Luxury Link Releases 2010 Consumer Survey Results

Online Luxury Hotel Deal Expert's Annual Survey Reveals Preferences, Travel Booking Practices and Most Sought-After Destinations of More Than 6,000 Travelers ...more

Amadeus Survey: 800 North American Travel Professionals Voice Optimism, Innovation for the Year Ahead and Beyond

Travel professionals report a confident outlook and see an increased role for service, technology, and specialization to serve the needs of future travelers ...more

US Airlines February Traffic Slips by 2.4%

With almost 50% of traffic numbers available, the February pax numbers are down by more than (2.4%) ...more

Travel Companies Grapple with 'New Normal'

As the recession sapped demand for travel, hotel operators got creative. They shut down restaurants, closed floors and even cut back on newspaper delivery to ride out the downturn. ...more

City Tourism in Europe Recovers Faster Than Expected

European Cities Marketing (ECM) represents more than 100 major cities in 33 countries. An analysis of a representative sample of European cities conducted by the association shows that the European city tourism market has experienced a surprisingly fast recovery in visitor flows beginning in the second half of 2009. ...more

White Paper - Six Mistakes Companies Are Making Today And How You Can Avoid Them

When the economy slows, many businesses react by retrenching and cutting costs in order to weather the downturn.
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Wyndham Vacation Ownership Executes First Fee-for-Service Timeshare Sales Model at Myrtle Beach, SC Property

Wyndham Vacation Ownership, a member of the Wyndham Worldwide family of companies (NYSE:WYN), today announced it has entered into an exclusive sales and marketing agreement with Towers on the Grove, LLC. ...more

Imanta Punta De Mita Opens March 12, 2010

Imanta Punta de Mita, set to be one of Mexico’s premier sustainable resorts, is proud to announce its opening on March 12, with an introductory package offering guests to stay four nights, and pay for three. ...more

U.S. Travel Creates New Council To Address Meetings, Incentives and Trade Shows

The U.S. Travel Association today announced it is enhancing its advocacy activities on behalf of the meetings, incentives and trade shows industries through the creation of a new board member council that will build a proactive research, communications, government relations and promotion agenda. ...more

Celebrity Cruises Presents an 'Eclipse' That's Easy on the Eyes

Conventional wisdom advises the use of special eye protection when viewing an eclipse. But none of that was necessary for the thousands of individuals who lined the banks of Germany's River Ems today to see Celebrity Eclipse embark on a fascinating adventure in cruising. ...more

MSC Magnifica Joins MSC Cruises As 11th Ship in Fleet

MSC Magnifica combines the intimacy of her three Musica Class sister vessels - MSC Musica, MSC Orchestra, and MSC Poesia - with the state-of-the-art facilities and comfort of the company's larger flagships, MSC Splendida and MSC Fantasia. ...more

Cruise Lines Report Strong Bookings During CLIA'S 2010 'Wave Season'

Savings, Special Offers on Cruises in Caribbean, Alaska, Europe and Asia Provide Great Opportunity for Agents to Boost Sales and Consumers to Take Advantage of Outstanding Value ...more

Arriba! US Airways Gets Ready for Summer Vacation with Four New Routes from the East Coast to Mexico and Canada

US Airways (NYSE:LCC) is gearing up for the busy summer travel season by announcing four new routes, allowing customers to escape to cool days in Canada and hot summer nights in Mexico. The new service will originate from the airline’s Philadelphia and Charlotte, N.C. hubs. Customers can start booking their summer travel beginning March 13. ...more

Cruise West Ventures to Patagonia 2011

Cruise West (www.cruisewest.com), the world's leading provider of small-ship explorations to the most fascinating destinations on earth, ventures to rugged and mysterious Patagonia in 2011 with four departures aboard the spacious 64-cabin mv Via Australis. ...more

Martha Johnson to Address Travel Industry Leadership Conference

Martha Johnson, recently confirmed as Administrator, GSA, will make one of her first public addresses April 6th at the Transformational Woman seminar. The seminar, presented by iFIVE, a leadership network for the travel industry, is being held in partnership with the Society of Government Travel Professionals annual AnCon conference, April 6 -8, 2010 at the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, DC. It is open to professionals from all sectors of the travel industry, public and private. ...more

Secretary Napolitano Announces Greece‚s Designation As a Member of the Visa Waiver Program

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the designation of Greece as a member of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP)—strengthening passenger information sharing and ensuring strict security standards while streamlining travel for Greek citizens visiting the United States. ...more

UNWTO Secretary General Calls Upon The Tourism Sector To Speak With One Voice

Working together to ensure that global policies are supportive of the sustainable growth of tourism and position travel and tourism as one industry speaking with one voice were some of the challenges highlighted by UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, speaking on the occasion of the opening of this year’s ITB Travel Trade Show (Berlin, Germany, 10-14 March 2010).4 ...more

Webinar: Selling Hotel Rooms to the Video Generation, March 23rd, 2:00pm Eastern/11:00am Pacific

Register for this Complimentary Webinar to Learn What Every Hotelier Needs to Know about using Online Video to Appeal to Different Generations of Travel Shoppers. ...more