November 10, 2003
First, let me set the record straight. Last week, I used the automobile distribution system as a reference point in discussing trends in travel distribution. I said the car manufacturers "own" the
Travel agents have been living with airline commission caps and commission cuts for eight years. Like it or not, it is widely accepted that these cuts are here to stay.
Vacation.com is continuing to shed another couple of thousand "nonproducing" agencies and expects its membership to level off at about 6,000 agencies at the end of the year. It dropped 1,300 agencies
November 10, 2003 by Mark Pestronk
Q: In last week's column, you noted that there are no U.S. government restraints on the ability of any travel supplier or travel agency to disseminate travel data in any way that it wishes. Shouldn't
November 8, 2003
BARCELONA, Spain -- It should come as no surprise that yet another avant-garde "lifestyle" hotel has opened in cosmopolitan, style-conscious Barcelona, Spain's chic capital of architecture, couture and
Travel Weekly's Hawaii E-letter, Nov. 10, 2003 THE WAIKIKI TERRACE HOTEL will change ownership and undergo an $11 million renovation before its conversion to upscale condominium units in April, when it
November 7, 2003
UTRECHT, Netherlands -- Eurail Group here continued its drive to expand international distribution outlets for its European rail product with a Nov. 7 deal naming U.K.-based tour operator Gullivers
November 7, 2003 by Jerry Limone
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Caldwell Travel -- one of the agencies that threatened to leave corporate consortium Hickory Travel Systems in the spring -- pulled the trigger.
MIAMI -- First Choice Holdings closed here on its purchase of Emeryville, Calif.-based Adventure Center from Far & Wide Travel for $70,000 Thursday evening.
WASHINGTON -- British Airways is testing a