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• 'Travel Notes (San Jose Mercury News)
American Airlines is joining Northwest and Delta in offering a way to change your flight time on the day you're scheduled to travel.
• 'AAA says holiday air travel will be costly (WAVY 10)
RICHMOND, Va. Virginians getting ready to book air travel for the holidays should prepare for sticker shock.
• 'Fairview Heights is the latest city to sue online travel companies (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) (Hotel Online)
Oct. 6--Following the lead of Philadelphia and Los Angeles, Fairview Heights has sued 17 online travel companies, including Orbitz, Expedia and Travelocity, alleging that they have short-changed the city on hotel taxes.
• 'Migrant reunion travel funds fail to meet demand (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
A report on former child migrants to Australia has called on the Federal Government to provide more funding for reunion travel. The International Social Service Group will release its report in Melbourne today.
• 'Budget Flights Fuel Travel Boom (RedNova)
Britons' enduring demand for no-frills travel is fuelling a European air transport boom, according to OAG, the flight information consultancy. A 10 per cent boom in flights in and out of the UK this month is behind a 7 per cent rise in flights leaving and arriving in Europe.
• 'Dubai German travel expo (AME Info)
More than 1,200 German travel professionals will visit Dubai for DRV, the annual gathering of the German Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators. Dubai is the seventh venue outside Europe to host the DRV in its 55 year history.
• 'Cybertrips: Single women have boatloads of travel options (USA Today)
Websites specializing in women's travel offer a host of opportunities, from luxury travel to rugged outdoor adventures. Most of the sites were founded by women for women, and many seek to create a safe environment that allows women to form bonds of friendship while seeing the world.
• 'Migrant reunion travel funds fail to meet demand (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
A report on former child migrants to Australia has called on the Federal Government to provide more funding for reunion travel.
• 'Aljazeera Travel Service in association with Octopus Travel (Aljazeera)
Welcome to the Aljazeera.net travel service which gives our readers access to a comprehensive booking system along with detailed information and guides to thousands of tourist destinations.
• 'Air travel between Asia, Middle East up sharply in first 8 months (Channel NewsAsia)
travels in Asia to and from the Middle East have more than doubled due to increased business activities. Abacus International - which conducts the bulk of air travel reservations - said Asia would continue to see strong travel growth of up to 8 percent to 27 million tickets going forward.

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