Travel Industry Wire

Exclusive Study of Global Opinion Leaders Reveals that Travel Breaks Down Cultural Barriers and Promotes Soft Diplomacy

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) announced an exclusive travel agent promotion available to travel agents throughout North & South America that gives 50 percent off each night they stay at any one of the more than 2,700 hotels in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Latin America now through Feb. 29, 2012.

A total of approximately 26.9 million people visited LA in 2011, an increase of 4.2 percent more overnight visitors than in 2010. Tourist spending rose as well with visitors accounting for $15.2 billion in expenditures – an 8 percent increase from the previous year.

U.S. Travel Association Heeds President’s Call to 'Bring Jobs Back'

Regional Economic Models, Inc. (REMI), the foremost provider of dynamic economic models for policy analysis, today announced an analysis of President Obama’s plan to stimulate the economy by accelerating the process of obtaining a tourist visa.

As 2012 ushers in an improving, but still highly competitive job market, more workers may be looking beyond their own backyard for employment options. Forty-four percent of workers said they would be willing to relocate for a career opportunity, according to a nationwide study by CareerBuilder.

A new report launched today entitled Back on Track calls on the international rail industry to embrace a shared approach to customer IT systems in order to meet the multiple challenges of growing passenger numbers, increasing financial pressures and rising customer expectations.

Amadeus joins the European Commission Low Season Tourism initiative which looks at actions to enhance the competitiveness of the tourism sector by stimulating the travel flow between European and South American countries

MPI has expanded its Business Research Panel globally to more than 300 senior level professionals with a strong showing now in Europe and Canada that allows for greater insights with statistically relevant data for these two regions.

euromic, one of the world's premier associations of destination management companies, met on January 13 - 15, 2012 for their Annual General Meeting in Aqaba, Jordan.