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New Mexico Tourism Commission reschedules Gallup Meeting to September 19

Due to unforeseen circumstances and last-minute scheduling conflicts, the New Mexico Tourism Commission has rescheduled its next meeting for September 19, 2008, 10 a.m., in Gallup at a location to be determined. This meeting had originally been set for

Avis Budget reports 38% drop in net income

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Emaar Misr builds on Marassi's tourism appeal

EGYPT. Emaar Misr for Development, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Emaar Properties PJSC, continues to energise one of the best beach destinations on the North Coast with its Marassi resort project in Sidi Abdel Rahman Bay. Even as construction of the

Australian Tourism Minister appeals to Japanese travel agents

Martin Ferguson, Australian Federal Minister for Tourism is in Japan this week to work on travel ties between the two countries, as well as the Japanese tourists experiences in Australia. Meeting with the Japanese Association of Travel Agents (JATA) in

Four British Airways executives charged over price-fixing scandal

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Resort returning to former splendor in Poland

For more than 100 years, aristocrats and artists came to the mountain health resort of Szczawnica Zdroj in search of cures. Visitors take a raft trip down the Dunajec River through the Pieniny mountain range that surrounds Szczawnica Zdroj. Jewish

TripSay Moves Into Public Beta With First-of-Its-Kind Online Travel Service and Social Network

-- TripSay, a new travel service for sharing and discovering new places, tips, and activities with friends and like-minded enthusiasts, announced the official release of its public beta. Putting the emphasis on quality rather than quantity, TripSay cuts

TripSay Moves Into Public Beta With First-of-Its-Kind Online Travel Service and Social Network

-- TripSay, a new travel service for sharing and discovering new places, tips, and activities with friends and like-minded enthusiasts, announced the official release of its public beta. Putting the emphasis on quality rather than quantity, TripSay cuts

Al Bustan Centre and Residence holds familiarisation trips for CIS travel agents to strengthen market presence

The property has recently undergone refurbishment and introduced a new lobby making the stay of the whole family as comfortable as possible. Moussa El Hayek, Chief Operating Officer of the property, said: 'Nearly 39% of our total business turnover comes

Mystery Shopper: travel agents in Basildon

Location: Basildon, EssexShopping for: A trip to the Continent avoiding air travel in an attempt to reduce CO2 emissions Thomas Cook2 Eastgate, Basildon Score: 37% The windows were clean with a variety of posters on display. Inside it was very neat and

Tourism - FCTA Gets N180 Billion Investment for Lakefront

This Day (Lagos) Federal Capital territory (FCT) has disclosed that it has been able to secure a South African Investor to build the Jabi Lakefront worth $1.5 billion, to boost the tourism potentials of the Territory. FCT Minister, Dr Aliyu Modibbo Umar,

Dapitan City seeks busier tourism traffic

DAPITAN CITY ? In a bid to increase tourist arrivals in this town, home to the internationally renowned Dakak Park and Beach Resort, a joint public-private sector initiative is set to embark on an advertising blitz anchored on affordable tour

Dao youth learn cameras, tourism

A new project in Yen Bai Province aims to teach life skills to Dao youth. by Bach Lien YEN BAI - Around 10 Dao youth surround French filmmaker Patrick Moreau as he teaches them how to use a camera. Their faces brighten as they learn how to work with a

Over 300 Senior Executives Sign up to Hear Orbitz, Expedia, Priceline and Travelocity Debate the Future of Online Travel

Home » EyeforTravel News » Online Travel » In the last 6 weeks over 300 travel executives have signed up to attend the Travel Distribution Summit North America, being held on October 1-2 in Las Vegas. And with another two months before the event,

Hertz UAE partners with ADCB, offering great discounts for platinum and gold cardholders

Hertz UAE has teamed up with Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) to provide a range of attractive discounts and benefits for the banks platinum and gold credit cardholders. Platinum cardholders have exclusive access to the Hertz Gold Scheme, providing fast

Firm Boosts Tourism in FCT With 1.5 Billion US Dollars Investment

A South African company, Old Mutual Investment, has concluded arrangements to build the Jabi Lakefront worth $1.5 billion (US Dollar) as part of moves to boost the tourism potential of the Federal Capital Territory. Disclosing this in Abuja yesterday

OpenTravel announces new projects teams

Home » EyeforTravel News » Technology » Published: 07 Aug 2008 The OpenTravel Alliance has formed nine project teams for the second half of 2008, dedicated to solving travel distribution business problems with XML schema. Sharing that standards have

TripSay moves into public beta

Home » EyeforTravel News » Online Travel » Published: 07 Aug 2008 TripSay, a new travel service, has announced the official release of its public beta. The site lets travelers share and discover only the information that matters to them ? with the

Orbitz Worldwide reports a narrower Q2 loss

Home » EyeforTravel News » Online Travel » Published: 07 Aug 2008 Online travel company Orbitz Worldwide Inc. narrowed its loss in the second quarter as the company posted a loss of $5 million, compared with a loss of $32 million in the same period

"We will see mergers and acquisitions happening early in 2009"

Home » EyeforTravel News » Asian News » 'We will see mergers and acquisitions happening early in 2009' Published: 07 Aug 2008 EyeforTravel's Beijing 2008 Olympics Special The continuing fillip to consumer power, reduction in technology costs and

Orbitz Worldwide reports a narrower Q2 loss

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Online travel agencies fear years of fast growth are over

CHICAGO: Online travel agencies, after growing rapidly for years, could face a slump in bookings later this year when U.S. airlines start reducing the number of tickets for sale. All three publicly traded U.S. online travel agencies - Expedia, Orbitz

Tourism board comes under fire

The Australian Auditor-General has raised concerns about possible conflicts of interests at the Tourism Australia body. In the past three years, there has been only one case of a director excusing himself from the decision-making process. There are eight

British Airways executives to face price-fixing charges

Home » EyeforTravel News » Airlines » Published: 07 Aug 2008 The Office of Fair Trading is reportedly preparing to press price-fixing charges against four former and current British Airways executives. As per the information available, the Office of

Meghalaya adopts projects to boost tourism

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IATO to focus on new segments in Indian tourism

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Uniglobe Offers Online Booking Solution for Travel Agencies

Uniglobe has recently launched an online travel booking solution developed by its technology partner Amadeus. Called Complete Access Online, the solution will enable travel agencies to offer enhanced online and offline travel services to their customers.

Russians dethrone Germans in Antalya tourism in first half

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TV rights holder & championship sponsor get into bed with state tourism agency

Gov't fuels HUF 40 billion race track In a joint press conference with representatives of Dorna Sports and Sedesa Real Estate last week, Minister for Economy and Development Gordon Bajnai announced that a brand new international racetrack will be built

Honduras: Garifuna Resistance to Mega-Tourism in Tela Bay

Source: Mimundo.orgGarifuna During their four centuries of existence, the Garifuna communities in Tela Bay (Miami, Barra Vieja, Tornabe, San Juan, Triunfo de la Cruz), Atlantida, Honduras, have managed to survive numerous perils that have seriously