November 10, 1999 by Mark Pestronk
Q: My agency's independent contractors are resisting our efforts to implement new and higher service fees. Can we require them to adhere to our fee schedules? If so, why isn't this illegal price fixing
November 10, 1999
Thanks to the success of last year's Just a Drop appeal, the organizers of World Travel Market, which kicks off in London on Nov. 15, are again asking for the travel industry's help in financing
November 10, 1999 by Laura Del Rosso
LAS VEGAS -- Maupintour plans to offer consumer-direct bookings, said Ken Swanton, chief executive officer of Lowestfare.com, the escorted tour company's new owner.
FAIRFAX, Va. -- Travel agent arbiter William McGee ordered the following travel agencies to surrender any remaining ticket stock and plates to ARC:
MIAMI -- Preview Travel, a San Francisco-based Web travel agency, said it is expanding its hotel offerings by making Hotel Reservation Network's discount rates available to its members.
WASHINGTON -- Sunworld International Airlines, based in Fort Mitchell, Ky., said it will voluntarily withdraw from ARC.
While some of the agents I spoke to following ASTA's Monday general session felt that the elaborate entertainment segment left too little time to deal with substantive issues (more about that next
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- Tower Travel Management, a $60 million, family-owned agency based here, promoted John Smith from executive vice president to president.
November 9, 1999
Strasbourg, the venue for this year's ASTA World Travel Congress, is a French place but it's also a German place. It has been one or the other so many times in its history that families can remember
November 9, 1999 by Linda Humphrey
LOS ANGELES -- When you spend much of your time hopping from one luxury hotel to the next, how do you choose from the hundreds of five-star properties?