Accounts receivable in action.
Months ago our 35-person group practice read with interest Dr. Joseph S. Eastern's article ("Slash Accounts Receivable: Stop Extending Credit," Guest Editorial, Dec. 1, 2005, p. 12). He suggested obtaining a credit card "imprint" from all patients and billing them once the patient responsibility portion was established...

Paying dividends : Hotel companies plan to keep travel-agent commissions in place.
National Report--During the last several months, a number of airlines and car-rental companies have slashed commissions paid to travel agents. Will hotels follow suit? While some companies appear to be open to reconsidering long-standing policies, most hotel companies are keeping commissions at their current levels. ...

PTAA eyes bank's cash management solution.
Member organizations of the Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA) have expressed interest in using Security Bank Corporations CheckRight automated checking account for their business. Manny Narciso, first vice president of Security Bank Corporation introduced CheckRight automated checking account, which is a more efficient system to monitor check...

Hiring process starts as Tourism Jobs Fair ends.
Thousands of jobseekers swamped the 1st Tourism Jobs Fair (TJF) in Manila, following the successful completion of similar events in Davao and Cebu recently. On the first day alone, some 25,000 jobseekers from all over the Philippines have logged at www.tourismjobs.ph, the website of the tourism industryas...

RP-China travel & trade ties beefed up.
Byline: ARLENE DABU-FOZ The Philippine travel and trade industry is poised to pick up a multi-million dollar windfall from China, one of the worldEs most powerful economic and military blocs, as their representatives signed a pact to beef up a mutually supportive travel/trade deal during President Gloria...

RP-China travel & trade ties beefed up.
Byline: ARLENE DABU-FOZ The Philippine travel and trade industry is poised to pick up a multi-million dollar windfall from China, one of the worlds most powerful economic and military blocs, as their representatives signed a pact to beef up a mutually supportive travel/trade deal during President Gloria...

Travel Business News.
Mar 17, 2008 ASTA's annual "Hot Spots for Summer" survey polled 585 travel agency owners and managers to determine the most popular second honeymoon destinations and uncover other emerging travel trends for 2008, according to Cheryl Hudak, ASTA president and CEO. According to ASTA, Hawaii was the...

Travel agencies join forces, keep staffs.
Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard Journeys by Ambassador, a 20-year-old Eugene-based travel agency, has merged with Peak Travel Group of San Jose, Calif. The two privately held companies will retain their own identities, operations and staffs, Vivienne Kouba, CEO of Journeys by Ambassador, and Tyler...

Amadeus secures RP turf as top travel trade ally.
Byline: ARLENE DABU-FOZ Amadeus, the leading global distribution system (GDS) and information technology (IT) solutions provider in global travel and trade industry beefedup its turf in the Philippines by launching recently its third office in Davao City, the tourism capital in southern region. Councilor Isabel...

Senate tourism bill stirs big controversy.
Byline: Merry-Go-Round: Floro L. Mercene SENATE Bill 2138, known as the Tourism Act of 2005, authored principally by Senator Dick Gordon, is stirring a tempest in a teapot in the local travel industry. Now on its third reading in the Senate, the bill runs the risk of...