February 9, 2000
LAS VEGAS -- Future Vacations, is offering travel agents 13% commission on all CRS bookings, except for "lead packages, which pay 10%," in addition to introducing packages to Las Vegas.
Einar Gustavsson, director of the Iceland Tourist Bureau, New York, was elected chairman of the 29-country European Travel Commission's New York office.
MEMPHIS -- Northwest will add about 45 departures a day to its Memphis schedule in June in what the airline is calling the largest single service expansion in the company's 75-year history.
WASHINGTON -- The House Transportation Committee indicated House and Senate negotiators are inching toward a deal to break the stalemate that has forced the Federal Aviation Administration's
The State Department renewed a travel warning that recommends U.S. citizens defer all travel to Tajikistan.
There are more signs out there that the travel agency community is shrinking.
ORLANDO -- Universal Studios Florida's 44-night Mardi Gras celebration, set for Feb. 18 to April 1, is featured in a Universal Studios Vacations package.
February 8, 2000
LAS VEGAS -- Chris Davidson was only 8 years old when he got hooked on the sound of Elvis Presley.
February 8, 2000 by Ernest Blum
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Renaissance Cruises launched an advertising blitz in travel trade publications, "intended to correct a lack of awareness that travel agents have for Renaissance."
TULSA, Okla. -- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, parent of Dollar and Thrifty, posted record results for the 1999 fourth quarter and full year.