August 15, 2003
WASHINGTON -- Carlson Wagonlit Government Travel and Northrop Grumman Mission Systems won a $450 million, 10-year contract to provide Web-based travel-management services to all civilian agencies in the
ATLANTA -- Worldspan, the more than decade-old technology company, issued its first public earnings report Thursday.
MINNEAPOLIS -- MLT Vacations put a new travel insurance plan in place for both its Worry-Free Vacations charter program and Northwest Airlines WorldVacations scheduled air program.
WASHINGTON -- Travelers and airlines were beginning to recover Friday from the massive power outage in the Northeastern U.S. and Eastern Canada.
LAS VEGAS -- "This can't happen at most hotels," said David Lusvardi, national sales manager for Hilton Grand Vacations Club Resorts.
Las Vegas hotel pioneer Jackie Gaughan received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Nevada Hotel and Lodging Association.
August 14, 2003
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- ARTA said it collected objections from at least 850 travel agents that oppose Lufthansa's offer to settle claims against it in the Sarah Hall class-action suit against the major
IRVINE, Calif. -- Uniglobe Travel, citing the alliance it penned in March with Vacation.com, said it added 60 U.S. locations to its roster in the last five months; the agencies produce $225 million in
August 14, 2003 by Michael Milligan
SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Choice Hotels launched a fall promotion providing guests with a free night for every two stays at any Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Sleep Inn, Clarion or MainStay Suites
MILWAUKEE -- If Trisept Solutions' chief executive John Ische is right, his company's VAX VacationAccess agent booking Web site could free many agents from the need to maintain costly accounts with