July 30,
2010
Power
Outages Caused by Sunday's Storms Shut Down Many in
the Area - Our offices were open and our agents were
in the office and assisting our clients!!
More than 300,000 Pepco customers in Maryland and
the District of Columbia, including Travel-On, lost
power after thunderstorms on Sunday. Unlike many area
business, who closed up and went home, our employees
were in the office and working under generator power
to assist our clients! While we weren’t completely
in the dark, it was hot with no air conditioning. We’re
proud of our employees!
Want
to Know What Your CO2 Emissions are when you travel?
When you book your reservations using Rearden, our
online booking tool, look for “Did You
Know?” at the bottom of your flight information.
It will give you the CO2 emissions calculations for
your trip and a link to purchase offsets.
How
do YOUR car rental rates stack up?
Your Travel-On Account Manager can
answer your questions and discuss opportunities for savings. |
|
A recent Runzheimer study found that organizations
save an average of 13-30% by negotiating car rental
pricing. Car rental costs account for an average of
9 percent of total travel and entertainment spending,
and organizations, on average, sign two or three contracts
with car rental companies, usually on a nationwide basis. |
Continental
tests 'self-boarding' at Houston airport
Boarding a plane without an
agent to inspect or take your pass has arrived in
the USA. Continental Airlines has confirmed it's testing
the procedure at a gate at its hub in Houston Intercontinental.
It's the first experiment at what's called "self-boarding" in
the U.S. See
details
American
adds three American Eagle routes from New York JFK
American Airlines will add
service from its New York JFK hub to three new destinations.
The flights -- to Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Norfolk
-- will be operated by subsidiary American Eagle on
50-seat Embraer 145 regional jets. American Eagle
will fly one daily round-trip flight on each route. See
details
EU
Clears United Airlines, Continental To Merge
United
Airlines parent UAL Corp (UAUA.O) won unconditional
EU regulatory approval on Tuesday for its $3.17 billion
buy of Continental Airlines Inc (CAL.N) that will
create the world's largest carrier. Read
more
Comair
fined for oversold flights
The
U.S. Department of Transportation said Monday that
it fined Comair for violating federal rules regarding
passengers denied boarding on oversold flights, the
Business Courier reported. Read
more
Virgin,
British Airways Boost Fares as Business Flyers Return
Virgin
Atlantic Airways Ltd. and British Airways Plc, the
biggest long-distance carriers at London's Heathrow
airport, said they've been able to raise fares as
a jump in demand for business travel boosts forward
bookings. Read
more
American
Airlines Moves Terminals at Delhi
Passengers departing on American
Airlines 293 from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International
Airport tonight will be doing so from brand new facilities
following the move by American Airlines, a founding
member of the oneworld Alliance(R), into new, spacious,
and state-of-the-art Terminal 3. Read
more
Singapore
Airlines to introduce electronic magazines
Singapore
Airlines said Friday it is to introduce an electronic
version of its inflight magazines as part of its plans
for paperless planes. See
details
Frontier,
Delta airlines pulling out of Aspen
Frontier
Airlines and Delta Air Lines are not flying to Aspen
this winter, leaving United Airlines as the only major
carrier serving the ritzy mountain resort town during
ski season, according to news reports. Read
more
Alaska
Airlines to fly from San Jose to Los Cabos
Seattle-based
Alaska Airlines said the flights will start Nov. 20
subject to government approval. The nonstop flight
will operate on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Read
more
Why
Same Hotel Rooms Generate Different Tax Bills
Cities,
online travel sites and hotel companies are at odds
over taxes - because the local governments often receive
less in tax revenue when a hotel room is booked through
one of those sites, rather than directly with the
hotel. Reporter Alan Greenblatt explains how that
happens. Read
more
Hotels
get report card in new survey
A tip
to hotel owners: For happy customers, offer wireless
internet and a free breakfast, be sure to have smoke-free
rooms and keep the level of service consistently high
across your properties. Read
more
Hotel
guests still most at risk for identity theft
Computer
hackers continue to steal hotel guests' credit-card
data more than any other industry - and there's little
consumers can do to protect themselves, Nicholas Percoco,
an Internet expert who investigates corporate data
breaches, tells Hotel Check-In. Percoco runs SpiderLabs
at Trustwave, the security team that performs cyber
forensic investigations for companies that suspect
their systems have been breached. Read
more
New
tourist charge to be taxed for hotels and some museums in
Rome effective Jan 1, 2011
As Americans
chose Italy as their number one international vacation
destination, Rome is sure to top their lists of must-see
cities. It's no wonder that due to the high amount
of tourists the Eternal City gets, they can bring
in more profits by charging tourists a little extra. Read
more
Enterprise
Rent-A-Car to offer Electric Vehicles in the US
Enterprise Rent-A-Car announced
this week that they will begin to offer completely
electric vehicles at 5,000 of their rental locations.
The 100 percent electric Nissan Leaf will roll onto
Enterprise lots starting in January 2011. Read
more
