| //11-05-2009 Discovery Communications is betting that there are a lot of people who'd like to vacation in exotic places — but only with the reassuring presence of a familiar brand.
The cable programming power will unveil on Monday a partnership with travel firm G.A.P. Adventures to create Discovery Adventures, which will offer trips to 30 locales including the Galapagos Islands, the Amazon, Kenya, Egypt, India and China. |
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| //11-05-2009 Luxury Travel Company offers Vietnam visa arrangement for free if travelers book service on the company website.
Luxury Travel Company Offers Vietnam Visa Service Online for Free
Luxury Travel Company offers Vietnam visa arrangement for free if travelers book service on the company website.
Most visitors to Vietnam need a visa to enter the country. Visas are exempted for the citizens of the countries, which have signed a bilateral or unilateral visa exemption agreement with Vietnam, tourist visa may be valid for 15 to 30 days. |
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| //11-05-2009 The volunteer travel industry is reportedly booming, with a recent survey showing that 61 percent of operators in the industry predict 2009 sales will top those of 2008.
Twenty-eight volunteer travel companies participated in the survey conducted by Lasso Communications in an effort to get an insight on the current condition of the the ‘pay to volunteer’ niche. |
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| //08-05-2009 First Quarter Summary: - Net Revenue of $553 million and EBITDA of $119 million. - Adjusted Net Revenue of $554 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $136 million, representing a (17)% and (21)% decrease as compared to the first quarter of 2008, respective -- Travelport Limited, the parent company of the Travelport group of companies, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. |
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| //08-05-2009 Jet Linx Aviation, a private jet travel and aircraft management company, and CoGoJets, an online social networking website where members coordinate air travel and book a private jet together on a per-seat, pro rata basis, are partnering with Dallas businessmen to open a Dallas Love Field location in July 2009. |
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| //08-05-2009 With no one certain just how bad the swine flu outbreak is going to get, and folks increasingly talking about a pandemic, the flu is landing some blows on an already unsteady economy. Service and travel industries are taking especially hard hits. Pharmaceutical stocks, however, are rising right along with fear levels since their products could be used to fight the flu. |
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| //08-05-2009 Dubai International is Middle East's leading airport |
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| //08-05-2009 BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for May 7, 2009. Since late October market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This "fair market making" requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices. On Thursday there were 3,444 companies with "abnormal" market making, 1,904 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3,852 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top 6 companies with the largest dollar loss per share Thursday and low price friction (bearish). This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices dropped faster with less Friction. Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO), Mercadolibre (NASDAQ: MELI), World Acceptance Corp (NASDAQ: WRLD), NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE), Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ: ALGT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and OM Group (NYSE: OMG). To access Friction Factor, Naked Short Data and SqueezeTrigger Prices on all stocks please visit http://www.buyins.net |
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 | //24-04-2009 A year ago, employees at Boiron, a medical manufacturing company, wined and dined at the Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort overlooking the picturesque bay in Rose Hall, Jamaica, for their annual retreat |
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| //24-04-2009 When times are tough, companies take notice. Primarily because of the effect in which the economy woes have on them. Some of them are starting to implement great new features to make your travels, easier and more affordable than ever before. |
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| //24-04-2009 With straightforward point to point booking for an air ticket a hotel for a few nights or a car rental being increasingly made on the internet, reports from the USA say that Americans have been making their views felt that charging for an online booking was not right, with the big on line booking companies responding by cutting booking fees.
Interestingly, they are doing quietly, without a lot of fuss, with site operators saying that what started as a way to squeeze out a little more revenue from customers, having become a deterrent to business. |
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| //24-04-2009 Orbitz.com (www.orbitz.com) today announced the launch of Total Price hotel search results. Orbitz is now the only major online travel company to show base rate, taxes & fees and Total Price per night upfront on the initial search results page. Competitors only show base rates on their initial search results pages making it impossible for consumers to see the Total Price they will pay until after they have selected their hotel. |
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| //23-04-2009 )-Record-low prices mean families can find great deals on vacations--but as costs plummet, it's important not to be taken for a ride by travel scams.
One of the best ways to guard against scammers is to remain skeptical. Be wary of unsolicited e-mails, postcards and phone calls saying you've been selected to receive a free trip. And be especially wary of firms requiring you to wait at least 60 days to take your vacation.
Try these additional tips for steering clear of travel scams and for evaluating travel offers and so-called deals. They come from experts at the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA). |
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| //23-04-2009 THE global Stella tourism empire, which owns the Harvey World Travel chain and manages one in five Gold Coast holiday apartments, is in danger of collapse, threatening to cost banking giant UBS hundreds of millions of dollars. |
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 | //23-04-2009 Olivia clients reportedly are rallying to support the popular lesbian travel company financially as it seeks to raise $1 million by April 30.
Customers received a letter in mid-March announcing the launch of the company's capital campaign, which offers a variety of charter membership donation levels ranging from a low of $500 to a high of $10,000. The capital campaign comes amid the worldwide economic downturn and on the heels of a lawsuit by former company executives that settled out of court last November. |
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| //23-04-2009 Local travel companies have resumed their tours to Thailand and airlines have reported that bookings for their flights to and from Bangkok have bounced back following a cease to anti-government protests in the country’s capital last week.
Vietravel and TST have re-organized their tours to Thailand four days after their tours were either temporarily postponed or called off due to political uncertainties in Bangkok.
Lai Minh Duy, general director of TST Tourist, told the Daily that his company had started to take Vietnamese travelers to Thailand including more than 20 people departing for Bangkok last Friday.
Tran Doan The Duy, outbound director of Vietravel, confirmed Friday that the company had arranged a tour to Thailand for some 25 Vietnamese holiday-goers who had made bookings ahead of the large-scaled demonstrations in Pattaya and Bangkok. |
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| //22-04-2009 Dave Colgan, direct sales manager for Utz Quality Foods, a snack food manufacturer in Hanover, Pa., was entrenched behind his desk, arms crossed on his chest, chin down, listening reluctantly to a man who promised — at no charge — to overhaul the company’s shipping arrangements to save money while getting better service. “It really did seem too good to be true,” Mr. Colgan said. |
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| //17-04-2009 Some Canadians say the sun-splashed Mexican holidays they booked through a now-collapsed travel company turned into ugly ordeals as they faced hotel managers demanding they shell out thousands of dollars or face the police.
Canadians clashed with Mexican hotel security guards Thursday when a group of 28 people staying at the Golden Parnassus resort tried to leave the premises after disputing their bill, according to one of the travellers. He said pushing and shoving ensued.
The problems started Wednesday, when Conquest Vacations Inc. suddenly announced it was shutting its doors, blaming fierce competition and a faltering economy. |
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| //17-04-2009 What had seemed to be a relatively orderly closure of tour operator Conquest Vacations yesterday has taken a nasty turn for some travellers who are currently on their “fully paid” holidays. Travel agents are reporting to TakeOffeh.com that some resorts are demanding payment from Conquest customers on the spot, and at a considerably higher rate than the cost of their original trip, despite having accepted Conquest’s accommodation vouchers upon check-in. |
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 | //17-04-2009 NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. leisure industry could reap rich rewards if lawmakers relax Cuban travel bans, but industry experts warn that several hurdles still block a potentially huge payday for cruise companies, hotels and airlines.
Earlier this week, President Barack Obama opened a crack in the decades-old U.S. embargo against Cuba, allowing American telecommunications firms to start providing service for Cubans and lifting restrictions on family ties to the island. |
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