TravelTechnology Weekly – Virtual Business, Travel Unleashed…
Feature: Menlo Park, California–based virtual events company Unisfair’s annual marketing survey of 550 marketeers shows that 62 percent will be spending more on virtual events in 2011. By the same token, 42 percent of respondents said they are planning to cut back on the budget for physical events. One interesting finding from the survey was [...]
TravelTechnology Weekly – Stealing Linen, Travel Management Globalization…
Feature 1: Miami-based Linen Technology Tracking is offering a solution to track hotel linens using RFID tags. The solution has currently been implemented in three hotels in New York, Miami and Honolulu to help them keep track of their robes, towels and sheets. According to William Serbin, the company’s executive vice president, trackers have hunted [...]
Travel Taxation Consumer Survey
Findings from a consumer survey published by the U.S. Travel Association’s Travel Tax Institute show that nearly half of all travelers are altering vacation plans due to high taxes. Ten percent of respondents said they decided not to visit a particular destination because of high taxes, 27 percent chose to book a less-expensive hotel, 26 [...]
Travel Industry Leverages Loyalty Programs for Japan Relief
As has been the case all too often the past few years, the travel industry is once again leveraging its multimillion-customer base to solicit donations to a natural-disaster relief cause. Almost as soon as the earthquake and tsunami wreaked havoc on the eastern coast of Japan last week, airline and hotel companies started getting the [...]
Vanderbilt Hall, A Mansion Hotel in Newport, RI, Offers Travel Packages
Vanderbilt Hall, a luxurious mansion hotel established in 1909 and located in beautiful Newport, Rhode Island, is offering several travel packages to guests visiting Newport this spring. The hotel is located right in the heart of Newport, within walking distance to the beautiful, historic waterfront. The first package, for guests celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in [...]
UK Travel Industry Disappointed by Tourism Policy Report
The U.K. Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published a government tourism policy report that lays out what the government plans to do to help the tourism industry. Highlights from the report: – Move the first Bank holiday in May a week earlier to extend the tourism season. – No plans to force [...]
US Corporation for Travel Promotion Launches Website
The US Corporation for Travel Promotion, a public-private partnership set up under the Travel Promotion Act for promoting travel to the United States, has finally launched its own website. For now, the site (corporationfortravelpromotion.com) is a B2B website devoted more to information pertaining to itself, and what the CTP plans to do. The CTP 11 [...]
Is Word Lens the Travel App of the Year?
With the growing popularity of the iPhone and the introduction of the iPad, Apple’s app store took off during 2010. Travel apps have especially taken off this year, with Yelp, Kayak, and Foursquare being some of the most popular among travelers and locals. However, a new language app launched this month, begging the question: is [...]
Travel Industry’s 2011 Legislative Agenda
In terms of getting favorable legislation passed through Congress, 2010 was a pretty good year for the travel industry. The main accomplishment was getting the Travel Promotion Act signed into law and the subsequent establishment of the Corporation for Travel Promotion. But 2011 looks a lot more difficult, mainly because many of the items on [...]
Last Minute Tips For Happy Holiday Travel
It’s estimated that about 43.6 million people will get on a plane between now and January 3rd. While this actually isn’t the busiest time of year for airports (the summers typically see more fliers), the surge of “amateur” travelers and flight delays can make for stressful trips through the terminals. Follow these simple tips to [...]
Waterproof Kenya Map by ITMB (International Travel Maps) (Map)
Product Description Folded paper (waterproof), road and travel map in color. Scale 1:920,000. Distinguishes roads ranging from freeways/expressways to other roads (unpaved). Legend includes tracks, railroads, ferry routes, waterfalls, wildlife reserves/game sanctuaries, sites of natural interest, parks or reserves, international airports, national airports, airfields, gas stations, hospitals/medical facilities, campsites/huts, rest houses, hotels, border crossings, UNESCO [...]
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South Africa Travel Pack (Globetrotter Travel Packs) (Paperback)
