TM Insider 200

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The TravelMole Insider – Issue 200
ISSN 1474-2292
2 May 2002
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FEATURES
The GDSs, sponsored by Galileo
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Testing times, by New Frontiers
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LATEST PRESS POSTINGS
RWA Session Manager goes live on Telewest Travel Network
Sabre becomes leading GDS in Greece
Sabre signs deal with UK’s leading Uniglobe franchisee
April news from Switzerland
http://www.travelmole.com/news/press

LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS
1. Virgin Atlantic announces GBP 25m investment
2. ABTA votes to take BA to OFT
3. United Airlines chief resigns
4. Emirates bucks the trend, reporting profits
5. Digital ID security initiative launches
6. Carlson Wagonlit creates senior car rental post
7. Second hotel report shows downside of early Easter
8. Nominations requested for BA tourism for tomorrow awards
9. Event: TOWARD 2002 conference
10. Event: ABTECH 2002 – ‘Live long and prosper’
11. The TravelMole Interview: Carolyn Ezzell, Delta Air Lines
12. Site of the Week: nycvisit.com
13. Feedback: Does exposure on TravelMole produce results?

A message from ABTECH:
ABTECH 2002 Conference: Live Long and Prosper, May 23rd.
Many of today’s travel companies were well established when
the Internet boom hit, and plan to see out the current ‘sea
change’ in the industry. But in very different ways.
Presentations from a number of AAA e-commerce award winners
plus panel sessions. ABTA, London. More info/registration:
http://www.abtech.co.uk/livelong/tm

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LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS
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1. Virgin Atlantic announces GBP 25m investment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Virgin Atlantic has announced a GBP 25 million investment
package that includes plans for new routes, and new destinations
in the Virgin Holidays programme.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/79751

2. ABTA votes to take BA to OFT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The ABTA board has voted in favour of taking British Airways to
the Office of Fair Trading over planned changes to the Fresh
Approach agency payment scheme.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/79735

3. United Airlines chief resigns
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jack Creighton, United Airlines chairman and chief executive
officer, has unexpectedly resigned from the troubled airline.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/79667

4. Emirates bucks the trend, reporting profits
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Emirates, Dubai’s state-owned airline, has reported an 11 per
cent increase in net profits in 2001 despite a fall-off in
international air travel after September 11.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/79674

5. Digital ID security initiative launches
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IATA has announced the launch of an initiative for a global
standard of digital identification of travellers, in an effort
to enhance passenger travel security.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/79676

6. Carlson Wagonlit creates senior car rental post
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Carlson Wagonlit Travel has created a new UK based position to
promote and develop car rental sales within EMEA.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/79549

7. Second hotel report shows downside of early Easter
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The fact that Easter fell in March for the first time in five
years led to a disappointing level of UK hotel performance in
both the regions and London during the month, according to PKF’s
preliminary figures.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/79521

8. Nominations requested for BA Tourism for Tomorrow awards
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
British Airways is inviting nominations for this year’s Tourism
for Tomorrow awards.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/79684

9. Event: TOWARD 2002 conference
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leading figures in the travel industry will debate electronic
distribution and customer connectivity across the booking chain.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/79632

10. Event: ABTECH 2002 – ‘Live long and prosper’
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Established travel companies will review the extent to which
they are modifying their business models in the Internet age.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/79671

11. The TravelMole Interview: Carolyn Ezzell, Delta Air Lines
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The recent axing of commission by carriers in the US was not
unexpected, according to Carolyn Ezzell vice president Atlantic
region at Delta Air Lines.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/79417

12. Site of the Week: nycvisit.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
nycvisit.com is the official New York City tourism web site.

TravelMole’s reviewer Adrian Mann says: “There’s an enormous
amount of information and links to all the things you might want
to find out, and on the whole, it’s fairly easy to navigate and
get to what you want. There was some lack of consistency,
particularly in how links are displayed, and a distinct lack of
images – even the NYC images pages only displayed 8 pictures and
one webcam – but overall, it’s an excellent resource.”
Read his full review:
http://www.travelmole.com/featured_sites.html

13. Feedback: Does exposure on TravelMole produce results?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TravelMole has received the following feedback from the
publisher of a featured TravelMole ‘Site of the Week’.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/78224

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