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Take It Back
ASTA President Demands UA Rescind Credit Card Policy
In a letter to United Airlines, ASTA president Chris Russo has demanded the carrier immediately rescind its "unjust and commercially unfeasible" policy of preventing some agencies from using UA’s merchant account. Russo says United is forcing agents to absorb its cost of doing business when travel agencies are the agents, not the service providers.
Travel Weekly
Value Proposition
Arcandor Boss Hopes To Hang On To Thomas Cook
Describing the company as “a tremendous asset,” Arcandor chief executive Karl-Gerhard Eick says he hopes poor asset prices will help his troubled company hang on to its majority stake in Thomas Cook even though most of the shares the German retailer owns are now being held as collateral by its banks. A court administrator will decide whether Arcandor will be restructured or broken up.
Financial Times
Squeezed
Airline Losses Top $3 Billion In Q1The world's airlines lost more than $3 billion in the first quarter of 2009, IATA said yesterday. But the group is maintaining its estimate for full-year aviation industry losses at $9 billion. IATA warns that increasing fuel prices will continue to put the squeeze on airline cash flows.
Reuters
Open Jaw News: The Beating Goes On

Newsroom
ARTA Takes Intair To Task For Out-Of-Province Invoicing
Swine Flu Followed Air Travel Route Map
TripAdvisor Defends Review Reliability
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Cruise News
Agents React To Deillmann Closure
Royal Caribbean Lowers Earning Expectations Again
HAL's Nieuw Amsterdam To Spend Maiden Season In Caribbean
MSC Splendida Makes Extensive Use Of Green Technology
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June 26, 2009 It was a day that would have made Noah nostalgic for his famous cruise aboard the s.s. Ark. As the skies emptied and the streets and garbage laden sidewalks of Toronto sloshed with rain, we were tucked inside the intimate Il Mulino Restaurant, drying off and hearing about the charms of cruising of another sort: Avalon River Cruises with Globus... read on |
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June 30, 2009
Excuse me, dahrlings, but...
We Want The Moose Back
I never thought I’d miss a moose. But the Mounties? Well pumpkins, that’s another story. When the Canadian Tourism Commission decided there was more to Canada than massive outcroppings, committee-designed swamp critters and dashing young men in red serge, this patriotic observer was willing to give it a go.
Maybe potential visitors really weren’t impressed by our scenic beauty (however magnificently mounted) and it was time for a change. But it seems we’ve ... read on
The Best Of Ivanna

06/29/09
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