Bali

Bali tourism fully recovers ... so what?

Concerted efforts designed to revive Bali's tourism industry, which had been devastated by two violent bomb attacks on the resort island in 2002 and 2005, have born fruit.

Hawaii - Pricing Itself Into A Corner

Hotels saw big slump in revenues this summer

Revenue at Hawai'i hotels slid by $156 million in April through August of this year in comparison to the same period last year, according to an industry analysis released today by Hospitality Advisors

New Solution To Support Airline Ancillary Revenues

Amadeus launches airline service fees

Bangkok, Thailand - Amadeus today announced the launch of the first module of Amadeus Airline Service Fees, the industry’s first solution to automatically price and collect ticketing fees through mu

Country Needs To Promote Itself More, Group Says

U.S. losing billions on potential travelers

As the economy weakens, the $750 billion-a-year travel industry is trying to find new ways to promote incoming international travel.

In the past six years, the industry figures it has lost $130 billion in potential revenue from foreign visitors, Roger Dow, head of the Travel Industry Association, said on the sidelines of an industry ... read more

easyJet: Nothing's Easy About New Fuel Bill

Airline faces extra £45m fuel bill

Budget airline easyJet braced investors for lower profits after warning of a potential £45 million hike in fuel costs.

Chief executive Andy Harrison said the recent "unprecedented" rise in fuel costs would impact on second half profits if maintained.

PATA

Asia Pacific tourism revenues set to rise by 2010

SINGAPORE - Tourism revenues in the Asia Pacific region will increase to 4.6 trillion U.S. dollars with visitor arrivals reaching close to 500 million by the end of 2010, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) said on Wednesday.

Turkey

Turkey sets $50 bln target in tourism revenues

Already a powerful player in the global tourism market, Turkey is eyeing much higher targets in terms of both number and tourism revenues by 2023, when it will celebrate the100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic’s foundation.

go! Airline

Hawaii interisland airline go! lost $20M

go! airline, the interisland carrier known for low fares, lost nearly $20 million during its first 16 months of operations, according to a federal filing yesterday.

go! remains committed to Hawai'i for the long term, but "clearly, we're disappointed with our results," said Jonathan Ornstein, CEO of go! parent Mesa Air Group.