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Cruise line cuts ministerial services, freebies for Catholic priests

Celebrity Cruises

Cruise line cuts ministerial services, freebies for Catholic priests

A group of priests have claimed they will experience serious financial losses after cruise liners cut ministerial services.

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Alaska Airlines launches 'Mystery City' discounted flights

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines launches 'Mystery City' discounted flights

SEATTLE - Alaska Airlines announced "Spontaneous Savings," with a 25 percent discount off fares between Portland,Ore., and a new destination each day for five consecutive days, starting today.

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"Mystery discounts" to be offered by Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air

"Mystery" Airline Discounts

"Mystery discounts" to be offered by Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air

SEATTLE - Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air today announced "Mystery Discounts," in which the carriers will offer a discount off fares to new destinations each day, for three consecutive days, starting

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Oaseas Resorts salutes members of the military in September

Deeply-Discounted Luxury

Oaseas Resorts salutes members of the military in September

By eTN Staff Writer

Oaseas Resorts is offering a month-long salute to the men and women of the military.

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Southwest Airlines announces slow season fare sale

Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines announces slow season fare sale

DALLAS - Southwest Airlines Co. announced a fare sale to fill seats during the slow fall and winter seasons, but it blacked out many days around the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

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Desperate Las Vegas slashes prices to lure the tourists back

Las Vegas

Desperate Las Vegas slashes prices to lure the tourists back

Las Vegas is ramping up to slash hotel prices and room rates as the economic downturn has driven away tourists from the visitor-dependent city.

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Pets get a break with JetBlue discounts

JetBlue

Pets get a break with JetBlue discounts

JetBlue said on Monday that it is offering a special discount of 50% off its standard JetPaws pet fee of USD100 each way for PETCO customers.

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Tourists wasting hundreds of dollars in UK

UK

Tourists wasting hundreds of dollars in UK

London - Faced with a recession, British restaurants are resorting in droves to money-off vouchers to attract new customers.

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Vancouver tourism woe is a boon for the locals

Canada

Vancouver tourism woe is a boon for the locals

VANCOUVER — For hotel general manager Marion Harper Treskin, it is the type of visitors filling her rooms at the Westin Grand Hotel that tells the tale of this recession-ridden tourist season.

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Hotel industry's new motto - "Better cheap than empty"

Hotel Industry

Hotel industry's new motto - "Better cheap than empty"

As U.S. hotels try to lure a shrinking number of business and leisure travellers, the industry appears to have adopted a new motto -- "Better cheap than empty."

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Luxury hotels - there are deals to be had

Hotels

Luxury hotels - there are deals to be had

There are deals to be had. Hotels need you, and they need your money, and in this time of downturn, they aren't going to let rooms stand empty if they can generate some cash.

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Southwest's effect on fares may be muted at Logan

Southwest Airlines

Southwest's effect on fares may be muted at Logan

Since Southwest Airlines said in April that it would begin flying from Logan International Airport to Baltimore and Chicago, average fares on those routes have dropped 38 and 20 percent, respectively.

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The summer of bargains

Summer Travel

The summer of bargains

The Caribbean has some great deals, including money-back offers and free nights. Also, we have an offer in Las Vegas for those who can act fast.

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Discounts on TourCrafters' hotels in Italy and Europe

Lower Prices

Discounts on TourCrafters' hotels in Italy and Europe

By eTN Staff Writer

Everyone knows by now that lower prices make this a great year to visit Europe. And certainly there's no better cure for stress than a trip to Italy.

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Mexican resorts entice tourists with bargains after flu outbreak

Mexico

Mexican resorts entice tourists with bargains after flu outbreak

Mexico is struggling to recover from the economic ills caused by the swine flu outbreak. The tourism industry is especially hard hit as many visitors stay away.

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Powerful players: yes; new ideas: no

Hotel Industry

Powerful players: yes; new ideas: no

By Dr. Elinor Garely, eTN Staff Writer

It was mostly gloom and doom at the 2009 Berlin International Hotel Investment Forum.

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Denver unveils 'tourism stimulus,' including attraction discounts

Denver

Denver unveils 'tourism stimulus,' including attraction discounts

By bizjournals.com

Attention potential visitors: Denver is on sale.

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Travel industry turns to laid off workers

Travel Trends

Travel industry turns to laid off workers

By UPI

NEW YORK - US travel companies are hopping on a marketing bandwagon, offering deals to laid off workers to keep a decidedly anxious group of customers traveling.

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Miami Beach to start a VIP card for locals to boost tourism

Florida

Miami Beach to start a VIP card for locals to boost tourism

By examiner.com

Miami Beach is kicking around an interesting concept in bringing a VIP card for use by locals to help bolster tourism. Some of the perks would include:

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Online travel agencies duke it out for bookings

Online Bookings

Online travel agencies duke it out for bookings

By reuters.com

Online travel agencies, eager to spur spring bookings in the recession, are locked in a price battle that has some of them cutting fees and reimbursing customers if the price of their trip falls after

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