| //09-03-2009 Georgia, Tbilisi, March 9 / corr. Trend News N. Kirtshalia / Georgian companies will participate in scheduled for March 10 at Berlin International Tourism Exhibition (ITB). It will be attended by up to 12 000 companies related to tourism.
At the initiative of the Department of Tourism, from Georgia will be represented by six travel companies: «Concord Travel», «Caucasus Travel», «Visit Georgia», «InterTur», «Vanilla Sky» and «Medea Tours». These companies are attracting in Georgia, tour operators and travel agencies (ITO). |
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| //06-03-2009 Friday, March 06, 2009
Travel companies should hold their nerve and not panic into cutting prices too soon. |
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| //06-03-2009 Saying that political leaders have demonized business meetings and events, the U.S. Travel Association pushed back Wednesday with the launch of the national “Meetings Mean Business” campaign.
It is designed to spell out the economic impact of the meetings business.
The industry group hopes it can help stem the nationwide cancellations of big gatherings that members say are a result of government and media scrutiny. |
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| //04-03-2009 The recession is having a mixed impact on travel habits and, of course, on travel companies. Let’s take a look at three companies that recently announced results.
The $3.5 billion online travel major, Priceline (PCLN) surpassed the market’s expectations in its Q4 results. After having slipped in the last quarter, Priceline is now regaining some of its lost valuation. |
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 | //03-03-2009 THE economic doom and gloom is not halting one of Singapore's biggest travel companies from venturing into the hotel business.
To diversify its portfolio and offer customers a more complete range of products and services, CTC Holidays will be opening @ Gallery Suites, a 40-room deluxe hotel, in Shanghai next month. |
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| //03-03-2009 Whenever you buy an airline ticket or book a hotel room these days, chances are that a good part of that transaction will run through Sabre's network. Sabre is one of the world's largest suppliers of technology solutions for the airline and travel industry. What you may not be aware of, however, is that Sabre has made open-source software a cornerstone of its technology strategy. Sabre already relies on a number of open-source projects to handle thousands of transactions every second, and today, Sabre and Progress FUSE announced a new partnership that will make a number FUSE's open-source offerings a cornerstone of Sabre's technology |
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| //03-03-2009 POTHOS, Inc. has announced the achievement of significant professional recognition as a strategic meeting management and corporate travel management company. |
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| //27-02-2009 TripAdvisor LLC went live last night with a search engine that will pull together flight and fare data from multiple airlines and online travel agencies, a move that will put the Newton website in competition with Kayak.com and others in the lucrative fare search space. |
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| //27-02-2009 With consumers looking to cut travel costs wherever they can, travel companies are feeling the pinch. Airline travel companies are reducing costs to enchant the consumer with flight savings as well as tour companies. A leading website, at the forefront of this market, offers the latest travel deals and is proving to be a popular place for people to visit, that website is www.travelbydeals.com |
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| //27-02-2009 A federal government crackdown on lavish corporate gatherings in glitzy travel destinations will put more of a squeeze on the already-suffering U.S. travel industry, say some hospitality experts. |
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| //24-02-2009 Luxury Travel has just launched their new brand Premium Travel, showcasing some of the finest travel options to be had in Asia.
In this hand-picked elite collection, the company has brought together some of the best tourism products in the region including hotels, resorts and cruises. The Asia Premium Travel is managed by the Luxury Travel Company, can be found at the website http://asiapremiumtravel.com |
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| //13-02-2009 Distribution Partnership With VAX VacationAccess and Series A Funding From Anthem Venture Partners and The Mail Room Fund Position AdventureLink for Great Success |
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| //13-02-2009 Wyndham Worldwide Corp. swung to a fourth-quarter loss on a $1.3 billion write-down at its slumping timeshare business. |
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| //12-02-2009 An organization that studies travel trends at resorts throughout the western states reports that the hit absorbed by ski resorts wasn’t as bad as anticipated. |
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| //12-02-2009 When the economy goes into the tank, people stay at home. But for those still willing to see what’s out there, there are stupendous deals to be had.
Hotels, resorts and cruise lines are offering rock-bottom rates and doing everything they can to fill rooms, including teaming up with airlines to offer jaw-dropping package deals. And savvy consumers can reap the benefits. |
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| //11-02-2009 Xola Consulting recently released a research report entitled “Exploring the Effects of Climate Change and Sustainable Development in the Adventure Tourism Industry.” The report provides an in-depth look at how climate change is predicted to affect global tourism traffic patterns and discusses these changes in the adventure industry context. |
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