January 11, 2000
"I want to get off this plane! It's obviously not safe!" It was the week after this fall's EgyptAir crash, and the nervous passenger on the Paris-bound plane was reacting to flight delay announcements.
January 10, 2000
SINGAPORE -- Reed Elsevier, the parent company of Travel Weekly, announced it will launch Travel Weekly Asia at the Pacific Asia Travel Association Travel Mart, set for April 11 to 14 here.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Continental Airlines Vacations launched its Disney Millennium product by offering agents a $100 booking bonus on select air-inclusive packages to Walt Disney World made by Jan.
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. -- American Express named Rion Needs business unit leader of American Express One, succeeding Scott Tarte, who will become a consultant.
FORT LAUDERDALE -- Continental Airlines Vacations launched packages to Japan in conjunction with the airline's service from Newark and Houston to Japan.
NEW YORK -- Newsweek Inc. has acquired Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazine through its wholly owned subsidiary, Newsweek Budget Travel Inc. Additional terms of the acquisition were not released.
JUPITER, Fla. -- The Outside Sales Support Network named Ralph Pastor chapter director for Dade County, Fla.
SHERMAN, Conn. -- On-line travel agencies will handle 6.3% of all agency bookings by the year 2001, according to a PhoCusWright report on U.S.-based Internet and on-line businesses handling leisure and
January 8, 2000 by Laura Del Rosso
SAN FRANCISCO -- In appreciation of travel agents, Brennan Tours is offering an incentive program that will reward six agents with weekend trips to Seattle and Vancouver in the second half of 2000.
January 8, 2000
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- ResExpo 2000, a conference and trade show for buyers and sellers of travel supplier reservations systems, is scheduled to be held March 28 and 29 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas/Fort Worth