December 7, 1999
It was bound to happen. As the travel industry becomes increasingly involved in electronic media, it was only a matter of time before somebody in our midst figured out that a travel agency's Web
FAIRFAX, Va. -- Omega World Travel, the country's 10th largest agency in the 1999 Travel Weekly Top 50 listings, put up a Web site called Top9.com that really has nothing to do with travel.
NASSAU, Bahamas -- The Radisson Cable Beach Resort bills itself as "the complete vacation playground."
NEW YORK -- It is no secret that Web-based discount air fares have become an increasing irritant to travel agencies and corporations looking to maximize negotiated deals with suppliers.
TORRELIMOS, Spain -- European travelers will face continued increases in business air fares in the year 2000; however, the rate of increase is expected to level off, according to the American Express
NEW YORK -- More than 80% of multinational corporations plan to procure more than half their travel and other goods and services through the Internet within the next three years, according to a new
LONDON -- Croatia will double its tourism operating budget next year to $17.5 million, said Nik Racic, deputy director of the Croatian National Tourist Office in Zagreb.
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Galileo International blamed the impact the new millennium is having on travel for a drop in bookings in October and November.
MAITLAND, Fla. -- A Dec. 16 creditors' meeting will be attended by dozens of travelers whose vacation payments vanished when a local travel agency filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection.
TORRELIMOS, Spain -- Association of Corporate Travel Executives' outgoing president, Earl Foster, presiding over his last ACTE Global conference, said the organization has charted a course for continued