| Title | Description |
| November Business Travel News |
See this email online at http://www.willtrav.com/travel-news.php Williamsburg Travel Management Home Business Solutions Travel News Offices Vacation Travel News Feeds Business Travel Updates Daily Vacations & Getaways Business Travel Update $FIRSTNAME$, Below is the latest TSA revision re carry-on items. Airlines Secure Flight information is now offical: Make sure your airline has [...] |
| Airline Change Fees Non Refundable Policy |
To Our Valued Clients: There has been a major increase to airline change fees in the last few days. The cost to change a non-refundable airline ticket, once as little as $25.00, has now increased to a record high $200.00. All of the major airlines, as of May 1 with the exception of Southwest, have [...] |
| Business travel increases, Amtrak asks for Money |
Corporations Kick Off 2013 By Booking More Travel Corporations started off the new year by booking more travel, according to Pegasus Solutions, a major processor of electronic hotel transactions. January booking gains surged nearly 8% for the global hotel market, according to Pegasus. Rates increased 2.1% over the year before. In North America, corporate bookings [...] |
| Airlines News, Passenger load, Priority boarding, Electronic Devices |
Airlines Are Fullest They´ve Been Since 1945 U.S. airlines had an average load factor of 82.8% last year, their highest since 1945, according to the latest figures from the Department of Transportation. Load factors were even higher for domestic flights, averaging 83.4%. In addition, U.S. airlines carried 0.8 % more total system passengers in 2012, [...] |
| WIFI Upgrades, Airline Fees, Electronics, In Flight Study |
Upgrading Inflight wifi Inflight wifi junkies know that when a lot of their fellow passengers are online, service speed plummets. Some research indicates just having 10% of passengers online can hurt internet speeds. But airlines are moving from air-to-ground to satellite technology to improve the inflight experience. Southwest Airlines has quietly installed satellite-based wifi on [...] |
| Hotel Revenue growing and Amtrak looking at 220 mph |
Hotel Revenue and Occupancy Keep Growing Hotel consulting group TravelClick says that North American hotels should continue to see occupancy and rates grow, although rates are going up faster than occupancy levels. Occupancies are up 2% over a year ago, while average daily rate (ADR) is up nearly 5%. Group travel is driving occupancy increases; [...] |
| Airline Industry News: Delta baggage policy & Southwest Fees |
January 2013 Skipping to the Front of the Line JetBlue Airways is testing a new ancillary service a $10 fee to use expedited security lanes at select airports. For $10, passengers can buy an Even More Speed option that lets them use expedited security lanes usually reserved for elite frequent flyer club members and first [...] |
| Business travel News: Hotel Outlook Avis, Amtrak Survey |
January 2013 First Quarter Outlook for Hotels is Bullish The hotel industry should see a strong first quarter, according to the Hotel Industry Leading Indicators. Seven of the forward looking indicators of business activity that comprise the HIL were positive in November. They included hotel worker hours, hotel profitability, foreign demand, yield curve, oil prices, [...] |
| President?s Corner January 2013 |
Dear Valued Clients, On behalf of all of us here at Williamsburg Travel Management, we wish you a Very Happy and Healthy New Year. 2013 is looking like a banner year for travel. The economy has improved, we have at least some idea of what our tax rates will be, and the airline industry has [...] |
| Air Travel News, Expected growth, Airline apps, Airline Lobby |
December 2012 Air Travel Expected to Grow 5% Per Year for the Next 20 Years Despite rampant press coverage of the fiscal cliff and campaign rhetoric of a struggling economy, air travel just keeps on growing. Boeing’s Current Market Outlook 2012, a long-term forecast of air traffic volume and airplane demand, finds air travel to [...] |
