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Dealing with the financial stresses of summer

...Americans plan to take a record 271 million trips this summer, 4 percent more than last year, the Travel Industry Association of America recently reported. The average cost for their longest pleasure trip: $956. For many households...

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Around the watercooler

...key resume points. UP, UP AND AWAY: Internet usage by travelers is taking off! A new report by the Travel Industry Association of America found that the number of people planning their trips online grew to 52.2 million last year, an increase...

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Travel continues, despite soaring gas prices

...summer, as record-low unemployment and rising wages are buoying spirits amid other uncertainties. The Travel Industry Association of America said it expected 237 million Americans to travel this summer, up 3 percent from 1999. A survey it conducted...

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Around the watercooler

...online as apparel," said Carol Neithercut, vice president of NPD New Media Services. TRAVEL WEARY: The Travel Industry Association of America reports adults feel they have less time and money to travel and, therefore, are "less interested in...

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Travel agencies hope to be next for financial assistance from federal government

...Evans. Roughly 75 percent of all airline tickets are sold through travel agencies, according to the Travel Industry Association of America. The airline industry had fallen into unprofitability months before hijacked airplanes crashed into the...

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Here's a sampling of travel bargains this holiday season

...travelers still has not decided how they feel about traveling over the holidays. In the meantime, the Travel Industry Association of America's latest forecast projects a nearly $43 billion loss in spending by domestic and international travelers...

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Minnesota's scenic byways perfect for group tours

...consumer show promotion and displays at highway rest areas. At the national level FHWA has partnered with Travel Industry Association of America to promote byways both in the United States and overseas. Byways are well organized. In addition to...

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New Orleans' tourists head elsewhere but long to go back

...instead of Bourbon Street. "Vegas is going to pick up, too," predicted Roger Dow, president of the Travel Industry Association of America. "If you want to party, everything's there -- restaurants, gaming." Those looking for Southern...

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Economic concerns put brakes on travel

...million Americans are expected to take more trips than they did last summer. The annual survey by the Travel Industry Association of America shows increasing concern among consumers over gas prices, particularly travelers on the West Coast...

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Tourism growth slows to a trickle nationwide

...It's not the free spending that we've had in the past," said Cathy Keefe, a spokeswoman for the Travel Industry Association of America. "In the leisure market, there's cost-cutting. People are staying with friends and relatives...

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