Blume view: Traditional agents must grab opportunities
Ian Jarrett - Jul 08, 2026
SINGAPORE - Online travel can only grow and traditional travel agents have to make an online offering – and that…
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Not in Kansas anymore?
David - Jul 08, 2026
Where can you find the world’s largest ball of twine? Kansas. Historical monuments to President Eisenhower? Kansas. Dinosaur displays? Kansas.…
Hotel slide gets deeper in troubled paradise
David - Jul 08, 2026
Deep discounting and unprecedented initiatives have not helped further hotel occupancy slides in Hawaii to new lows. Only half of…
Wanted: room for a dog
David - Jul 08, 2026
Luxury room requests turn up some unusual items: rooms for dogs, milk baths and complaints to halt the noise from…
Summer vacations: The long and the short of it
David - Jul 08, 2026
Value-seeking travelers this summer are extending their vacations, while at the same time the traditional two-week honeymoon is being eclipsed…
For $1 million, you get two butlers
David - Jul 08, 2026
At the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, they are calling it the world’s most expensive holiday package. So what do…
Study: price remains critical for travel plans
David - Jul 08, 2026
Some things never change: a new study shows that consumers are still primarily influenced by price when deciding on a…
Warning: travel may be dangerous to your health
David - Jul 08, 2026
Harvard University researchers found that those who travel are three times more likely to develop life-threatening VTE, which are blood…
Airlines standing up for new cost-cutting move?
David - Jul 08, 2026
There’s been a lot of jokes about airlines putting in pay toilets in their never-ending attempts to generate income but…
Long-haul agent fails
Bev - Jul 08, 2026
Long-haul travel agent Miles Travel has failed due to lack of business. Managing director Richard Loosley blamed the economic downturn…
Cruise virus update
Bev - Jul 08, 2026
Transocean Tours has terminated the voyage of the Marco Polo at Invergordon on the advice of health officials. It has…
Easyjet to launch Israel flights
Bev - Jul 08, 2026
EasyJet plans to expand to Israel this winter with the launch of a new six times weekly service between London…
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