May 1, 2000
MILWAUKEE -- The Mark Travel Corp. created a customer support team for each of its brands, designed so that agents can get help by making just one phone call.
WASHINGTON -- The State Department renewed a travel warning against the Serbia and Kosovo regions of Serbia-Montenegro.
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- The Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing is offering a variety of packages on its Web site that are commissionable to agents.
April 29, 2000
NEW YORK -- Park East, a nature tour operator specializing in African safaris, added qualified naturalist guides on its East African wildlife safaris for groups as small as four people.
WASHINGTON -- Travelennium Inc. of Memphis was selected as the official travel agency of Vice President Gore's presidential campaign, effective May 1.
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Agents can use GRSNetwork's new CruiseExpert system for free for up to two years if they make just 24 cruise bookings during their first year on the system, the Corte Madera,
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- With the launch of a new flight-pricing service, Expedia.com claims to be first on two counts.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Although Florida's beaches and "mega-attractions" remain important for stimulating tourism, Visit Florida officials continue to notice a trend toward "nature-based activities and
April 29, 2000 by Mark Pestronk
Q: Now that all my employees have e-mail and Internet access at their desks, what additional legal risks do these technologies bring, and what can I do to minimize them?
The first warning signal may have come in January, when the cruise lines were oddly silent on how many booking records they were breaking during the traditionally heavy "Wave Week." Not many records