| When
Online Bookings Go Bad ...
Oct. 11, 2007 - No wonder people still are turning to travel agents
to book their trips. When things go wrong for travelers, they expect
someone to help them.
Phoenix
Airport to Test Body-Scan Machines
Oct. 11, 2007 - Passengers at the Phoenix airport will start getting
searched today with the help of a technology that creates revealing
images of people's bodies to find hidden weapons.
Industry
Voices Secure Flight Concerns
Oct. 8, 2007 - The government's latest passenger prescreening program,
Secure Flight, is moving toward a final rule, but industry representatives
and privacy watchdogs said the Transportation Security Administration
first must address concerns about cost, travel supplier compliance and
the accuracy of program watchlists.
To
Clarify Sloppy Signage, Airports Hire 'Wayfinders'
Oct. 9, 2007 - As early as 2001, officials at the Miami International
Airport saw troubling signs -- in this case, the kind of signs that
are intended to guide travelers swiftly through the airport, but had
instead multiplied into a hodgepodge of confusing and often outdated
information.
Cell
Phone May Take Boarding Pass's Place
Oct. 12, 2007 - Cell phones and other mobile devices may become the
new airline boarding passes. A new bar code standard that could pave
the way for using cell phones to check in and board flights was announced
Thursday by The International Air Transport Association.
Apply
Now for Passports
Oct. 12, 2007 - If you need a passport for international travel, apply
now before the rush begins. Fall is the slow time for passport applications,
and travelers won't have to wait three months to get their passports
as many applicants did this summer.
International
Business-Class Bazaar
Oct. 8, 2007 - International business-class fares are skyrocketing again,
so it's probably time to remind ourselves that the airlines' chaotic
fare structures nevertheless offer plenty of opportunity to fly up front
at substantially less than the insane walk-up prices.
Hotel
RFPs Insisting On LRA
Oct. 8, 2007 - Buyers negotiating for 2008 hotel rates are finding a
heavy cost to last-room availability in key markets, hoteliers are receiving
more queries as to their environmental policies and both are seeing
the process from request for proposals to agreement elongate and increase
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