October 3, 2000
ORLANDO -- US Airways Vacations announced its complete list of Cancun vacations for travel in 2001, including six new hotels and several new touring options.
October 2, 2000 by Grant Flowers
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. -- Hotels in New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and the Pacific region had, on the whole, a better August than hotels in other parts of the country, according to Smith Travel
October 2, 2000 by Jerry Limone
WALTHAM, Mass. -- In the past few months, quite a few Web-based businesses have formed partnerships with CRS companies in an attempt to market their services through travel agencies.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Gelco Information Network, a company specializing in Web-based travel expense management and trade management, split into two separate companies.
SADDLE BROOK, NJ -- Hickory Travel Systems, a consortium consisting of more than 200 independent travel agencies, is implementing an on-line billing and payment system with the help of Miradiant Global
October 2, 2000
WASHINGTON -- ARC suspended Ecuatoriana de Aviacion for going into default to ARC and will stop processing travel agents' transactions on the carrier (codes EU and 341), effective immediately.
CHICAGO -- Budget Rent a Car redesigned its Unlimited Budget travel agency loyalty program, and for the first time will reward agents with points for travel industry rates.
October 2, 2000 by Mark Pestronk
Q: If my agency's travelers suffer domestic flight delays and cancellations, do they have any legal rights to force the airlines to do anything for them? If so, where can they find their legal rights?
The good people who operate LaGuardia Airport think they have their hands full, and they probably do.
Near the close of last week's ASTA World Travel Congress in Las Vegas, the Society's national secretary Eric Ardolino, was talking about one of the major issues facing the trade: finding good agents.