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Airlines curb bereavement fares
May 31, 2006 - Bereavement airfares - those
discounted tickets for people who need to fly to a
funeral or to visit a sick relative - are quietly
disappearing.
Southwest, American Fight Heats Up On Love
Field
June 1, 2006 - The political fight between
American Airlines and low-cost carrier Southwest
Airlines intensified on Thursday with a new drive to
repeal a federal ban on direct flights between Dallas
Love Field and most destinations outside Texas.
US Airways, Delta, Jet Blue launch new
flights
May 29, 2006 - US Airways Group Inc. is
launching new daily service between Portland, Ore., and
Philadelphia as well as summer flights between Phoenix
and Montana.
US Airways merging Web sites, frequent
flyer programs
May 19, 2006- If you have the
America West Airlines Web site bookmarked as a travel
resource, you may want to change that to the US Airways
Web site starting this weekend.
Northwest locks in oil prices
June
2, 2006 - NWA has executed a fuel hedge to protect it
from soaring oil prices, the company said in a
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Hotels.com Warns
Customers on Data Theft
June 2, 2006 -
Hotel booking site Hotels.com has begun sending out
letters to some 243,000 customers whose names and credit
card numbers were on a laptop stolen from an employee of
Ernst & Young, the accounting firm.
Car theft exposes
Hotels.com data
June 2, 2006 - A seemingly
random theft has led to another potential breach of
personal data--this time name, address and credit card
data from Hotels.com customers.
Bigger crunch this year for evacuation
hotel rooms
June 1, 2006 - Having to evacuate
from the New Orleans area during the current hurricane
season will be a tougher task with hotels saying they
will close for storms, putting an additional crunch on
out-of-the-region rooms.
Starwood Unveils Plans for New Extended
Stay Brand
June 1, 2006 - A year after announcing
the aloft hotel brand, Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Worldwide, Inc. unveiled plans for a new upper upscale
extended stay brand inspired by Westin Hotels.
Hotels wish guests a nice-smelling
stay
May 30, 2006 - Hotel chains are now counting
on signature scents to bring guests back.
Investors Focusing On Full-Service Hotels
May 30, 2006 - New survey recently released by
PKF Hospitality Research said that investment in the
hotel industry is thriving, fueled by continued
increases in revenue per available room that are
mitigating the risk of investment.
SFO opens new, cheaper long-term parking
lot
May 30, 2006 - The SFO Airport offers more
spaces and a lower price to compete with other long-term
lots in the area.
Hotel industry had its best year
EVER.
May 31, 2006 - Based on statistics compiled
by Smith Travel Research (STR), the industry generated
some $122.7 billion in revenues and $22.6 billion in
profits last year.
Hotel amenities reflect cutting-edge
technology
May 25, 2006 - Television sets in
hotel bathrooms aren't unusual fixtures.
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Staying in touch while abroad takes
thought
May 30, 2006 - Technology and cooperation
among wireless carriers make it cheaper than ever for
Americans to use their cellphones abroad.
International business-class
bargains
International business-class fares are
skyrocketing. (That's the bad news, in case you hadn't
guessed.) New York/Kennedy to London/Heathrow has now
cracked the $9,000 mark on a roundtrip, walk-up basis.
Expect to pay more than $12,000 if you want a C-class
seat to Sydney. It's $7,100 walk-up roundtrip between
Atlanta and Zurich, $6,600 between Los Angeles and Paris
and more than $7,000 between San Francisco and
Tokyo.
European Court Strikes Down U.S. PNR Deal
May 30, 2006 - The European Court of Justice
today ruled that the agreement to give airline passenger
name record data to the United States by the EU Council
of Ministers was made without proper legal status.
Gas prices siphon profits from tourist
attractions
May 31, 2006 - For many businesses,
soaring fuel prices are threatening to take the fun out
of summer.
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