December 14, 1999
Miller Gove Northbrae (MGN) Travel Management, doing business as Bridge Travel Alliance, acquired Bancroft Travel of Berkeley, Calif.
MILWAUKEE -- Mirage Resorts Vacations here and the Beau Rivage casino resort in Biloxi, Miss., have teamed up to celebrate the holidays with the Winter Windfall deal.
The Mormon Church, citing Y2K concerns, instructed its employees, teachers, students and missionaries to stay off airplanes between midnight Dec. 30 and midnight Jan. 5.
Northwest Airlines WorldVacations, of Minneapolis. Rate: 15% on the land portion of all Europe packages booked by Dec. 31 for travel through March 31. How: (800) 727-3005. 17591
NASHVILLE -- The changing family market provides great opportunities for the package travel industry, according to a report from the National Tour Association.
Renaissance Travel Solutions, of Hunt Valley, Md. Rate: Standard commission plus a $20 bonus on all plans three nights or longer, booked and traveled between Nov. 1 and Jan. 30. Packages must include
Royal Olympic Cruises. Rate: 15% on all group cruise bookings on its Mediterranean 2000 sailings traveling April through November. How: (800) 872-6400. 17595
World Travel Market reported it achieved its target attendance of 33,000 visitors at the 1999 event, held in mid-November -- a 5% increase over 1998 numbers.
December 13, 1999
WASHINGTON -- Agents in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and New England hope to duplicate the efforts of their counterparts in Denver earlier this fall by staging a Day of Awareness to draw attention
WASHINGTON -- ARC adopted a proposal that will require most new travel agencies that are accredited after Jan. 1 to report sales electronically.