- 'Early buyers put crimp in holiday travel (Chicago Tribune)
Thanksgiving is weeks away, but booking a ticket may be harder and more expensive than last year because travelers concerned about rising fuel prices and canceled flights have beaten procrastinators to the deals.
- 'Travel websites in the UK are falling short on accessibility: media (eyefortravel.com)
According to a news report posted by the site, Expedia and Butlins were rated as the best of a bad bunch in a new study of 10 of the UK?s most popular travel agency destinations on the web. The research was carried out by Nomensa, the internet research and design consultancy.
- 'Swoopes' revelation pays off (San Francisco Chronicle)
It pays to be gay. Just ask Sheryl Swoopes. The WNBA hoops star came out of the closet this week and stepped right into the money by announcing a high six-figure endorsement deal with San Francisco's lesbian travel company, Olivia. Sadly,...
- 'Mexico aims to win tourists back in wake of Wilma (Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.) (Hotel Online)
By Martin J. Moylan, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 28--If you were planning a vacation in Cancun, Cozumel or other points on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula in coming weeks or months, what should you do?
- 'Reader rave | Casa de la Cuesta (Miami Herald)
Looking for a place to stay in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, my spouse and I made arrangements to stay at Casa de la Cuesta (Cuesta de San Jose 32).
- 'Fast recovery for Cancún (San Jose Mercury News)
CANCÚN, Mexico -- Even as some of the last of Mexico's storm-struck tourists were emptying out of the Caribbean coast Friday, television footage showed a planeload of tourists flying back in, bound for less-damaged resorts south of Cancún.
- 'Last trapped tourists finally leaving Cancun (Billings Gazette)
CANCUN, Mexico - The last of Mexico's storm-struck tourists were emptying out of the Caribbean coast on Friday, some finally catching a few moments at the beach - even as Mexico's travel industry vowed to have new visitors arriving within days.
- 'Hurricane leaves travel industry in disarray (Houston Chronicle) (Hotel Online)
Oct. 26--Tourism and travel have been thrown into turmoil by Hurricane Wilma, the latest in a line of violent storms to hit the U.S. and Mexico. Hundreds of flights in and out of Mexican resort communities and parts of Florida remained canceled on Tuesday because of damage to airports.
- 'U.S. Border Crossings Drop Twenty Percent from 2000 to 2004: MPI Releases Data on US-Canada-Mexico Trade and Migration (HispanicBusiness.com)
Washington, DC--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--October 25, 2005--The volume of travel to the United States from Canada and Mexico declined by 20 percent between FY 2000 and FY 2004, according to data released by the Migration Policy Institute today.
- 'American Express Business Travel gets recognition for online airfares in Europe?s big markets (eyefortravel.com)
?Unequivocally, our findings show that American Express Business Travel provides the lowest fares available online versus the public fares of the main online corporate travel booking tools in these markets,? said Bob Harrell, CEO of Harrell Associates, principal for the Online Travel Benchmarking Group, author of the study.
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