July 30, 1998
Travel Weekly cruise editor Fran Golden took her kids on a vacation to Florida and the Bahamas, combining a four-day sailing on Carnival's Fantasy with visits to SeaWorld and Universal Studios. Her
Three-and-a-half years ago when Debbie Lanham pitched her services as a dive travel specialist to Argo World Travel in Palos Verdes, Calif., the full-service agency had never before gone near the market
Agents eager to learn about dive travel will find that tourist boards and dive suppliers offer various resources and programs to encourage their doing so. Following is a sampling of agent programs
Get familiar with the following basic concepts and vocabulary and you will have taken a significant first step toward proficiency in dive travel sales.
Over and over again surveys of dive travelers show five destinations in the Western Hemisphere to be consistent favorites. They are: Cozumel, the Cayman Islands, The Islands of The Bahamas, Bonaire and
Richard H. Stewart speaks with contributing editor Marilee Crocker about the latest programs designed to help travel agents sell dive vacations.
Agents who have never before ventured into the dive travel market may find it intimidating. After all, this market niche comes complete with a terminology that, to the uninitiated, can sound mystifying
SHERMAN, Conn. -- PhoCusWright, a specialist in Internet travel research and strategy, announced the commissioning of a study designed to shed new light on consumer attitude toward Internet travel
OYSTER BAY, N.Y. -- Travelsavers, a marketing organization of 2,000 leisure agencies, launched a corporate-services division aimed at helping its members attract business travel clients.
Travel Weekly associate editor Lesley Krautheim and her mother sailed on the maiden voyage of the Legacy, Windjammer Barefoot Cruises' newest ship. Her report follows: