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May 21, 2012
The stuff in the middle
Set goals; develop strategies to meet them; deploy your resources; stay focused; measure your progress. Familiar themes to millions of us. More»
May 14, 2012
ARC + ARA = OMG
Flip through ARC's Agent Reporting Agreement and Industry Agents' Handbook and you might soon be tweeting OMG. More»
May 07, 2012
Join ASTA
We were surprised to hear ASTA characterize its membership drive as a "first." Surely, we said, ASTA has done this before? More»
May 07, 2012
Delta Air & Oil
Kudos to Delta for proving that airlines have not completely lost the ability to think outside the box. More»
April 30, 2012
Political football
There's still time to participate in National Travel & Tourism Week activities next week -- and good reasons to make the effort. More»
April 30, 2012
Dear Mr. Secretary
We don't often side with airlines in disputes involving airlines and agents, but we're prepared to make an exception in a case where the Transportation Department is being invited to impose a solution. More»
April 22, 2012
Hobby International
What could prove to be one of the year's more interesting airline stories is a hot topic of debate in Houston. More»
April 22, 2012
Mixed bags
Checked baggage fees appear to be helping airline bottom lines in more ways than one. More»
April 16, 2012
Cheap seats to paradise
We're betting that not so many people these days remember airlines like World Airways, Air Hawaii or Pacific East Air. More»
April 16, 2012
Fairness
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) is taking it on the chin in some quarters for introducing the Air Passenger Fairness Act, a bill that would bar airlines and airports from allowing frequent flyers to, as Nelson put it, "cut to the front" of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening line. More»
April 09, 2012
The IBM diagnosis
Most travel suppliers like to think their customers are satisfied, but a recent report from IBM concludes that they are not. More»
April 09, 2012
Bad apples
It's a grim day when the ethics officer is hauled off for misdeeds, when the environmental officer is caught littering or when the guard dog snuggles up to the burglar. More»
April 02, 2012
Because it's there
Airlines for America has turned the spotlight on another odious European levy, the German Air Transport Tax. More»
April 02, 2012
A welcome sign
For several years travel advocates have been urging the federal government to take stock of its security, customs and entry procedures and try to make the whole experience a little more pleasant for arriving foreign visitors and returning U.S. travelers. More»
March 26, 2012
The latest trend?
What has been going on in the nation's travel agencies? We can thank ASTA for adding another variation to this question. More»
March 26, 2012
Quote of the week
We're accustomed to hearing travel CEOs putting a brave face on adversity, whether it's an airline chief addressing a spike in fuel prices or a cruise executive downplaying a soft quarter. More»
March 19, 2012
Piling on
We will once again join the chorus of voices heaping scorn on the U.K.'s Air Passenger Duty. More»
March 19, 2012
The rounding police
What does it say about an industry that the federal government has to lecture it on the proper method of rounding off dollar amounts in its price advertising? More»
March 12, 2012
Shocked, shocked!
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) went over the top during his recent exchange with CLIA President Christine Duffy. More»
March 12, 2012
Credibility in Texas
There's an unwritten rule in destination promotion that says you're not supposed to bash the other guy. More»

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5/23/2012
6th annual Tourism Human Resources Conference, sponsored by the Caribbean Tourism Organization
Barbados
5/30/2012
Successful Meetings event: SMU Colorado
Brown Palace & Grand Hyatt Denver, Denver
5/30/2012
HSMAI's MEET West
Anaheim (Calif.) Marriott
6/1/2012
Successful Meetings event: SMU Colorado
Brown Palace & Grand Hyatt Denver, Denver
6/3/2012
Global Spa & Wellness Summit
Aspen, Colo.
6/6/2012
Thailand Travel Mart
Impact Muang Thong Thani Exhibition Center, Bangkok

7/9/2012
Successful Meetings event: SMU Caribbean
Gran Melia Puerto Rico Golf Resort
8/8/2012
Successful Meetings event: SMU Florida
Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando
8/15/2012
ACTE Asia Education Conference
Singapore
8/19/2012
Successful Meetings event: SMU Southeast
North Carolina
9/5/2012
TravelAge West webinar: Hawaii Travel Outlook, part 3
Online
9/5/2012
HSMAI's MEET National
Walter E. Washington (D.C.) Convention Center

9/6/2012
International Expo & Business LGBT Mexico
Cancun
10/1/2012
2012 Global Congress on Travel, focusing on legal, safety and security
Houston
10/3/2012
TravelAge West webinar: Hawaii Travel Outlook, part 4
Online
10/8/2012
2012 Adventure Travel World Summit
Lucerne, Switzerland

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