Travel News: Airlines, Tourism and Airfares

Mobile phone manufacturers are poised to take over from Google as the most powerful technological players in the European travel and tourism industry, reveals the WTM Global Trends Report today.

World Travel Market 2010 Industry Report identifies medium-term demand and profit concerns

The first day of World Travel Market has revealed continuing concern about the impact of the economy on tourism. But there is also cause for optimism, with a major aviation deal being unveiled and predictions for further recovery in the holiday market.

Las Vegas and New York (November 9, 2010) – Las Vegas Sands Corp., the leading global developer of integrated resorts, today announced that it will implement Travel Tripper’s RezTripTM 2.0 booking engine at five of its hotels worldwide. When integration is complete, customers will book guest rooms and other products and services through the RezTripTM booking engine for The Venetian and The Palazzo on the Las Vegas Strip, the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, The Venetian Macao, and Sands Bethlehem in Pennsylvania – properties with a total of almost 14,000 luxury resort rooms.

First Command Financial Behaviors Index® Reveals Top Five Cost-Cutting Plans for Middle-Class Families

The 45-page report includes benchmarking data on compensation packages, hiring practices, salary ranges (broken out by region, company size and business model), and benefits.

Strategic Relationship Provides Avis and Budget Opportunity to Serve Millions of Travelers

The re-opening of the Mount Meru Hotel on 17 December will see the unveiling of this sparkling new jewel in the crown of this tourism metropolis and excitement ahead of the grand reveal is palpable.

As Expedia launches Fairsearch to appeal to the U.S. Department of Justice it finds itself drawn into parallel competition cases with a European Competition Bureau.

European hotel associations meet amid fears that aggressive contracting by Online Travel Agents is leading to price fixing and unfair competition