August 3, 2000
The Metro, Paris' underground public transport system, has 14 different lines serving more than 300 stations.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Navigant International formed FireVine, a division of its NavigantVacations.com subsidiary.
BOISE, Idaho -- Wildfires continued to rage in several western states, with the National Interagency Fire Center here reporting 35 wildfires under way the first week of August.
WASHINGTON -- U.S. citizens in India should "exercise extreme caution" and "travel only if necessary" to Bangalore, the capital of the Karnataka state, the State Department warned.
WASHINGTON -- The Transportation Department called for bids by Aug. 28 for a Web-based travel expense processing service for the U.S. government that would be part of the DOT's federal travel site,
August 2, 2000 by Laura Del Rosso
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- The founder of InteleTravel bought back the assets of the company and launched a drive to resurrect its 100,000-member sales force.
August 2, 2000
PITTSBURGH -- Rick Sicilio, the owner of Classic Travel and Tours here, was talking of the "old way" of searching for fares and the method he now uses every day.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- ASTA said it will ask IATA, the Geneva-based keeper of industry numbers, to supply a bloc of identification numbers for the Society's registration program for non-ARC travel sellers.
LOS ANGELES -- The National Business Travel Association's annual conference kicked off here July 31. Following are some key happenings at the event:
LONDON -- World Travel Market will sponsor its Incentive, Conference and Business Travel Day on Nov. 14, the second day of the four-day trade show.