November 3, 1999
John P. Hart, CTC, of Hart Travel Systems in Jacksonville, Fla., is angry. He's angry at the airlines for lowering commissions again, and he's angry at me and at Travel Weekly.
Radisson Edwardian Hotels lowered its rates for travelers booking its London Breakaways program in 2000. The new lead-in per night rate, $159, covers a room for two people, full breakfasts and VAT.
TravelSafe, Wyomissing, Pa., became the latest insurance carrier to refuse to issue trip-cancellation policies to clients of Renaissance Cruises.
Insider conducted a quick survey of members of Travel Weekly's advisory board to ask what atypical comforts they routinely travel with.
November 2, 1999 by Felicity Long
VAIL, Colo. -- An uncooperative Mother Nature and controversy over Vail Resorts' Category III expansion project at Vail Mountain combined to undercut skier visitor numbers at the resort last season, but
November 2, 1999
It has long been my contention that the two industries that supply me with a livelihood, --travel and travel publishing -- should borrow a page from a highly lucrative, if less high-minded line of work:
NEW YORK -- Home is where the agent is, or at least that is where more of them are headed, industry leaders are predicting.
PITTSBURGH -- Agents looking to survive and prosper in a commission-starved world got plenty of advice at the Travel Industry Association's Marketing Outlook Forum here. Much of it centered on two
JUNEAU, Alaska -- As mass markets go, there is little room for huge tourism or infrastructure growth in Alaska in the decades ahead.
NEW YORK -- American Express clients expressed some concern about the agency's new pricing plan to offer a shared call center configuration to corporate accounts in return for lower transaction fees.