2009-07-13 14:39
China Eastern Airlines Corp. will take over Shanghai Airlines Co. through a share swap in a deal valued at 8.9 billion yuan (US$1.3 billion), the two carriers said Monday.
China Eastern will swap 1.3 of its Shanghai-listed A shares for each Shanghai Airlines share, the two carriers said in...
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2009-07-13 14:34
Secrets Resorts & Spas, the luxury resort brand offering Unlimited-Luxury® vacations for adults-only, will officially open its first Jamaican properties early next year. In March 2010, Secrets St.
James Montego Bay and Secrets Wild Orchid Montego Bay -- two new exclusive all-suites...
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2009-07-13 14:26
Like with all lodging operators, owner-managed B&Bs are concerned with securing guests for their rooms, which translates into profits. Therefore, it is vitally important that even small lodging operators take their business to new heights by aggressively marketing to get...
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2009-07-13 14:22
We are often asked whether it is necessary to purchase the hotel branded keyword terms (property names, trademarks, hotel brand names) in paid search marketing on the main search engines Google, Yahoo.
This is a great question, indeed- do we really need to purchase our own brand terms? Even if the...
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2009-07-13 14:17
Social media sites aren't where most people go to get recommendations on products and services. Even so, marketers must still try to reach consumers through social media since that's where conversations about brands are increasingly taking place.
That's one of the key conclusions of a new...
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2009-07-13 14:13
Hotel revenue managers have been struggling with how best to manage declining demand and the pressures to reduce rate. Revenue managers need to identify pockets of opportunity to maintain or improve revenues.
Sharon Duffy, VP Revenue Management, Hilton Hotels Corporation, recommends...
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2009-07-13 14:09
Abacus International, the region’s leading travel facilitator, commands a dominate position in the fast growing online travel bookings sector with an estimated market share of 70%.
Abacus’ Vice President of Marketing, Brett Henry said the company’s industry-leading records in Asia Pacific’s online...
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2009-07-13 13:50
Tourism Ireland has launched a new online training programme for travel agents in the GCC.
The Shamrock Agents programme is designed to educate the travel trade about Ireland, with agents already signed up including Kanoo Travel, Arabian Pacific Travel Tourism and Caesars Holidays.
It...
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2009-07-13 13:28
German cities are suffering least in Europe as a result of the global downturn. Cologne, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin filled the top five places in a European study on RevPAR rates in 40 European cities.
RevPAR rates in all 40 cities fell into negative territory in the first...
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2009-07-13 13:17
Mercator’s end to end cargo solution, SkyChain, has recently gone live with the Sri Lankan national carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines.
The Dubai-based business technology provider was selected after a rigorous evaluation process to provide Sri Lankan Airlines with an integrated airline and...
