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Priceline Expected To Fly High – US-FOREX.US
Online travel sites like Orbitz and Expedia are seeing demand stabilize as low airfares and reduced hotel rates entice consumers to book travel. The downside is that the value of bookings has dropped, forcing sites to keep costs low while the global recession continues to temper travel and leisure spending. Expectations are high for priceline.com… »
Summer Gives No Sunshine To BA – US-FOREX.US
British Airways should have been raking back business in the last quarter as travelers took the skies for the early summer months. Instead, the airline posted its first loss in decades for the busy May-to-June period. The airline posted a loss of 106 million pounds in the three months to June. Sales tumbled by 12%… »
De-Frilling At Euro Airlines – US-FOREX.US
Oh, for the good old days of flying in style, with free wine and a motley array of food choices in one plastic tray. Yet travel on premium European airlines is becoming ever more spartan, as carriers cut back on costs to combat falling demand, and occasionally at the expense of their customers’ appetites. Deutsche… »
New Pilot For Iberia – US-FOREX.US
Bringing together British Airways and Iberia was never going to be easy, but a year after the two airlines announced plans to merge, they have little to show for it. Now it looks like new Iberia chairman Antonio Vazquez-whose appointment was announced on Thursday, five months earlier than expected-will be the new focus of merger… »
Paving Over An English Paradise – US-FOREX.US
With its picture-postcard views and ancient landmarks, Britain’s idyllic countryside and cultural heritage are some of the country’s great tourist attractions. But it seems many of these sites are under threat from the trappings of modern living.Around 83% of the nation’s 9,300 conservation areas, which include local landmarks, battlefields and buildings, are blighted by out-of-place… »