. 2 p.m. at Forest Springs Mobile Home Park Clubhouse.
• 'Demand for air travel is slowing (Salt Lake Tribune)
Airlines are seeing the first signs of slowing demand for air travel this year as higher prices for oil and gasoline sap consumer confidence, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said. International passenger traffic rose 6.1 percent in August, down from a July increase of 8.5 percent and the eight-month average of 8.3 percent growth, Montreal-based IATA said Friday. Airlines'
• 'Industry, travel agents sponsor "cruise night" (Seattle Times)
travel agencies nationwide, including in Washington, are hosting what the cruise industry bills as the "World's Largest Cruise Night" on Oct. 19. It's...

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