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• 'Travel Agency Catering to Older Americans Joining High-Tech Trend (Senior Journal)
Oct. 31, 2007 ? A travel agency that caters to older Americans says it is adding an option for their customers to book travel on the Internet, after finding that seven out of ten of their customers are using an Internet feature for filling out forms and getting information that was added last year.
• 'Engineer who killed travel agent gets 11 years (Daily Telegraph)
An engineer with a "sinister" history of preying on women has been jailed for killing a young travel agent after posing as a taxi driver.
• 'Travel budgets feel the pinch (Warrnambool Standard)
TOURISTS visiting the south-west coast are feeling the pinch as the Australian dollar edges towards 96 US cents. The Standard could find few American visitors at the Twelve Apostles yesterday but one couple confirmed the soaring Aussie dollar had affected their travel budget.
• 'Singapore Air's First-Half Profit Rises on Travel (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore Airlines Ltd., the world's second-largest carrier by market value, reported a 7.4 percent gain in first-half net income as economic growth in China and Southeast Asia spurred tourism and business travel.
• 'Travel industry continues on growth track (BizJournals)
The travel industry is expected to continue its growth next year, a good sign for the Phoenix area's huge tourism industry.
• 'Strong travel demand boosts profits at Singapore Airlines (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
SINGAPORE (AFP) - Buoyant travel demand has raised net profits at Singapore Airlines (SIA) by 73.
• 'Singapore Air's 2nd-Quarter Profit Rises 73% on Travel Demand (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore Airlines Ltd., the world's second-largest carrier by market value, reported a 73 percent gain in second-quarter net income as economic growth in China and Southeast Asia spurred tourism and business travel.
• 'Garirott Scarred For Life By Space Travel [Final' Frontier] (Addict 3D)
when asked about his recent operation to remove a molelike spot on his liver -- the better to travel in space a year from now -- he gamely raised his shirt to give everyone a gander.
• 'Strong travel demand boosts profits at Singapore Airlines (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Buoyant travel demand has raised net profits at Singapore Airlines (SIA) by 73.2 percent in the three months to September compared with the same period a year ago, the airline said Wednesday.
• 'SIA net income for Q2 rises 73% on travel demand (The Star Online)
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines Ltd, the world's second largest carrier by market value, reported a 73% gain in second-quarter net income as economic growth in China and South-East Asia spurred tourism and business travel.

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