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Trend Watch: August 30, 2010
By : Staff - AUGUST 25, 2010
In the five years since Hurricane Katrina New Orlean's Convention and Visitors Bureau has seen incremental recovery in annual visitors, growth in tourism and expansion of events.
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Analysis: Mexican Riviera Cruise Forecast Still Cloudy
By : Susan Young - AUGUST 23, 2010
Agents say a "perfect storm" of factors contributed to cruise lines' decisions that ships could be better utilized at higher revenue fares somewhere other than Mexico's coastline.
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Trend Watch: August 2, 2010
By : Staff - JULY 28, 2010
The overall U.S. outbound market totaled 61.5 million travelers in 2009, down 3 percent from 2008.
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Trend Watch: July 19, 2010
By : Staff - JULY 16, 2010
Want to know what the top consumer trends are when it comes to searching for travel? Research intensity has been increasing steadily, and as everyone knows, travelers are consuming more content online before booking a trip.
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Trend Watch: July 5, 2010
By : Staff - JULY 05, 2010
Trans-Atlantic trips look to be more popular in 2010, according to TripAdvisor’s annual European travel survey of more than 1,200 U.S. respondents, with 60 percent planning to visit Europe in the next 12 months, up from 50 percent who did so last year.
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Building A New Bridge Between Traditional and Online Travel Agents
By : Ronnie Gurion - JUNE 29, 2010
EXCLUSIVE: Ronnie Gurion, president of Orbitz Worldwide Distribution, addresses the community about Orbitz for Agents program and the relationship between OTAs and traditional agents.
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Trend Watch: June 21, 2010
By : Staff - JUNE 21, 2010
Reversing three consecutive years of decline, overall customer satisfaction with airlines in North America has increased notably, with 10 of 12 airlines improving from 2009, according to J.D. Power and Associates’ 2010 North America Airline Satisfaction Study.
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A Conversation with Matthew Upchurch
By : Susan Young - JUNE 10, 2010
At cruise3sixy in Vancouver, Susan J. Young interviewed the CEO of Virtuoso to talk about his induction into the 2010 CLIA Hall of Fame as well as insight about his career and industry trends.
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Trend Watch: June 7, 2010
By : Staff - JUNE 07, 2010
According to the latest American Express Spending & Saving Tracker, more than half (51 percent) are planning a vacation this summer—even more so among the affluent (73 percent) and young professionals (83 percent).
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Trend Watch: May 24, 2010
By : Staff - MAY 24, 2010
Travel Agent reports on a number of great locations for destination weddings and honeymoons, and how to sell them to your clients. Here are a few facts and figures you may not have known about this segment of the travel business.
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