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  • Becoming a Full Host Travel Agency

    According to the World English Dictionary, a decision is defined as “the act of making up one’s mind.” That sounds pretty simple, until you suddenly have to make up your mind dozens of times over a short period of time. This is a scenario I personally faced last month when I made the decision to break away from my host agency and strike out fully on my own as a full-fledged Virtuoso travel agency based in Los Angeles. Read More

    By Stacy Small
    June 18, 2013 11:45 PM

  • Kuoni Introduces Brite Spokes as New Thematic Travel Brand

    Kuoni launched a new series of thematic trips in the U.S. under a new brand called brite spokes. The brite spokes brand (written with no capital letters) was created to offer “an ever-evolving set of thematic trips, exclusive experiences and personally enriching adventures.” Read More

    By David Cogswell
    June 18, 2013 5:18 PM

  • Data Privacy and IATA’s NDC: the Drama Continues

    The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released the text of a response from the agency to queries raised Read More

    By Gretchen Kelly
    June 18, 2013 5:12 PM

  • Travelocity Sells Travelocity Business Unit to BCD Travel

    Travelocity, in a move to get out of the corporate travel business, has sold its Travelocity Business (TBiz) unit to BCD Travel, a global management services provider, for an a purchase price that was not made public. The move ends Travelocity’s 10-year-old effort to focus on more business travel, similar to what its major competitors, Orbitz (with its Orbitz for Business unit) and Expedia (with its Egencia unit), have built up over the same period. Read More

    By James Shillinglaw
    June 18, 2013 3:39 PM

  • ARC Reports Flat Air Ticket Sales by U.S. Travel Agencies in May

    Air ticket sales by U.S. travel agencies were flat in May, as well as for the first five months of 2013, compared with the same periods in 2012, according to the Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC). The monthly report showed that the consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by U.S. agents, which includes all fares, taxes and fees, dropped by 0.58 percent year-over-year for the first five months of 2013 compared to the same period last year, totaling $39 billion versus $39.3 billion in 2012. Sales for May 2013 were down by 0.27 percent to 8.1 billion compared with $8.2 billion in May 2012. Read More

    By Mimi Kmet
    June 18, 2013 2:26 PM

  • Victoria Clipper III to Resume Service After Engine Room Fire

    Clipper Vacations’ Victoria Clipper III will resume daily service between Seattle and the San Juan Islands on June 20 after a small engine room fire on June 14. Read More

    By Theresa Norton Masek
    June 18, 2013 1:31 PM

  • Destination Hotels & Resorts to Manage Eden Roc in Miami Beach

    The Eden Roc Renaissance Hotel, which has been embroiled in a legal battle with Marriott international over management services, will now be managed by Destinations Hotels & Resorts, effective July 11. Read More

    By Claudette Covey
    June 18, 2013 12:54 PM

  • Turkey’s Tourism Boom Hangs in the Balance as Protests Continue

    The protests that began on May 31 in Turkey have entered a new phase that includes reports of police round-ups of suspected protesters in their homes and a new form of protest that involves just standing silently. Read More

    By James Ruggia
    June 18, 2013 12:41 PM

  • Edition to Unveil London Property This Fall

    Edition, the collaboration between Marriott International and Ian Schrager, is opening its long-awaited third lifestyle hotel in London this fall. Read More

    By Claudette Covey
    June 18, 2013 12:38 PM

  • Boeing Launches NextGen Dreamliner at Paris Air Show

    Boeing has announced the launch of the 787-10 Dreamliner at the 2013 Paris Air Show. Boeing said that its customer launch commitments for the 787-10 include Air Lease Corporation, with 30 airplanes; GE Capital Aviation Services, with 10; International Airlines Group / British Airways, with 12 subject to shareholder approval; Singapore Airlines, with 30 and United Airlines, with 20 airplanes. Read More

    By Gretchen Kelly
    June 18, 2013 9:54 AM

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