February 1, 2000 by Grant Flowers
NEW YORK -- If a small poll of hotel executives is any indication, the hotel industry is in for a good year in 2000. Three executives used the word "bullish" in describing their outlook.
February 1, 2000
MILWAUKEE -- The Mark Travel Corp., which runs several of the travel industry's best-known packaged vacation brands, set up an e-mail service for travel agents to send requests and receive assistance.
WASHINGTON -- Four travel agencies were burglarized during the first three weeks of January, according to ARC's Web site.
WASHINGTON -- A number of travel agents contacted by Travel Weekly gazed into their crystal balls and predicted the slow but inexorable demise of ARC.
LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif. -- The Foothill College Travel Careers program, which offers travel industry courses and continuing education for travel agents, will celebrate its 25th anniversary at a reunion
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Galileo International announced plans to acquire Travel Automation Services, which includes its U.K. distribution company, from British Airways.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Northwestern Travel Management said it acquired the Veltra Corp., a $14 million corporate and leisure agency in Racine, Wis.
WASHINGTON -- Agency mergers and closures caused a 4% drop last year in the total number of ARC-accredited retail locations and satellite ticket printer sites.
NEW YORK -- The profile of the safari traveler is changing, according to Dennis Pinto, director of New York-based Micato Safaris.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Qantas Airways is having a fare sale to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji on roundtrip tickets purchased by Feb. 29.