October 2, 2006
Following Blackstone Group's acquisition of Travelport, which includes Orbitz Worldwide and Galileo, from Cendant, Blackstone Group appointed Steve Barnhart president of Orbitz. Barnhart, who led the
Mexico Briefs: Mexico pitching Chichen Itza ruins as new World Wonder Mexico is making an all-out push to have the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza in Yucatan state added to a revised list of the Seven
News Briefs, Week of Oct. 2, 2006 Marriott debuts a new Courtyard Marriott International launched a new design for its Courtyard by Marriott brand with a 150-room hotel in Paris, the prototype for some
October 2, 2006 by Kristin O'Meara Hillmann
Pearl Seas plans a luxury product Kristin O'Meara Hillmann I f one small-ship operator has its way, the luxury cruise category will have to make room for a new entrant: Pearl Seas Cruises. Pearl Seas,
Sandals and Beaches honors top sellers at the Ultra Awards S andals and Beaches Resorts hosted the 12th annual Ultra Awards celebration at Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort & Spa, a gathering that
October 2, 2006 by Caroline Scutt Burchill
Sibonne Beach Hotel: Intimate hospitality on booming Grace Bay Caroline Scutt Burchill W ith room inventory in the Turks and Caicos expanding with each high tide and the landscape on Grace Bay Beach on
October 2, 2006 by Allan Seiden
Sweet on honeymooners, hotels craft post-nuptials packages Allan Seiden H oneymooners and other romance travelers are no different than other vacationers: They may be willing to spend big to make a trip
October 2, 2006 by Harvey Chipkin
Tourism minister: Bermuda is reversing a 'negative spiral' Harvey Chipkin NEW YORK -- Ewart Brown, Bermuda's minister of transport and tourism, told a meeting of the Association of Travel Marketing
Travel Weekly's Hawaii E-letter: Oct. 2, 2006 CREATIVE LEISURE INTERNATIONAL is highlighting free-night rates on select fall bookings through mid-December. The Sheraton Maui Resort and the Grand Hyatt
Travel Weekly's Home-based Agent E-letter: Oct. 2, 2006 THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMMISSIONED TRAVEL AGENTS is set to raise its dues within a few weeks, although President Joanie Ogg said the amount