A strike slated for July 1 by Air France ground employees at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris may throw a huge wrench into travel flows in and out of France.
Air France will put contingency measures in place to avoid disruptions during the strike, but delays remain possible for arriving and departing Air France flights.
A detection system to warn of tsunamis like the one that wreaked havoc with the coasts of south Asia last December will be operational by 2006, the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said.
UNESCO´s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) also announced that Indian Ocean states will meet in Perth, Australia, on August 3 to coordinate the system´s implementation.
Choice Hotels upgraded the Web site for its Caribbean properties, www.choicecaribbean.com, adding new enhancements and design elements similar to other Choice branded sites.
"The Web site has been a great marketing tool for our properties in the Caribbean, allowing them to target the look and the message of the Web site specifically to Caribbean-bound visitors," explained Paula Valentine, Choice´s senior director of e-commerce.
SuperClubs Breezes Costa do Sauipe Hotel Praises Travelplan as Top First-Quarter Seller of its Own Rooms
Travelplan made it big in the first quarter of the ongoing year as the leading European booker of SuperClubs Breezes Costa do Sauipe Hotel´s rooms.
In recognition to its hard work, Brazil´s most complete holiday resort has just praised Travelplan for having booked over 4,000 Spanish guests in a short span of time.
Wyndham International, Inc. has recently entered into a definitive merger agreement to be bought out by an affiliate of The Blackstone Group in a transaction valued at $3.24 billion.
Blackstone, a private investment firm, expects to close the acquisition of Dallas-based Wyndham in the fourth quarter. Blackstone will acquire all of the outstanding Common Stock of Wyndham for $1.15 per share in cash.
LAN Chile walked out of a recent bidding process with 27 new weekly frequencies between Chile and Brazil, according to industry sources in Santiago. Another Chilean airline, Sky, was also granted seven weekly frequencies.
The Chilean flag carrier won eleven weekly frequencies to Brazil “without geographic limitations”, meaning flights can extend to other routes. Another seven have the option to continue from Brazil to other destinations in the South American continent, while its cargo affiliate, LAN Cargo, managed nine weekly frequencies.