BA shares rise on oil price drop
- Feb 09, 2026
There were small gains for travel and tourism shares yesterday as London’s main equity indices gained ground. The FTSE 100…
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Cendant reports record 2004 results
Charles Kao - Feb 09, 2026
Cendant Corporation reported on Tuesday record results for fourth quarter and full year 2004. Fourth quarter profits from continuing operations…
O’Hare: voted worst again
David - Feb 08, 2026
So what’s the worst US airport for delays? No surprise: O’Hare, says the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The Bureau…
Customer response creaky for online travel
David - Feb 08, 2026
More than half of online travel websites are slow to respond to customer inquiries, a research firm found in a…
Vacation Express expands with new charters
David - Feb 08, 2026
Vacation Express began offering charter flights to the Caribbean, Mexico, Costa Rica and Orlando from several Midwest and eastern US…
Conventions set record in Vancouver
David - Feb 08, 2026
Tourism Vancouver had a record year for meeting and convention business, according to Dave Gazley, Tourism Vancouver’s vice president, Meeting…
Carnival celebrating record cruisers
David - Feb 08, 2026
Carnival Cruise Lines says it expects to carry a record 3.3 million passengers with an unprecedented number of voyages this…
White House wants to push Amtrak into bankruptcy
David - Feb 08, 2026
There have been periodic reports of Amtrak’s demise, but the Bush administration in its 2006 federal budget is proposing to…
Atlantic City is betting on a new emphasis: shopping
David - Feb 08, 2026
The proliferation of shopping ventures in Atlantic City is a move by casinos to broaden their customer base. “With two…
Kayak debuts its travel search engine
David - Feb 08, 2026
Kayak.com launched its travel-search engine. Started by co-founders of Orbitz, Expedia and Travelocity, the site was released after four months…
Exhaustive new survey finds business travel bouncing back
David - Feb 08, 2026
Business and convention travel is finally showing real signs of recovery, though technology and changing practices are causing some consumer…
Airlines “their own worst enemy”
Ginny McGrath - Feb 08, 2026
In the corporate market, an airline’s toughest competition is its own website, says BTI UK managing director Mike Platt. Mr Platt told…