August 21, 2006
Globus takes religious travel shows on the road David Cogswell W hen Globus created a separate division for faith-based travel in 2005, business doubled from the previous year. For 2006, the operator
In U.S., airports get their groove back amid new regulations David Cogswell T he announcement Aug. 10 of the foiling of an alleged plan to bomb aircraft heading from the U.K. to the U.S., and the
August 21, 2006 by Felicity Long
There have been so many stories about travel agents working from virtual offices, but is the tide changing in favor of the traditional business model? Mike Putman, CEO of Putman Travel in Greenville,
Industry shows resiliency, resourcefulness in aftermath of terror arrests Nadine Godwin Michael Milligan A s travel agents and suppliers know full well, nothing creates ripple effects in the industry
August 21, 2006 by David Cogswell
Investment firm buys Intrawest for $2.8B David Cogswell F ive months after Intrawest announced it was exploring ways to finance its business, Fortress Investment Group agreed to acquire Intrawest for
August 21, 2006 by Kenneth Kiesnoski
London's Lanesborough courts couples with loverly deal Kenneth Kiesnoski T he Lanesborough, a St. Regis property, is wooing romantically inclined visitors to London with a Weekend Romantic Rendezvous
August 21, 2006 by Richard Turen
When they walked into my office 18 years ago, they seemed rather ordinary as clients. Two couples, one of the women did all of the talking. It was a Caribbean cruise they wanted, one week aboard a “Love
News Briefs, Week of Aug. 21, 2006 United eyes China from Dulles hub United joined the competition for the right to offer new service to China , asking the Dept. of Transportation for a nonstop route
When Sabre Chairman and CEO Sam Gilliland was making the rounds on Wall Street to reassure analysts that the sky was not falling just because its DCA-3 agreement with American Airlines was expiring
Sabre's vacation-packaging tool targets GDS subscribers Dennis Schaal S abre introduced TripTailor, a tool that enables agents to create vacation packages and add a mark-up on top of the commission that