Internationally sourced passengers continue to fuel the cruise industry’s growth, with a 30 percent spike in non-North American cruisers through the third quarter of 2008, the Cruise Lines International Association said this week.
Mexican airport operator Asur said on Wednesday its passenger traffic rose 1 percent in the busy December holiday month, as international visitors favored the Caribbean resort of Cancun and the cities of Oaxaca and Tapachula.
Grace Bay Resorts recently announced the addition of The Veranda Resort & Residences in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos to their management portfolio under a separate division of the company.
Thomas Cook is strengthening its position in the bed bank sector with the purchase of Medhotels from lastminute.com.
At the close of 2008, online leisure/unmanaged business travel bookings represented 29 percent of the 246 billion euro European travel industry, the world’s largest regional travel market, according to travel research firm PhoCusWright Inc.
Florida-based resort developer and operator Ginn Cos. has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the Orlando Sentinel reports.