African Aviation

African aviation on the abyss

KAMPALA, Uganda (eTN) - With aviation fuel prices in Entebbe now standing at US$1.17 per liter of JetA1 and an astonishing US$2.38 per liter of AVGAS, worries among aviation staff are spreading as ...

Executive Talk

Executive Talk: Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi

From East to West, this lady highlights events as prolific speaker and promoter of e-business and la femme leadership.

Rossi Ralenkotter Among 15 U.S. Tourism Industry Representatives Chosen

LVCVA president and CEO appointed to US Travel and Tourism Advisory Board

The United States Department of Commerce has appointed Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) president and CEO Rossi Ralenkotter to the US Travel and Tourism Advisory Board.

US Hotels: Business Travel To the rescue

U.S. hotels pin hopes on business travel

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Pilot Program To Facilitate Travel Between The Two Nations

US and UK border agencies agree to expedite travel

WASHINGTON, DC – US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) signed a joint agreement today with the government of the United Kingdom to develop a bilateral pilot program to facilitate travel between ...

Carrier Launches Non-Stop Flights from Boston And Chicago To Milan

Italian airline, Air One, lands in the US

American travelers can start packing their bags for the trip of a lifetime. This week, Air One, Italy's No. 1 private airline, will launch its first intercontinental flights between the US and ...

Air One

Italian airline must create a buzz on arrival

Italian airline Air One hit turbulence this month before its first flight between Logan International Airport in Boston and Malpensa Airport in Milan could take off.

Former GM Decides To Take Up New Challenges

Eric Pechstein now heading AVIAREPS in the United States

AVIAREPS, the world’s leading airline and tourism representative, announced a new general manager for the United States - Eric Pechstein - who will head the company’s subsidiary in New York, ...

United States Economy

Down the US economy goes

Three top US economists have shed light on several issues that plague the country. There all agree that 2008's outlook is bleak.

Donald Trump On State Of The State And Economy

Donald Trump dismayed with the US and the economy

NEW YORK (eTN) - How the US and the economy would fare in the coming days looks bleak in the eyes of real estate mogul-turned-television personality, Donald J. Trump, chairman and president of ...

Canada?

Canada a destination for sex tourists, US State Department's report says

Canada must do more to arrest and convict human traffickers who have helped make the country a "sex tourism" destination for American tourists, a U.S. government report released Wednesday ...

U.S. Airline Industry Drama Is The Corporate Equivalent To Reality TV

To save the airlines, let the world buy them

Listening to the drama in the U.S. airline industry is the corporate equivalent to reality TV these days: Who's forming alliances, who thinks it's a good idea (airline execs), who's skeptical ...

Coming To US? US Wants To Know, 3 Days In Advance

US to demand 72hrs notice for British tourists

British visitors to the United States will have to register their trip with the American government 72 hours before they leave under new plans.

All travellers from countries which do not ...

US-Canada Tourism

Cross-border shopping loses appeal

Cross-border shopping seems to have lost its allure, as more Canadians stayed home in the first quarter of 2008, knocking back Canada's international travel deficit from record highs at the end of ...

If You Ease It They Will Come

Daley to McCain: US needs to ease visa process

Mayor Daley, the mayors of Honolulu and Miami, and travel industry leaders told Republican presidential hopeful John McCain today that the United States needs to ease the visa process for foreign ...

Air One

Airline launches Logan-to-Milan flight

Italian airline Air One said today it is launching its first flights between the US and Italy, including a flight from Boston's Logan International Airport to Milan.

Air One said its ...

EU-US Airlines Talks

US surprises EU with global airline ownership plan

BRUSSELS - The United States proposed a deal on Tuesday to sweep away a global "spider's web" of airline ownership rules, taking the EU by surprise as it seeks a transatlantic deal for its ...

EU-US Talks

EU and US to begin talks about airline takeover rules

LONDON - The European Union and United States will begin talks this week to pave the way for a wave of transatlantic airline takeovers, according to a report.

EU negotiators will urge their ...

Tourism: US vs. China

US losing its tourism lead to China

For years, the United States has held the number one position as the world’s most popular travel destination. However, according to the World Tourism Organization, by 2015 China will be number ...

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 ...

Loonie's Wings Over US

Weak dollar sends Canadian tourists flocking to U.S. border towns

The weakening of the U.S. dollar has provided a boom for three cities’ economies on the U.S./Canada border, especially in tourism.

For two rust-belt cities - Buffalo, N.Y., and Detroit - ...

IATA

US slowdown takes growing toll on passenger flights: industry group

GENEVA — The US economic slowdown is taking a growing toll on the airline industry as passenger occupancy rates hit the lowest level for four years, the top industry association said on ...

Weak U.S. Dollar Fuels Shopping Trips

Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness? Nah, just cheap shopping.

The weak dollar is luring overseas shoppers to the U.S., and the number of visitors to this country from foreign countries is the highest since 2001.

V Australia Airline

Richard Branson's V Australia Airline to start US-Australia flights in 2009

Sydney, Australia - British Billionaire and Virgin Boss Sir Richard Branson is readying his V Australia airline for a grand launch. The new airline, which was announced June last year, will ...

Going To New York? Bring Your Money. In Euros, Please...

Euro muscles in on US tourist trade

With the US dollar falling to record lows against the Euro, shopkeepers in New York and Washington have begun accepting the foreign currency.

Their decision is largely motivated by the ...

US Travel Industry Association

Post-9/11 travel rules could be hurting foreign tourism

WASHINGTON - The Travel Industry Association said the U.S. has lost $130 billion in tourist spending since the Sept. 11 attacks.

With the dollar weakening against many foreign currencies, ...

Goa + Crime = Paradise Lost

Goa Tourism Minister under attack from UK, US, Japan, Russia and Israel

While the rape and murder of Scarlett Keeling has led to Britain updating its travel advisory to Goa, on March 7, other countries like the US, Japan, Russia and Israel have all separately ...

Only In Bollywood

South Indian film actors banned from U.S. travel

CHENNAI (Reuters) - Several south Indian film personalities have been barred from the United States for their role in a visa scam, the U.S. consulate in Chennai said on Thursday.

It's Time To Open Up

US 'must embrace cross-border airline ownership' says Branson

Sir Richard Branson has called on the US government to be “brave” and embrace cross-border ownership of airlines and ensure that phase two of the open skies deal benefits European ...

US Travel Industry

Six issues the next president should care about – but probably doesn’t

No matter who wins, you lose.

Whether you’re voting Democrat, Republican or pondering a protest vote for an independent presidential candidate in November, what you do at the ballot box ...