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- Hurricanes Eating Into Industry Profits
- Delta, Southwest Airlines, Air Tran, and Continental canceled 137 flights in the Gulf Region Monday, with industry insiders saying the hurricanes may have dashed all hopes of Labor Day Weekend profits. Amtrak also canceled trains around Atlanta, San Antonio and New Orleans because of the storms. It’s also using Atlanta...
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
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- Dewar's 12 mix & mingle: BASF members, hosted by Dewar's 12, celebrate the partnership between the Builders Association of South Florida and SouthFlorida CEO Magazine
- Vivi Castaza, Rosalia Gonzales, George Lopez and Barbara Hernandez of Bank of America
- Research articles 2004-04-01
- Virgin America Should Be Considered "American" for Now
- Yesterday, Barbara Hernandez posted a piece here on BNET that had some harsh words for Sir Richard Branson and Virgin America in regards to the airline's ownership structure. Though I have often been critical of Virgin America's business model, I find myself compelled to defend the airline in this...
- Blog posts 2009-02-13
- Timeshare Business Unwelcome Guest at Marriott International
- Given the global economic landscape, Marriott International can no longer rationalize its timeshare business. Going forward, the company expects to continue to license and manage luxury residential projects developed by others, but chief financial officer Carl Berquist told analysts on the third-quarter earnings call the hotelier...
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- OIL & GAS LEASES
- POWER OF ATTORNEY Received 2/01/95 B 6704 P 1994 _ Nasario Siriaco Hernandez to Cereaco Hernandez, . B 6704 P 2088 _ Merrill Lynch Operating Partnership to Larry L. Stoessel, L3 B5 Twin Oaks 1st Addn, Edm. B 6705 P...
- Research articles 1995-02-03
- Travel Industry Lobbyists Descend on RNC
- As the Washington Times reports today, the Travel Industry Association hosted a reception Wednesday evening in a St. Paul airport hangar. The theme? "Celebrating America's Skyline: A Toast to Travel, Hospitality, and Real Estate Across America." Roger Dow, president of the association, said that it was...
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Dillard's Gets Out of the Travel Business -- Finally
- Although the days when most people go to the mall for their travel arrangements dried up earlier this decade, some companies stayed the rocky course. Dillard’s Inc., the Little Rock-based department store chain with $7.7 billion in revenue, reported this week that it will cut costs by...
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- How to Recycle Idle 747s? Turn Them Into Cheap Lodging
- It was only a matter of time before old planes would be recycled into something, well, kind of cool. The Jumbo Hostel, a converted Boeing 747 within walking distance to the Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, will begin taking reservations in December for travelers wanting to sleep in a real, live...
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Now Emerging from R&D: The 60-Ton Cargo Blimp
- A blimp being built outside of Los Angeles by Worldwide Aeros Corp. in Montebello, Calif., could soon shake up the transportation industry. Called the Aeroscraft, the blimp can haul tons of cargo and hover along at 138 MPH for 3,000 miles. About three-quarters of its weight is...
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Possible Mutiny on the Carnival 'Miracle'?
- Could passengers stage a mutiny and take over a cruise ship? It could if the cruisers had anticipated a balmy week in the Caribbean. But because of Tropical Storm/Hurricane Hanna, they were rerouted to exotic . . . Newport, R.I.? According to USA Today, Carnival's Miracle left New York last Friday...
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- Matthew Avril Takes the Reins at Starwood
- When Matthew Avril took the helm of president of the hotel group of Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide last week, after Matthew Ouimet was terminated by the company after two years, who knew that chief executive Fritz van Paasschen could come up with so much hackneyed praise to heap upon the...
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- Recession-Battered Hotels Face Pricing Dilemma
- While some hotels are cutting rates or offering free nights for a three- or four-day stay, others are saying that they're only hurting the industry. And ground zero of the debate seems to be occurring in tourism-battered Hawaii, where 20 percent of businesses have reported layoffs and visitor spending has declined by...
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- Cities Sue Online Travel Companies for Hotel Taxes
- The City of Atlanta is suing Travelocity, Orbitz, Expedia and 14 other online travel companies in Georgia Supreme Court for millions of dollars in unpaid hotel taxes. And the lawsuit is growing in popularity. Several officials contend that city coffers were raided by the online travel sites and filed similar cases...
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- Untapped Market: Insuring Travelers Against Airlines Going Bust
- With airlines failing right and left, you'd think insurance companies would be queuing up to help passengers protect expensive travel investments should their air carriers go bust before -- or even during -- a holiday. You'd be wrong. This occurred to me when I took a trip...
- Blog posts 2008-09-12
- W Brand Seeks Pop(ular) Girl Approval
- Portfolio is reporting that Starwood's trendy brand, W, will be enlisting the help of singer/L.A.M.B. designer Gwen Stefani to design uniforms. Why? It turns out that W has a lounge at Fashion Week, and adding Stefani's cachet to their brand would definitely be a return on investment. Stefani,...
- Blog posts 2008-09-12
- Promoting Destinations With Free Trips and Even Cash Payments
- American Airlines will resume flights to Grenada on Nov. 20, and the Grenada Board of Tourism is taking its show on the road to reach U.S. travel agencies, other airlines and the media. The new air service service is an added leg on existing flights from San Juan, Puerto Rico, offered by American Eagle, a regional...
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- Amtrak's Wild Ride Could Get Bumpier
- California, long known as the car capital of the nation, boasts the highest number of people using Amtrak for both excursions and commuting. With the price of gasoline and airline tickets high, many are looking at alternatives. That's why ridership on the passenger train service has climbed dramatically in recent...
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- Politics + Economics = Boycott at Hyatt Hotel
- San Diego businessman Doug Manchester decided to put his money where his politics lie: $125,000 to support Prop. 8, a California initiative to ban same-sex marriage. The only problem was that Manchester is also owner of the Manchester Grand Hyatt and The Grand del Mar, both hotels catering to upscale...
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- AIG-Travel Guard CEO Says, "We're OK!"
- My new favorite CEO is John Noel of AIG-Travel Guard (you know, the one I posted about last week?) for his upbeat, even optimistic view of his parent company's dance on the edge of financial ruin. He released this statement to the Wausau Daily Herald, which I believe is tons...
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Hotel Casualty of Lehman Collapse?
- The Desert Sun in Palm Springs, Calif. is reporting that all work on the new Ritz-Carlton Rancho Mirage was halted "indefinitely" Wednesday, causing many to speculate the stoppage was due to the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Gencom Group, the Miami-based development company heading the project, has Lehman Brothers...
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
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