Joni Rein has been appointed vice president of field sales for Carnival Cruise Lines, effective June 16. She is currently vice president of sales development for sister company Costa Cruises.

Tourist Guides are representatives of cities, regions and countries for which they are qualified. It depends largely on them if visitors feel welcome, want to stay longer or decide to come back. They therefore contribute considerably to the perception of the destination.

Gutsy Women Travel is promoting savings on July trips to Italy and Costa Rica with three value-added offers on its eight-day Venice and Lake Como trip departing July 12 and their nine-day Costa Rica trip departing July 26.

Roger Dow, president and CEO of the Travel Industry Association (TIA), told a Senate Subcommittee on Oversight that successful implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) would require a sustained communications campaign to explain changing travel document requirements for entering the United States by land or sea.

Continental Airlines reported an April consolidated (mainline plus regional) load factor of 79.4 percent, 2.9 points below the April 2007 consolidated load factor, and a mainline load factor of 79.6 percent, 3.1 points below the April 2007 mainline load factor.

The solar powered ‘Innovation Hotel’ –which is the brainchild of the InterContinental Hotels Group- outlines the latest technology in energy and water conservation and recycling.