Mexico and Central America's leading airline Mexicana will become part of oneworld®, the world's leading quality airline alliance, on Tuesday 10 November, offering oneworld's full range of services and benefits from then. Its subsidiaries MexicanaClick and MexicanaLink will join oneworld at the same time,...
Seven of Barceló Hotels & Resorts' all-inclusive properties in Mexico have achieved the distinguished Certified Gold or Silver status from Green Globe, the prestigious benchmarking program for sustainability in travel and tourism. This internationally recognized program, which is administered by the worldwide advisory group...
The U.S. Department of Commerce announces that 3.6 million international visitors traveled to the United States in June 2009, a decrease of 11 percent compared to June 2008. Total visitation in the first six months of 2009 was down 10 percent compared to the same period 2008. International visitors spent...
Sabre-connected Travel Agencies Gain From Branding, Service Upgrades Sabre Travel Network(R) today announced the complete deployment of its enhanced Sabre Virtually There(R) itinerary product. Used by 30,000 travel agencies and millions of business and leisure travelers worldwide, the enhanced service is available in 17 languages...
Re-Imagined "Star Tours" Coming to California and Florida in 2011 and Major Fantasyland Expansion at Walt Disney World Scheduled for 2013 Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Jay Rasulo detailed plans for future lands, attractions and adventures that will be delighting Disney guests for years...
Disney Wonder bound for Alaska in 2011 Disney Wonder Also to Sail Mexican Riviera; Disney Magic to Spend Summer in Europe For the first time ever, Disney Cruise Line will offer Alaskan cruises during a four-month season of seven-night sailings aboard the Disney Wonder in summer...
Barceló Hotels & Resorts announced their participation in the Choice Hotels International award-winning rewards program Choice Privileges. Members of this free program may redeem their accrued points for free nights at participating Barceló resorts in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Reward nights...
Continental Airlines announced changes to its checked baggage policy for customers traveling between Europe and the United States, including U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Customers who purchase certain economy class tickets for travel on or after the effective...
Washington, DC: The U.S. Travel Association has welcomed the U.S. Customs and Border Protection announcement that its international registered traveler program, known as Global Entry, has been expanded from seven to twenty airports. U.S. Travel advocated for creation of the program and funding for its...
Network Rail revealed the results of a detailed investigation into the need for new capacity on Britain's railway network. It concluded that a new 200mph high-speed line to the Midlands, the North West and Scotland, halving travel time to Scotland to just over two hours,...
