Innovation takes banking to the people.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In keeping with its position as the leading African bank on the continent, Ecobank has taken the lead in introducing innovative retail products in the market. The objective is to tap into two key areas: the preference for cash transactions and the high proportion of...

Embassy Suites Hotels "Go for the Green" Promotion Tees Off.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-20 April 2008-Embassy Suites Hotels "Go for the Green" Promotion Tees Off(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Embassy Suites Hotels, the national brand of upscale, all-suite hotels, is launching the "Go for the Green" promotion exclusively for American Express customers at esgoforthegreen.com. Guests...

Airline Finance News - North America.
Apr 28, 2008 Airfares continued climbing in Q4, DoT report says. A new government report shows air fares continued to increase in the final three months of 2007. Average fourth-quarter fares climbed 4% to $331, the DoT report said. Apr 24, 2008 The Airline Reporting...

WILPF's financial health.
Thanks to members like you, U.S. WILPF is becoming financially healthy. Costs are being controlled, income is being generated and systems are being monitored and improved. The picture looked very different late last year: costs exceeded income, memberships had been allowed to lapse since mid-year without contact,...

Playing your cards right.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A recent survey in the lead-up to the last Christmas season showed that almost three-quarters of Canadians planned to buy gift cards and gift certificates for their friends and family. Despite far fewer folks actually wanting them as gifts (about 12%), it is clear that...

Vuitton values: the delicate balancing act of luxury for the masses.
Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, by Dana Thomas, New York: Penguin Press, 373 pages, $27.95 IN SEPTEMBER 2005, following the worst natural disaster in American history, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) began distributing $2,000 debit cards to Hurricane Katrina's neediest victims. The cards carried a...

Global Payments to Provide VIP LightSpeed Cash Access Services to 4 More Hotels.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-18 June 2008-Global Payments to Provide VIP LightSpeed Cash Access Services to 4 More Hotels(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Global Payments, a company in both payment processing and gaming cash access services, announced agreements to provide its VIP LightSpeed suite of cash access products...

Travel Business News - North America.
Apr 28, 2008 The Airline Reporting Corporationis (ARC) first fraud prevention workshop was held during the Sabre TRAMS, Inc. Travel Marketing University conference in Las Vegas this week. In an interview with Dottie Hogan, ARCis director of risk management, Travel Agent learned that fraud, including ticketing scams,...

Cannery Casino Resorts Taps Lodging Management System by Agilysys for 3 Properties.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-12 February 2008-Cannery Casino Resorts Taps Lodging Management System by Agilysys for 3 Properties(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Agilysys, a provider of innovative information technology and hospitality software solutions, announced that Cannery Casino Resorts in Las Vegas has selected the Lodging Management System (LMS)...

The FAQ of dues and records at ADAA.
January 2008 began with all members now on the same billing cycle. Thank you for your patience with the change-over process to convert all members to annual billing. You've paid your ADAA dues, and that means your membership in the ADAA, your professional organization, is a very...