TripAdvisor Reveals Travel Trends.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-15 October 2008-TripAdvisor Reveals Travel Trends(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com TripAdvisor, a travel community, announced the results of its annual travel trends survey of more than 8,000 worldwide travellers and over 450 British travellers. One trend identified is an increase in leisure...

Economic Headwinds Will Slow 2008 U.S. Domestic Travel to 1.99 Billion Person-Trips.
International Arrivals to Advance by 7.2%; Expected Declines in Business and Leisure Travel Will Make 2009 a Challenging Year WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Insight, the world's leading company for economic and financial analysis and forecasting, recently acquired by IHS , today released the third...

Allegiant Travel Company Reports Third Quarter Financial Results:.
ONLY U.S. MAINLINE CARRIER TO POST PROFITS EVERY QUARTER THIS YEAR LAS VEGAS, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allegiant Travel Company , parent company of Allegiant Air and Allegiant Vacations, today reported the following third quarter results and comparisons to prior year equivalents: Unaudited 3Q08 3Q07...

INRIX National Traffic Scorecard Special Report Reveals the Impact of Changing Fuel Costs on Traffic and Consumer Driving Habits in 2008.
Fuel prices have higher influence on traffic in Atlanta, Miami, Las Vegas and L.A. than in NYC, D.C., Chicago KIRKLAND, Wash., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- INRIX(R) (http://www.inrix.com/), the leading provider of traffic information, today released its INRIX National Traffic Scorecard Special Report, showing the effects of fuel...

Company Watch - Starwood Hotels.
Sep 7, 2008 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawaii will be the first to participate in ResortPort, Passport Online[sup.1]s latest upgrade. Passport Online provides e-commerce solutions to leisure travel agents, including websites and email programs. Passport Online had already been providing the updated content from major cruise lines,...

Economic woes bring cuts in air service.
Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard Like their counterparts at other regional airports, Eugene Airport officials are struggling to hang on to as much air service as they can as airlines struggle to stay aloft. Rising fuel costs earlier this year hammered airlines, which cut seating...

TNS Study Reveals Americans' Top International Sites.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-15 October 2008-TNS Study Reveals Americans' Top International Sites(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com TNS, a provider of market insight and information, released the second phase of the results of its American Traveler Study, which unveils international travel preferences of Americans. It uncovers...

Destination News - Hotel, Resort & Spa North America.
Sep 8, 2008 Disneyland Resort Guests staying at one of three Disneyland Resort hotel properties are now being issued a key card that provides exciting options and ease during their visits. The [sup.3]Key to the Magic[sup.2] card works as a hotel room key and a...

Travel Business News - North America.
Oct 13, 2008 Bournemouth University International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research (ICTHR) School of Services Management will examine and discuss the future of tourism at World Travel Market in London. Tourism Futures will explore the challenges and opportunities currently emerging in the tourism industry. The seminar...

ITH to foray into leisure travel business.
Byline: Sudipto Dey NEW DELHI: Tobacco-cum-hospitality major ITC-owned travel company, International Travel House (ITH), is foraying into the booming leisure travel business. The company, which till date focused on car rental, ticketing and corporate travel businesses, will soon start marketing leisure tour packages through a new division,...