13/11/2008 21:59
According to a recent report from comScore, Travel Ad Network (TAN) is the top travel information network. According to the report, TAN's audience has reached more than 19.2 million users worldwide.
Researchers found that overall travel traffic did drop 4%; but that is likely because...
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13/11/2008 19:49
Green Hotel Certification and Green Globe International recently announced that they entered into an initial partnership to provide dual certification for hotels and resorts in the Caribbean as well as the U.S., Central and South America and Europe. This partnership offers the enormous advantage...
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13/11/2008 17:09
A top US travel PR believes that journalists and social media are "equally important" when a destination is looking to build awareness of its brand.
Weber Shandwick's VP for travel and leisure, Erin Burden, said that all third-party endorsements were important and that coverage from...
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13/11/2008 16:16
Air France-KLM services will be decimated this weekend after French pilots unions called for a four-day strike.
Unions voted for industrial action to protest against plans to make employees work until the age of 65.
Half of the airline’s medium and long-haul flights from Paris will be cancelled...
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13/11/2008 16:13
The National Business Travel Association is predicting increases in business travel costs and slowdown in growth next year.
In a study carried out by the US-based consortium, travel managers estimated that business travel costs will rise by up to 8%.
The number of business trips taken is...
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13/11/2008 15:30
It's not quite the death of the salesman, but growth in business travel will likely slow down significantly in 2009 as cash-strapped US companies cut back on unnecessary trips by executives.
The trend has worrying implications for US airlines, hotel and car hire companies, as well as the...
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12/11/2008 16:18
KLM cityhopper has taken delivery of its first Embraer 190 E-jet.
It will be deployed on the Amsterdam Schiphol – Edinburgh service.
It is the first of ten new aircraft the airline – a subsidiary of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines – will receive over the next 18 months.
The new planes will replace the...
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12/11/2008 15:19
Tourism growth will fall in line with the downturn in the economy, but the industry will not require the government's financial help demanded by other sectors.
United Nations World Tourism Organization secretary-general Francesco Frangialli said: "There will be no tourism tsunami and we do...
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12/11/2008 14:25
In 2008 Destination Hotels & Resorts, the fourth largest independent hotel management company in the United States, launched Destination Earth, an environmental sustainability program, throughout its collection.
Since the program’s inception, properties have implemented more than 60...
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12/11/2008 14:21
In just two short years, Canada has jumped from the world’s 12th most respected country brand to No. 2. The ranking comes from the Country Brand Index by FutureBrand of New York, NY. The Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) will be present at the official announcement tomorrow in London, England at...
