Luxury Link's Bob Bennett Promoted to Chief Operating Officer

Luxury Link (www.luxurylink.com), a leading luxury travel site, has announced the promotion of Bob Bennett to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer. ...more

Riding High Through the Recession - What Jam Bands Can Teach the Brands - By Rob Rush

A recent article in Forbes magazine described a Friday night this past June, when 15,000 fans descended on New York's Jones Beach Amphitheater in a torrential rainstorm to listen to the band Phish at one of the first concerts on their 2009 summer tour. Despite the downpour, hundreds of other fans with no tickets in hand roamed the parking lot hoping to get lucky and find a way in to this sold-out show. Apparently no one got the memo about the recession. ...more

Online Is First Stop for Thrifty Travelers - Discounts the biggest draw

The staycation still rules as most US Internet users opt not to travel for the holidays this year. While 52% told About.com that, like in 2008, they would not travel this holiday season, another 24% said they were even less likely to travel this year than last. ...more

Hostels on HostelBookers Offer Christmas Presents, Free Meals and Parties to Christmas Shoppers

HostelBookers are offering customers the ultimate Christmas gift - cheap Christmas holidays in the most magical cities in Europe. ...more

10Best Solutions Launches New Social Media Reputation Management Tool

10Best Solutions is launching its new streamlined social media reputation and response tool, Vinepulse, at PhoCusWright's Innovator Summit next week. ...more

Google Creates Privacy Dashboard

Google, which has had a bullseye on its back when it comes to Internet privacy, on Thursday launched a Web site that shows people what data Gmail, Google Calendar and more than a dozen other Google products store about them. ...more

Orbitz Reveals the Busiest Airports for Thanksgiving

Chicago O'Hare International takes the honor of the busiest airport this Thanksgiving. Rounding out the top three are Los Angeles and Denver international airports. New York-area airports occupy three of the 10 spots on the list, making the Big Apple a hot spot for Thanksgiving travelers. ...more

UNWTO: Tourism Leaders Call For Supportive Global Policies

Around 80 Tourism Ministers meeting at the UNWTO Ministers' Summit (10 November at World Travel Market, London) called for global policies that are supportive of the travel and tourism industry. Ministers recalled that tourism is one of the world's top job creators and can be a key driver of recovery and the transformation towards the Green Economy. As the global economy still struggles, governments were requested not to impose extra burdens on travel, such as fiscal measures, and to maintain stimulus policies in support of tourism as this in turn will contribute to sustainable economic growth. ...more

Frontiers North Adventures wins International Ecotourism Award

Frontiers North Adventures, the premiere provider of Authentic Arctic Experiences in Canada's north, has been awarded the 2009 Skal International Ecotourism Award in the Tour Operator and Travel Agent category. ...more

Planning for 2010? Don't Miss the Webinar: Outlooks for Successful Online Merchandising in 2010, November 12th, 2009, 2:00pm Eastern

Last chance to register for this complimentary webinar on what smart hoteliers are doing to extract more value out of their hotel's presence online in 2010 with speakers Henry Harteveldt from Forrester Research and Edward Perry from WORLDHOTELS. ...more

Brand Positioning For Tourism Marketing

Newsletter suggests positioning can be the difference ...more

Travel Industry Industry Races to Deliver Mobile Applications and Post-Booking Solutions

Travelers young and old are increasingly using mobile devices for flight notification, check in, and seat selection, and are also willing to accept advertising with free travel applications. These findings and more were revealed in a global mobile survey of travelers, conducted by Sabre Travel Network(R), the world's leading provider of high-performance solutions for the travel industry. The survey of 800 corporate and leisure travelers from Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America covered topics ranging from preferred features to fees travelers might pay for travel applications. ...more

ENTER2010 eTourism Conference (Lugano, Switzerland)

ENTER2010@Lugano - scientific and business eTourism conference that will be held in Lugano from 10th to 12th of February 2010, hosted by the webatelier.net of the Università della Svizzera italiana (University of Lugano, Switzerland). ...more

Book Your Business Travel in Less Than Three Minutes with Tripware

Tripware, the behavior-based travel tool to plan, book, and manage business trips, offers business travelers the ability to book a full business trip in less than three minutes. Next week at the 2009 Travel Innovation Summit@The PhoCusWright Conference in Orlando, Florida, Tripware will demonstrate the speed of its Tripware OutBook tool. ...more

Air Transport Association Expects 4 Percent Decline in Air Travel Over 12-Day Thanksgiving Holiday Period

Fewer Passengers Expected Despite Deep Reductions in Ticket Prices ...more

The Longer-Term Outlook for Travel & Tourism is Still Bright, WTTC Says

Although its Contribution to Global GDP has Slipped Further in 2009, and the Recovery Will be Slow, Travel & Tourism Remains a Key Engine of Growth ...more

White Paper - Success in the New Economic Reality

Discover what your best-run business needs to do to become a 'clear enterprise'. ...more

New Survey: Interest in America Grows, Fails to Translate into More Visitors

Concerns about 'Fortress America' Keeping Overseas Arrivals Down - Travel Industry Calls for Public-Private Solutions to Spur Inbound Travel ...more

U.S. Travel Industry to Add 90,000 American Jobs in 2010

Modest Increases in Travel Volume, Spending Demonstrate Industry's Unique Ability to Quickly Create Employment Opportunities ...more

Confidence In Tourism Sector Gradually Picking Up

The decline in international tourism may have started to bottom out, according to the latest edition of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Worldwide, international tourist arrivals declined by 7% between January and August 2009, but the rate of decline has eased in the past few months. These results, as well as the most recent economic data, confirm UNWTO's initial forecast of a 5% decline in international tourist arrivals for the full year 2009. For 2010, UNWTO expects a moderate growth. ...more