Holiday bookings surge
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Business & money: Travel site says Monday was the most popular day this year, as workers returned to the office after yet another wet weekend.
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Some companies are reviving travel, with options on destinations, as bonuses for their best workers.
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If you've flown this past spring and summer, you've probably noticed more packed flights. Hate to tell you this, but with two major holidays approaching -- Thanksgiving and Christmas -- expect more of the same.
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As if on cue, airlines are responding to oil's latest surge by pushing ticket prices even higher
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Landlords are enjoying booming times these days as more people are choosing to rent.
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British holidaymakers visiting the United States this summer were last night contemplating a surge in their spending power.
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Flights from the Midlands to Shannon and Cork were launched last week as part of the Thomsonfly.com winter programme.
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There may be little good cheer for those flying during the December holidays: Many travelers can count on paying 15 to 25 percent more for airplane tickets than they did last year, and that's assuming they can get seats at all.
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WASHINGTON The Triple-A holiday travel forecast projects nearly 51 (m) million pople will be hitting the road in the United States for the Christmas and New Years holiday weekends.
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Much more than hot dogs, beaches and long weekends.
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With the 2007 run-up to Christmas boosted by a last-minute sales surge, retailers are putting an extra emphasis on after-Christmas discounts, hoping bargain shoppers and gift-card splurgers can enrich stores' holidays.
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The hotel operator reports an increase in both room rates and occupancy, with a 45% rise in Q3 earnings.
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Amid Cendant&#39;s (Quote, Chart) $1.2 billion Orbitz (Quote, Chart) buy, new entrants are rushing to the intersection of the online industry&#39;s hottest sectors: travel booking and search.
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Booksellers are enjoying brisk business since the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, with sales starting the week of Thanksgiving up sharply over 2003.
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No-frills airline Easyjet reports a 25% rise in passenger traffic during November, helped by the addition of nine new routes.
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US retailers are hiring at least an extra 800,000 people to chip in during the holidays, up from 635,900 in 2002, industry data show.
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The holidays give the coffeehouse's sales a boost.