| //06-04-2009 A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by an Arkansas woman that claimed she was illegally imprisoned on an American Airlines airplane for 9 1/2 hours in 2006.
In an 18-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Robert T. Dawson said he was sympathetic of the plight that Catherine Ray of Fayetteville went through on Dec. 29, 2006. However, the judge said that American Airlines had no duty to provide Ray "with a stress-free flight environment" and their conduct did not amount to imprisoning her. |
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| //06-04-2009 Hours after G-20 leaders agreed to a trillion-dollar bailout of the world economy in chilly London, one of the world's most flamboyant hoteliers opened his latest luxury hotel in sunny South Africa.
Nelson Mandela, accompanied by his wife Gracia Marcel, are greeted by Sol Kernzer.
Sol Kernzer admits opening an uber-luxury hotel in the current economic climate is not ideal, but he still firmly believes his latest venture -- One&Only -- in Cape Town's waterfront will be a success. |
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| //05-04-2009 The Walt Disney Co. has eliminated 1,900 jobs since Feb. 18 in its backstage operations in Orlando and California, the company confirmed late Friday.
Of that total, 1,400 of the positions were in Central Florida. The company laid off 900 workers and eliminated 500 positions, the company said.
In California, 200 workers lost their jobs and the company eliminated 100 positions, Disney said. |
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 | //04-04-2009 To lure recession-strapped travelers, tour operators who have long specialized in trips to places like Vietnam or China are scouring the U.S. for closer-to-home alternatives. Last year, a typical Go Ahead Tour trip took travelers to Egypt, with visits to mosques in Cairo, a cruise down the Nile and photo ops at the pyramids. Since February, though, Go Ahead has also been advertising a five-day Civil War history trip, with stops at Philadelphia's Liberty Bell and a night in Gettysburg. Ciclismo Classico, which focuses on cycling trips in Italy -- its 15-day "Grand Tour d'Italia" hits six regions -- recently added a week-long bike tour of the Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts, which can include visits to a Shaker village and an antique car museum. |
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| //04-04-2009 Li expressed concerns, however, about reports that Taiwan is accepting low-price Chinese tour groups and that some Taiwanese travel agencies have handed over such groups once they arrive in Taiwan to local travel companies that are not authorized to |
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| //30-03-2009 As all segments in travel sector decline and yields drop, travel management firms in the Middle East are looking at ways to survive the crisis, senior executives said.
The three challenges of the current economic situation are collections and credit terms, drop in yields and resource management, they said. |
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| //30-03-2009 Luxury Travel announced the availability of instant booking of all day trips on its website, where guests can place their reservations and receive immediate confirmation.
Hanoi, Vietnam, During the past decades, the internet has become an indispensable part of modern life, bringing with it the commodity to enable consumers to research and purchase a wide range of products in the comfort of their homes and offices. |
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| //30-03-2009 FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)--Discount airline Air Berlin PLC (AB1.XE) said Friday it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the TUI Travel PLC (TT.LN) and their affiliated companies with respect to a strategic cooperation regarding the German aviation business. ... |
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| //26-03-2009 At a time when the travel industry should be focusing on making better margins, everyone seems obsessed with giving profit away.
You only need to look down the high street to see the discounts ¨C and as a consumer myself, I know that¡¯s fantastic |
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| //26-03-2009 DAYTONA BEACH -- A move afoot to force online travel companies, such as Priceline and Expedia, to pay more taxes got another ally this year in state Sen. Evelyn Lynn.
Lynn, R-Ormond Beach, introduced Senate Bill S1970, which would require the online firms to pay taxes on what they charge consumers for hotel rooms, a move that, according to one estimate, would create $200 million in additional revenue statewide for convention centers and tourism promotion. |
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| //26-03-2009 The receipt of permission-based email makes travel consumers more likely to do business with a travel company, in addition to generating a more favorable opinion of the company and even a stronger sense of loyalty to its brand. |
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| //19-03-2009 Shares of online travel companies fell Wednesday after privately held Travelocity followed rivals Priceline.com Inc. and Expedia Inc. in eliminating booking fees for domestic and international flights.
Travelocity is a subsidiary of Sabre Holdings Corp., which also provides services to travel agents and airline companies through its Sabre Travel Network and Sabre Airline Solutions divisions |
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| //19-03-2009 Travelocity.com is expected to announce Tuesday that it will eliminate its booking fees on airline tickets sold through May 31, matching a move last week by competitor Expedia.com.
The online travel vendors face intense competition from Web sites that search for airline prices and refer shoppers directly to airline sites, which typically don't charge booking fees. |
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| //19-03-2009 The county, along with three others, is suing to get tens of thousands of tax dollars, it says, certain travel web sites haven't paid.
Thirteen companies in all are being sued by Ingham, Genesee, Calhoun and Saginaw Counties. They are: Hotels.com, Cheaptickets.com, Travelport, Inc., Expedia.com, Lodging.com, Lowestfare.com, Orbitz.com, Priceline.com, Sabre Holdings Corporation, Site59.com, Travelocity.com, and TravelwebLLC. |
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| //16-03-2009 Luxury Travel Company Launches Its Range of Luxury ‘Non-Packaged’ Holidays for Vietnam.
These luxury Vietnam ‘non-package’ holidays include: Set your Sights Sightseeing Trip; Wildlife in Vietnam holiday; Wellness and Spa Holiday; Vietnam Beaches Holiday; Honeymoon or Wedding, Shopping Holiday, Halong Bay or Mekong River Cruises, and more. |
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| //16-03-2009 Drug violence has Americans thinking twice about traveling to Mexico. Bookings for all-inclusive resorts are down, organizations are canceling popular spring-break trips and fewer people are buying auto insurance to drive across the border. |
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| //09-03-2009 It wasn't that long ago that the threat of another terrorist attack caused some people to be wary of traveling. Now it's the threat of losing a job.
In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, travel-insurance companies added terrorist incidents to the list of reasons they would cover for canceling a trip. |
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| //09-03-2009 Provisions for catastrophic events – like recent high-profile airplane accidents – are often articulated in company travel policies. According to a recent survey of 101 firms conducted by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives, 84 percent limit the number of employees that can populate the same flight. |
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