This month, Marriott International is launching a new foreign currency travel agency commission payment program. Effective July 11, 2008, the program should make it easier for Marriott’s travel agency partners around the world to be paid commission. Benefits of this new initiative include:
• Faster commission payments
• Commission direct deposit in 22 countries
• Online access to [...]
Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn’t translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States.
Explanations range from post-9/11 security headaches and lower airfares elsewhere to poor marketing by the U.S. Whatever the cause, travel industry experts say the U.S. is missing an opportunity to make [...]
The US economy has taken a decisive downturn in recent months and no where is that impact felt more than in the travel and tourism industry. Oil prices have forced airfares up into the stratosphere and with pressures mounting on consumers to pay their day to day expenses, vacation travel can seem more like a [...]
Travel Channel Media today announced the beta launch of Travel Channel GO, a free mobile travel application providing access to Travel Channel-exclusive destination content through any web-enabled mobile device. Through text, photos and audio, Travel Channel GO (downloadable at go.travelchannel.com/travel) offers consumers over 10 million points of interest and more than 2,000 Travel Channel-exclusive content [...]
Fortinet® — the pioneer and leading provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions — today announced that Amadeus Hospitality has implemented Fortinet’s FortiGate® multi-threat security appliances to help provide broad security at the main German office and secure connections with its branch offices as well as more than 150 hotels to date across the world. [...]
Home based business owners are finding it easy to take advantage of a billion dollar industry thanks to the efforts of the Global Resorts Network. The company makes it easy for anyone, regardless of their experience, to easily make money selling special travel packages and great travel discounts.
“Millions of dollars have been made over the [...]
Fulfilled with the major growth in the travel and tourism market in Dubai, Wild Discovery the leading regional based one stop shop for travel and tourism has opened new offices in Dubai Healthcare City, one of the most reputed locations in Dubai.
These new offices are part of the vast expansion operations for Wild Discovery in [...]
