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Mexico Tourism Board Offers Fams to Cancun
The Mexico Tourism Board, throughwww.magicofmexico.com, is offering fam trips to Cancunthroughout 2010.
The 2010 program will include deluxe lodging, transfers, most meals, excursions and property inspections. Agents will receive “air-aid” of $400 to help lower the trip cost. The Cancun Convention and Visitors Bureau will hand fam trip participants a $400 check to help offset air travel expenses, regardless [...]
lastminute.com reveals the future of travel
UK’s lastminute.com has partnered with think-tank Future Foundation to understand how the way we travel and spend our free time will be changing in the future.
Trekking the landscape of a brand new country, staying in a technological black hole where your phone will never ring, and pushing the limits of ‘extreme adventures’ further than ever [...]
The power of social media “massive”, says AirAsia
Last November’s “free sale” through its Facebook fan page broke two daily records and saved the airline millions of ringgit in advertising spend. Regional head of commercial Kathleen Tan tells Yeoh Siew Hoon about AirAsia’s social media strategy.
Kathleen Tan, AirAsia’s regional head of commercial, herself did not know how massive social media would become when [...]
Travelocity Business seeks growth in changing industry
“Clearly 2009 was a tough year,” Yannis Karmis, president of Travelocity Business, said in an interview with Travel Agent. “Among other things it focused businesses attention on their travel expenses and how effectively travel was being managed to produce a return on invested assets. Cost pressures will remain in 2010, as will pricing volatility.”
Karmis, a 12-year Sabre Holdings veteran [...]
Obama signs Travel Promotion Act
President Barack Obama signed the Travel Promotion Act (TPA) into law today, ending a multi-year legislative journey that now embarks upon the legislation’s implementation phase.
“Thank you, Mr. President, for your signature today—the American lodging industry will take the opportunities given through this legislation and make the most of it,” remarked American Hotel & Lodging Association [...]
Hawaii tourism’s signs of recovery reach Neighbor Islands
the Neighbor Islands, hardest hit by the state’s prolonged tourism slump, are finally beginning to see signs of recovery.
Visitor arrivals and spending rose statewide in January for the second month in a row, led by gains on the Big Island, Maui and Kaua’i, the Hawai’i Tourism Authority reported yesterday. It was the first time since [...]
Dubai: Press releases and resources for travel agents
The Government of Dubai, Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) is headquartered in Dubai with 18 overseas representative offices.
The UK and Ireland representative office is based in London and is responsible for marketing activities promoting Dubai both as a destination for tourism and inward investment.
For the travel trade in the UK, the DTCM is [...]
Madeira floods: ‘Business as usual’ say tour operators
Operators are reassuring customers that it is “business as usual” in Madeira after the island was hit by severe storms and floods at the weekend.
One British woman and more than 40 locals were killed as muddy water coursed through the streets of the capital Funchal on Saturday. A clean-up operation is now underway as the island [...]
What travel shoppers want from hotel videos
People connect with video. When researching hotels online, travel shoppers want to see two types of videos: professionally shot and guest produced. They want to be enticed but they also need validation.
Based on a study that Google recently conducted, where they asked travel shoppers at what stage of the planning process do you watch video [...]
A Promising Start To 2010 As Asia Leads Travel Industry’s Recovery, Says Abacus International
2010 is off to a good start for Asia’s travel industry as it leads in the global travel market’s recovery, thanks to a strong performance in the last quarter of 2009. Abacus International, a 22 year veteran of the travel industry and Asia’s leading travel facilitator, revealed today at an exclusive Abacus media roundtable that [...]
