Travel News: Airlines, Tourism and Airfares

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Sage Hospitality Resources and Legacy Property Group announced the appointment of Nanci Sherman as Chief Experience Officer of Glenn Hotel in Atlanta. Drawing upon nearly three decades of luxury hospitality experience, Sherman will oversee all aspects of the 110-room Glenn, an architectural treasure in the walkable Luckie Marietta District whose Southern charm and attentive staff make travelers feel as if they’re staying with an old friend.

South Africa as host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup set the ideal stage for UNWTO/South Africa inaugural Summit on Tourism, Sport and Mega Events (Johannesburg, 24-26 February). The summit, attended by some 450 delegates, from 35 countries, provided a first-of-its-kind platform for best practice and knowledge sharing towards mega-events excellence.

Representative Sam Farr (D-California), co-chair of the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, has introduced H. R. 4676, the Travel Regional Investment Partnership (TRIP) Act, which will provide US$50 million in matching grants to destination marketing organizations and their strategic partners.

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: PAC; BMV: GAP) announced that on February 23, 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors decided to submit the following items for consideration at the Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held April 27, 2010:

ack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ: JACK) will participate in three upcoming investment conferences. The dates and times of the presentations are as follows:

Saladworks, the nation’s first and largest fresh-tossed salad franchise concept, announces today that it has signed an agreement with a multi-unit developer for eight restaurant locations in Orange County, California.

Hans Pfister is putting his own shade of green on the hotel and resort landscape across Central America. Pfister will talk about his professional journey next Tuesday, March 9, as the featured speaker in the Conversations with Entrepreneurs series presented by the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at Cornell University. He will present from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. in 198 Statler Hall and will dine with selected students after the event. The following day Pfister will meet with students, staff, and faculty.

11th Annual Symposium Offers 100 Technical Presentations, 7 Keynote Speeches, 9 Tutorials and Exhibits by Quality Leaders

US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) today announced February and year-to-date 2010 traffic results. Mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 3.9 billion, down 4.7 percent versus February 2009. Mainline capacity was 5.0 billion available seat miles (ASMs), down 5.3 percent versus February 2009. Passenger load factor for the month of February was 77.6 percent, up 0.4 points versus February 2009.