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08 May 2008 |
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Greeley Koch
ACTE Global Centre for Research and Education chair provides an update on the Centre's activities.
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Sabre Travel Network on Wednesday said agents using its system in Germany, Austria or Switzerland would be able to access all Lufthansa and Swiss fares without ...
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The International Air Transport Association is facing flak from the global travel agency community over its plans to jettison paper tickets by the end ...
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Global distribution system provider Travelport GDS last month introduced its Carbon Tracker tool, allowing travel buyers to track and report carbon ...
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The International Air Transport Association said March global airline passenger traffic grew more slowly than it did a year earlier. "The slowdown in the demand growth continues the sharp downward trend which began in December 2007 as the impact of the U.S. credit crunch began to be felt in the airline industry," according to IATA. Also citing fuel costs, IATA director general Giovanni Bisignani said, "The fortunes of the industry have taken a major turn for the worse."
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Europcar created a "dedicated business travel team ... responsible for promoting Europcar's newly strengthened and enhanced proposition for business travelers, travel organizers and business travel agents" following the company's acquisition of the National Car Rental brand. The team will report to David McNeill, who was named corporate sales director in March.
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Tzell Travel Group opened its first non-U.S. office, in London, and named Barry Whittaker to run its United Kingdom operation.
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Global commercial travel sales at American Express rose 13 percent to $5.4 billion in the first quarter of 2008. The company reported 6 percent lower overall net income, due to the "more difficult U.S. credit environment and higher marketing spending."
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AirPlus International announced "record" growth and results for 2007, including 16 percent higher charge volume of $24.8 billion and "a record profit of $28.1 million, an increase of 39 percent over 2006." AirPlus transactions processed rose to 93 million from 81 million, the company said. AirPlus also partnered with Air China to create the Air China AirPlus Company Account, which will launch in July, and opened an office in Shanghai.
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All-premium carrier Eos Airlines ceased operations after becoming the fifth U.S. commercial carrier this month to file for bankruptcy. CEO Jack Williams blamed "external forces" for knocking out the carrier, "just as we were working toward closing on an investment that would have carried us to corporate profitability in 2009." Eos' failure follows that of fellow all-premium, transatlantic start-up Maxjet Airways.
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TRX and Serko Limited created a global online booking sales and marketing alliance in which Serko distributes "online travel content to corporations throughout the Asia-Pacific [region] and [TRX booking tool] Resx will encompass the Americas and Europe." The partnership seeks to overcome limitations of "a traditional single solution provider," which "can lack in-region functionality, knowledge, and expertise," according to the firms.
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United Airlines plans to launch nonstop flights from Washington Dulles to both Dubai and Moscow. Pending government approvals, the services would start 26 October.
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In the case of travel agent programs and compensation, the grant of such immunity would enhance the dominance that these mega-carriers already possess as individual airlines vis-a-vis travel intermediaries that serve the needs of consumers. With their collective might, they will be in an even stronger position to dictate to travel agencies the terms for the sale of their air products, and will thus be empowered to raise the costs of air travel for the many business and leisure travelers who rely on the services of professional travel agencies to find the best fare and best flight.
Paul Ruden, American Society of Travel Agents vice president of legal and industry affairs, in ASTA's filing to the U.S. Department of Transportation, asking for a delay in the approval of the SkyTeam alliance antitrust immunity request
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