January 8, 2007
News Briefs, Week of Jan. 8, 2007 KSL to pick up two more resorts KSL Resorts was awarded management contracts for the Homestead in Hot Springs, Va., and the Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin,
TC has heard grim tales concerning lost luggage, but the saga of the Washington traveler who lost her bags three times on three trips in December is a doozy.
Travel Weekly's Hawaii E-letter: Jan. 8, 2007 APPLE VACATIONS is including two complimentary whale-watch excursions per room when clients book a vacation to Oahu and Maui this winter. Travel agents will
Travel Weekly's Home-based Agent E-letter: Jan. 8, 2007 ROYAL CARIBBEAN gave America's Vacation Center its President's Award for Partner of the Year. AVC, a host agency network based in Escondido,
UNWTO promotes tourism development in poorest countries Michael Milligan T he United Nations World Tourism Organization is stepping up its efforts to promote the development of sustainable tourism as a
YTB Travel Network, a little-known, 6-year-old host agency with some awfully big numbers -- $250 million to $300 million in 2006 sales and 61,000 referring travel agents -- is growing so fast it had to
January 5, 2007
SideStep said it would become the first travel search engine to offer a dedicated cruise section when it introduces a product in partnership with CruisesOnly.
CIE Tours International said that it will institute a policy to guarantee tour departure dates in 2007.
Online Vacation Center has acquired West University Travel, a Houston-based travel agency that specializes in marketing cruises, European tours and other vacations products to the luxury travel market.
Ady Gelber, the president and CEO of Isram World of Travel until last spring, returned to the company offices in New York Jan. 4 as its majority shareholder, executive chairman and CEO.