Avis Budget Group announced a recent increase in retail car rental rates of $3.00 per day and $20.00 per week, effective December 1, 2008, applicable to all airport and selected off-airport rentals in the U.S. other than those covered by corporate account agreements or other special arrangements.
The new rate increase is the latest in [...]
Royal Caribbean International has been named “Best Luxury Cruise Operator” in Travel Weekly’s China Industry Awards 2008, after just one year of operations in Asia. The award was presented at a ceremony held in Shanghai last evening.
Royal Caribbean was selected by almost 600,000 readers of Travel Weekly and Travel Weekly China for its award. Initiated [...]
Royal Caribbean International’s newest Freedom-class ship, Independence of the Seas, made her US debut today at Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. Sharing the title of world’s largest cruise ship with her sister-ships, Freedom of the Seas and Liberty of the Seas, Independence will be the line’s first Freedom-class ship to sail from Port Everglades.
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Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Tourism industry is available in its catalogue.
World Travel and Leisure Market Brief
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The global outlook series on Travel and Leisure provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report provides a bird’s eye view of the glitzy, effervescent, [...]
Go-today.com is now offering 15% off of all hotels in Europe. Combine this discount with the fact that international exchange rates have dropped 15% over the past year, and travelers can now expect to not only save money on their hotel costs, but also get more when shopping, dining, and sightseeing.
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Horizon Navigation, a leader in-vehicle navigation technology, today announced that it will incorporate real-time traffic data from Clear Channel Radio’s Total Traffic Network (CCTTN) into its NavMate® software.
“Clear Channel Radio is the proven leader in providing high quality traffic data that is the most accurate and reliable when compared to any other real-time traffic provider,” [...]
New York Road Runners and Avis Rent A Car System, LLC, announced today that Yannick Benjamin and Alyssa Johnson have won the Avis Spirit Award in conjunction with the ING New York City Marathon 2008. The award, previously known as the Avis “We Try Harder” Award, celebrates people who endeavor to overcome considerable obstacles through [...]
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Mirvac is a leading integrated real estate group, listed on the ASX with more than $27.8 billion of activities under control across the real estate funds management and development spectrum. Established in 1972, Mirvac has more than [...]
An international hotel giant plans to open a $100 million, 290-room hotel in Auckland’s CBD by the middle of 2010.
Paul Richardson, vice-president of Accor for New Zealand and Fiji, said yesterday a new five-star Pullman hotel would be built near the city’s waterfront.
The hotel will be aimed at the corporate and meetings market and is [...]
The husband-and-wife owners of the Old Mountaineers’ Cafe in Mount Cook Village and a hotel giant have been at loggerheads for several years over allegations The Hermitage hotel was trying to squeeze out potential rivals.
The Commerce Commission said yesterday it had reached a settlement with hotel owner, Aoraki Mount Cook Alpine Village Ltd, after finding [...]
The board of directors of Rayonier Inc. has elected Lee M. Thomas President and CEO, effective March 1. Thomas will succeed the retiring Lee Nutter, and will also take over as chairman when Nutter retires from the board June 30.
Thomas, 62, has been a member of Rayonier’s board since last June. He had been president [...]
Alliant Energy Corp. has found a buyer for Laguna del Mar, the ill-fated golf resort in northern Mexico that the Madison utility company owns.
Alliant officials won’t say yet who is buying the land or at what price. But Bill Harvey, Alliant’s chief executive, president and chairman, told a conference call Thursday that the Madison [...]
