February 16, 2000
MINNEAPOLIS -- Most of the major U.S. airlines selectively matched Northwest's new discounted advance-purchase fare that does not require a Saturday-night stay.
ATLANTA -- Delta Air Lines unveiled its electronic commerce strategy under a redesigned Web site, a move seen as creating direct links with corporations and agencies at the expense of CRSs.
WASHINGTON -- ARC advised travel agents that Universal Studios raised prices on some of the admission tickets that can be sold through ARC.
WASHINGTON -- ARC has placed on the back burner an idea to give travel agencies the option of having a manager who passed an ARC test instead of a person with two years of managerial experience.
ASTA's purchase of the National Association of Commissioned Travel Agents is a sign of how the times have changed in the post-caps era.
February 16, 2000 by Mark Pestronk
Q: Approximately 20 more airlines, including all major U.S. airlines except Southwest, have signed up to list their fares on the joint Web site planned by Continental, Delta, Northwest and United that
WASHINGTON -- Several travel trade groups have lined up against the Clinton administration's $1.84 trillion, 2001 federal budget, which revives from last year's budget several controversial aviation and
MIAMI -- LanChile said it will lower its travel agent commissions for tickets purchased in the U.S. to 5% as of Feb. 21, but without caps.
February 16, 2000 by Ernest Blum
PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. -- Romance was alive and well on the high seas Valentine's Day, and no more so than on the latest Love Boat.
Ever since the airlines and other travel suppliers started looking for ways to avoid paying commissions, agents have been telling them they'll regret it someday.