April 9, 2007
Travel Weekly's Home-based Agent E-letter: April 9, 2007 TRAVEL COUNSELLORS, a host agency with 740 home-based agents, said industry veteran Peter Rasmussen is its new general manager. Rasmussen
Vanguard buy puts Enterprise in travel industry mainstream Dan Luzadder E nterprise Rent-A-Car's surprise acquisition of Vanguard, in a multibillion-dollar deal that apparently left competitor
PowerMonkey. This universal charger’s interchangeable heads work in more than 150 countries, and its connectors can provide the juice for a vast array of makes and models of mobile phones (96 hours),
April 6, 2007
Taj Hotels has signed a $58 million agreement to acquire the luxury Campton Place hotel in San Francisco from the Kor Group.
Solo travelers apparently are not alone. Currently, about 11% of all leisure travelers in the U.S. travel alone, according to the Travel Industry Association. In all, about 34.8 million adults in the
The Dept. of Homeland Security has designated Houston's George Bush International Airport as the first "model port" of entry designed to better welcome arriving travelers from other countries.
April 5, 2007
Royal Caribbean International launched an online training program called the University of WOW that will teach agents about brand itineraries, services and other tools offered by the line.
Radisson launches retail site for brand products R adisson Hotels & Resorts has launched a Web site where consumers may purchase a wide variety of items ranging from custom designed sheets to
April 5, 2007 by Roger Allnutt
Until the early 1990s, the Dalmatian coast of Croatia was a popular destination for tourists from many European countries, who were attracted by its cheaper prices and "guaranteed" sunshine during the
Our arrival in Cape Town was exhilarating, perhaps in part because it was our long-awaited final destination, the site of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival that weekend. Part of the exhilaration