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RCCL Gets Loan to Finance New Ship | | Monday, 05/01/2009 | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has agreed to borrow up to 485.6 million euros (about $680 million at Wednesday’s exchange rate) from Germany’s KFW IPEX-Bank. |
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Regulators Ask for More Information on American Airlines-British Airways Alliance | | Monday, 05/01/2009 | Government regulators want to know more about how a proposed alliance between American Airlines and British Airways could affect competition on overseas flights. The U.S. Transportation Department asked the airlines to provide more information about the planned partnership, including its impact on Heathrow Airport in London, cargo operations, and service in Asian and Latin American markets. |
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Virgin Enters Talks over Bmi | | Friday, 26/12/2008 | The German carrier recently acquired a controlling holding in Bmi, the second largest carrier at Heathrow. Virgin, which has courted Bmi for a potential tie-up in the past, now sees a renewed opportunity to forge a link. “Virgin Atlantic can confirm that it is holding talks with Lufthansa regarding the future of bmi. |
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LIAT Pilots Willing to Work on Holidays if Paid | | Friday, 26/12/2008 | The Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) has stressed that contrary to reports appearing in the regional media, its members are not opposed to working on Public Holidays, but are desirous of being adequately compensated as is the case with other employees in the air transport industry. This was stated in an official release issued by the Association. |
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Comtec Makes Canadian Acquisition | | Friday, 26/12/2008 | | by George Dooley | Comtec Group Limited announced its fourth acquisition of 2008 –the Canadian tour operator content management company Comnet Canada Inc. The strategic move is the latest in a series of deals by Comtec to widen the group’s international footprint and distribution capabilities for the leisure travel industry. |
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Choice Hotels Launches Ascend Collection
| | Wednesday, 24/12/2008 | | by Joe Pike | Choice Hotels International just launched its new Ascend Collection, a group of historic, boutique and unique properties located across the U.S. and the Caribbean. Among the properties featured in the new collection are the Golden Hotel, located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in the heart of historic downtown Golden, CO, and The Baechtel Creek Inn & Spa in the heart of California’s Mendocino Coast, just north of San Francisco. |
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Hotels Trade Stays for Stocks | | Wednesday, 24/12/2008 | | by Laura Bly | In a bid to turn financial lemons into umbrella drinks, eight upscale Caribbean resorts are pitching depressed investors to pay for vacations with depressed stocks. |
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TUI Travel Signs Travel Insurance Deal | | Wednesday, 24/12/2008 | It is being touted as one of the largest contracts of its kind in the UK and Irish travel markets. TUI Travel UK & Ireland will become an appointed representative of Mondial Assistance, and Mondial will provide underwriting capacity through its insurance arm, Elvia Travel Insurance International. Mondial will also provide claims management and international medical assistance for travelers. |
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Thomas Cook Chalks Up 50 Percent Spike in Operating Profits | | Thursday, 18/12/2008 | Thomas Cook has reported a 50 percent rise in operating profits to £366 million and an overall margin on sales of 4.2 percent for the 12 months to the end of September. The strong results led Europe’s second-biggest travel group to defy the economic gloom and forecast a further growth in margin in the current financial year and annual profits of £480 million in 2009-2010. |
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Hotel Investors Increase Focus on Latin America for Counter-Cyclical Investment Opportunities | | Monday, 15/12/2008 | Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels reported that an increasing number of hotel investors are turning to Latin America for counter-cyclical investment opportunities. Hotel companies are researching market entrance strategies, conducting acquisition and new development due diligence, and analyzing future hotel demand in the 2014 FIFA Soccer World Cup candidate cities in Brazil. |
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National Tour Association Appoints New Chairman | Michele Michalewicz, CTP, a Salt Lake City travel professional and president of Western Leisure, Inc. has been inducted as the 2009 chairman and CEO of the National Tour Association. NTA is the industry’s premier packaged travel association made up of more than 3,000 members from around the globe. |
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Travel Agents to Be in Higher Demand in 2009 | | by Sharon Chambers | Peter Yesawich, president and CEO of Ypartnership, expects more consumers to turn to travel agents when planning their trips in 2009. Meanwhile, research conducted by Ypartnership states that the travel intentions of Americans remain strong as 71 percent of active travel households are planning at least one overnight trip during the next six months –the same amount as one year ago. |
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CTO to Launch Social Network for Agents | | by Gay Nagle Myers | The Caribbean Tourism Organization in January will launch online programs aimed at improving its North American chapter system and the way that travel agents do business. |
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Golf Resorts Being Upscaled in Puerto Rico | This seaside stretch, a half-hour’s drive east of the airport in San Juan, is not placid in midday. Construction equipment rumbles through the beachfront while workers sweat out installing the marble floors and granite countertops in developer Donald Trump’s latest Caribbean venture. |
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Antigua Air Traffic Slows Down | A flow control system implemented by air traffic controllers at the VC Bird International Airport in Antigua has been disrupting flights in and out of the island during the Christmas rush. |
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