SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 17, 2010- In a recent development for the Global Sales division of Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), the company will now be a part of the TRUE (Travel Retailer Universal Enumeration) Coding system, giving more than 1,900 new agencies access to book Choice Hotels properties…
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Comments • Posted on Dec 17, 2010 - 03:13 PM
NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2010 - At an awards ceremony last night at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles, Business Traveler magazine announced the winners of the 2010 “Best in Business Travel” Awards. Of 53 awards presented, the evening’s leading champion, Air Canada, took home a whopping five awards, including…
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Comments • Posted on Dec 10, 2010 - 03:15 PM
29 November, Amman - Jordan’s rapid economic growth and lack of conventional fossil resources has created an increasingly costly dependency on imported energy. The country imports almost 100% percent of its energy, amounting to average 20% of total imports. The kingdom relies almost exclusively on fossil energy at approximately 4…
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Comments • Posted on Nov 29, 2010 - 11:56 AM
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19, 2010 - In the third annual holiday survey by LowFares.com(TM), the travel comparison search site for cheap flights, hotels, car rentals and vacation packages, respondents indicated that Christmas will be the most popular travel holiday this year with 65..4% of respondents intending to travel for Christmas…
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Comments • Posted on Nov 19, 2010 - 03:58 PM
BELLEVUE, Wash. and ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 18, 2010 - Expedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Mobiata(TM), creator of best selling mobile travel applications including FlightTrack(TM). The deal marks Expedia’s most significant investment to date in addressing the mobile travel market,…
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Comments • Posted on Nov 18, 2010 - 07:20 PM
NEWTON, Mass., Nov. 17, 2010 - TripAdvisor®, the world’s largest travel site*, today announced the results of its Thanksgiving travel survey of more than 1,000 U.S. travelers. Thirty-six percent of Americans plan to travel this Thanksgiving, up from 33 percent who traveled for the holiday last year. The majority of…
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Comments • Posted on Nov 17, 2010 - 12:06 PM
17 November 2010 - Ten WATG-designed projects won top honours in 23 categories in this year’s World Travel Awards. The World Travel Awards have been called the “travel industry’s equivalent to the Oscar’s” by The Wall Street Journal and “the very highest achievement a travel product can hope to achieve”…
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Comments • Posted on Nov 17, 2010 - 02:29 AM
NEWTON, Mass., November 9, 2010 - TripAdvisor®, the world’s largest travel site*, today announced the results of its annual travel trends survey of more than 3,000 U.S. travelers. Americans appear eager to pack their bags in the coming year, as 36 percent plan to spend more on leisure travel in…
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Comments • Posted on Nov 09, 2010 - 12:11 PM
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Nov. 1, 2010 - According to a survey commissioned by Intrepid Travel (http://www.intrepidtravel.com) released today, Americans are the least adventurous on vacation compared to four other nationalities, Californians tend to be game for the most adventure compared to the rest of the US, and New Englanders are…
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Comments • Posted on Nov 01, 2010 - 05:05 PM
LONDON, Oct. 22 - redspottedhanky, in conjunction with the Railway Children charity, is trying to get train travellers across the UK to help generate up to a staggering 30,000 pounds Sterling a day to help young runaways and street children simply by booking their train travel online. Railway Children, a…
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Comments • Posted on Oct 22, 2010 - 07:05 PM