Happy Birthday to you-at a price.(News)

From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: March 17, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: By SALLY WILLIAMS Western Mail

The Welsh are splashing more cash on birthday celebrations than ever before - spending pounds 54.5m a year, research reveals today. One in 10 have celebrated their birthday by going on holiday, with shopping trips to New York City, a long weekend with friends or a romantic getaway e deux proving increasingly popular choices, Mint Financial Services has found. And Cardiff-based party organiser Adlonni Ltd says it has had clients spending pounds 40,000 on their 40th birthdays, the company's most lucrative milestone of all. 'Close to a third ...

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