Global passenger traffic rose by 5.6 percent in 2007 according to airports participating in the monthly “Flash” reports of the Airports Council International throughout 2007. This preliminary result is in line with the ACI forecast for the year.
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) has appointed Nick Vournakis senior vice president and general manager, CWT Canada, effective January 1, 2008. He formerly served as the vice president of the CWT Solutions Group in the Americas, since September 2005.
Delta Vacations expanded its global product line with the addition of packages to Martinique, commissionable to agents at up to 15 percent.
This week sixteen British adventurers who have chosen bicycles for sport and pleasure will be arriving in the extreme south of Chile for a sixteen days tour of the Magallanes region including Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine national park, reports Punta Arenas La Prensa Austral.
Visitors to Chile’s world famous Torres del Paine national park in Patagonia reached a new record in 2007 and in the current summer season an average of over a thousand tourists cross the park’s checkpoints daily.
There are clear signs that business travel behavior is beginning to change in response to global warming concerns, a forthcoming study by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives and KDS will reveal.