Sabre Travel Network Touts New Leisure Solutions for Travel Agents.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-12 September 2007-Sabre Travel Network Touts New Leisure Solutions for Travel Agents(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Sabre Travel Network said that its portfolio tailored specifically for leisure agencies has grown exponentially in the first year since announcing its leisure marketplace as the ultimate source...

Travel Business News - North America.
Jun 30, 2008 In testimony before the House Small Business Committee, Roger Dow, president and CEO of the Travel Industry Association (TIA), said that deep frustration with the air travel process, including inefficient security screening and flight delays and cancellations, caused travelers to avoid 41 million trips...

Travel Business News - North America.
Jun 23, 2008 The political debate over energy policy gained sharper partisan focus this week as President George W. Bush lined up with Republican presidential candidate John McCain in calling for more oil and gas exploration off the U.S. coasts and in oil-shale regions of the West....

Travel Business News - Asia / Pacific.
Jun 30, 2008 After a tumultuous few months of anti-government protests, as well as other security concerns, China's government is reopening Tibet to foreign tourists, the Associated Press reports. The first visitors arrived Wednesday morning, according to the Tibetan Tourism Bureau. There were earlier plans to reopen...

Airline Finance News - North America.
Jun 30, 2008 In what represents the first time in a decade that the AAA has forecast a lower number of people taking driving vacations on consecutive holidays, fewer people are expected to drive or fly over the Independence Day weekend, compared to last year. The AAA...

Company Watch - Carnival Cruise Lines.
Jun 23, 2008 When Carnival Splendor debuts next month in Northern Europe, it will be accompanied by almost 100 different shore excursions. The ship will operate a series of five 12-day cruises July 13 to August 30, from London, visiting Copenhagen, Berlin, Helsinki, St. Petersburg (two-day call),...

Travel Business News - Latin America / Caribbean.
May 5, 2008 Travel agents can book their clients on the 2009 Smooth Music Cruise through a private extension established by CruisesOnly. The new number for agents in the U.S. is 877-529-9729 ext. 71655. Travel agents who make reservations on behalf of their clients on the 2009...

Company Watch - Holland America.
Apr 7, 2008 Holland America Line will offer 105 Spring Seminars for travel sellers this year, four more than last year. The 90-minute tutorials will be held beginning April 3 through June 6 and are designed to help agents generate more Holland America bookings though updates of...

Company Watch - US Airways.
Mar 31, 2008 US Airways Vacations and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) are giving away up to $4,000 in prizes to travel agents who sell a minimum of five US Airways Vacations Las Vegas packages between April 1 and April 30, with travel between...

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,...