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Starting Over
Reinventing The Travel Agency Model
If you were to start a travel agency from scratch today, what would you do differently? One agency owner says ‘travel’ wouldn’t be in the name, the location wouldn’t encourage walk-ins and the agency would only sell products that the operators would recommend to their best friends or parents.
Travel Weekly
Fee Follies
Hotel Fees Pose Budgeting Problem For Travel Buyers
With rates way down, hoteliers are taking a page from the airline book and adding sneaky fees and surcharges. Ancillary hotel fees represent a growing revenue stream, but they’re a nuisance to travel buyers because they are difficult to anticipate and vary even among hotels under the same brand flag.
BTN
New Blood
Analysts Give Thumbs Up To WestJet ReorgInvestors were taken by surprise with the unexpected resignation of WestJet President & CEO Sean Durfy, but industry analysts say investors should respond positively to the appointment of seasoned industry veteran Gregg Saretsky.
Reuters
Open Jaw News: Travel Agency 2.0
Newsroom
Partnerships The Priority Says New WS Boss
ASTA Applauds Withdrawal Of Anti-Agent Campaign
Sandos Acquires Le Meridien Cancun
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Cruise News
Mood Is Brighter At Seatrade Conference
Cruise Execs Discuss State Of The Industry
HAL CEO Blasts Alaska
Small-Ship Cruising Offers Something For Everyone
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March 17, 2010
Sorry, Can’t Take Your Call Now,
I’m In Bora Bora
with Nina Slawek
I don’t often have the luxury of travelling to exotic destinations, but for a Tahitian cruise, I forced myself to make an exception. From now on, when I think of 360 degrees of indulgence, I will think of the Paul Gauguin. Fact is, you could probably be on...read on
March 16, 2010
Excuse me, dahrlings, but...
Flip, Flop & Fly Boy
So Durfy’s out, eh, Pumpkins. Everyone’s asking: What does it mean? Was he pushed? Does he really just want to stay home and play with the kids?
I’ll tell you what, he’s not a flyboy, that’s what. That silver mop of hair and leather bomber jacket of Beddoe’s was a tough act to follow. Makes an oil man ... read on
The Best Of Ivanna
03/15/10
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