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curb bereavement fares
May 31, 2006 - Bereavement airfares - those discounted
tickets for people who need to fly to a funeral
or to visit a sick relative - are quietly disappearing.
Southwest,
American Fight Heats Up On Love Field
June 1, 2006 - The political fight between American
Airlines and low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines
intensified on Thursday with a new drive to repeal
a federal ban on direct flights between Dallas
Love Field and most destinations outside Texas.
US
Airways, Delta, Jet Blue launch new flights
May 29, 2006 - US Airways Group Inc. is launching
new daily service between Portland, Ore., and
Philadelphia as well as summer flights between
Phoenix and Montana.
US
Airways merging Web sites, frequent flyer programs
May 19, 2006- If you have the America West Airlines
Web site bookmarked as a travel resource, you
may want to change that to the US Airways Web
site starting this weekend.
Northwest
locks in oil prices
June 2, 2006 - NWA has executed a fuel hedge to
protect it from soaring oil prices, the company
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Hotels.com
Warns Customers on Data Theft
June 2, 2006 - Hotel booking site Hotels.com has
begun sending out letters to some 243,000 customers
whose names and credit card numbers were on a
laptop stolen from an employee of Ernst &
Young, the accounting firm.
Car
theft exposes Hotels.com data
June 2, 2006 - A seemingly random theft has led
to another potential breach of personal data--this
time name, address and credit card data from Hotels.com
customers.
Bigger
crunch this year for evacuation hotel rooms
June 1, 2006 - Having to evacuate from the New
Orleans area during the current hurricane season
will be a tougher task with hotels saying they
will close for storms, putting an additional crunch
on out-of-the-region rooms.
Starwood
Unveils Plans for New Extended Stay Brand
June 1, 2006 - A year after announcing the aloft
hotel brand, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide,
Inc. unveiled plans for a new upper upscale extended
stay brand inspired by Westin Hotels.
Hotels
wish guests a nice-smelling stay
May 30, 2006 - Hotel chains are now counting on
signature scents to bring guests back.
Investors
Focusing On Full-Service Hotels
May 30, 2006 - New survey recently released by
PKF Hospitality Research said that investment
in the hotel industry is thriving, fueled by continued
increases in revenue per available room that are
mitigating the risk of investment.
SFO
opens new, cheaper long-term parking lot
May 30, 2006 - The SFO Airport offers more spaces
and a lower price to compete with other long-term
lots in the area.
Hotel
industry had its best year EVER.
May 31, 2006 - Based on statistics compiled by
Smith Travel Research (STR), the industry generated
some $122.7 billion in revenues and $22.6 billion
in profits last year.
Hotel
amenities reflect cutting-edge technology
May 25, 2006 - Television sets in hotel bathrooms
aren't unusual fixtures.
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Staying
in touch while abroad takes thought
May 30, 2006 - Technology and cooperation among
wireless carriers make it cheaper than ever for
Americans to use their cellphones abroad.
International
business-class bargains
International business-class fares are skyrocketing.
(That's the bad news, in case you hadn't guessed.)
New York/Kennedy to London/Heathrow has now cracked
the $9,000 mark on a roundtrip, walk-up basis.
Expect to pay more than $12,000 if you want a
C-class seat to Sydney. It's $7,100 walk-up roundtrip
between Atlanta and Zurich, $6,600 between Los
Angeles and Paris and more than $7,000 between
San Francisco and Tokyo.
European
Court Strikes Down U.S. PNR Deal
May 30, 2006 - The European Court of Justice
today ruled that the agreement to give airline
passenger name record data to the United States
by the EU Council of Ministers was made without
proper legal status.
Gas
prices siphon profits from tourist attractions
May 31, 2006 - For many businesses, soaring fuel
prices are threatening to take the fun out of
summer.
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