Global MD launched it's Medical Travel Industry Blog which aims to provide thoughtful commentary on medical tourism industry events. [PR.com - December 18, 2008]

Travel industry analysts, citing fragile economy, says number of travelers likely to decrease this year.

NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2008 -- Travelzoo , a global Internet media company, would like to remind travelers that the week of Jan. 5, known in the travel industry as "Dead Week," is one of the best times of the year to take advantage of great deals.

After more than six years, Travis Nagai finally received his degree in travel industry management from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Longing for a vacation but can’t quite afford it? Get ready for layaway – and some tough questions to go along with it.

Kris Kringle presumably will fly over the holidays, but thousands of Californians won't. About 72,000 fewer folks will board planes over the year-end holidays, as economic turbulence overrides deep discounts on airfare, travel industry analysts say.

The head of the nation’s primary trade association for the travel industry applauded the selection of Gov. Bill Richardson as secretary of the U.S. Commerce Department.

AirPlus International, a leading provider of global corporate travel payment solutions, jointly releases a statement with ACTE regarding the successful role of Richard Crum as ACTE President this past year. Crum, also the President of AirPlus International, was selected to lead ACTE for the past two years. His legacy to the business travel industry will include the engagement in several key ...

Instead of walking the walk, Hawai'i football player Tyson Kafentzis has decided to run. And blitz. And tackle. Kafentzis, a linebacker, has completed the requirements necessary to earn a bachelor's degree in travel industry management.

Air Travel is expected to drop nine-percent this holiday season, but the air travel industry is bracing for a different kind of drop. The Federal Aviation Administration estimates that 70 percent of its workforce -- about 15,000 air traffic controllers -- will retire between 2008 and 2015.

PASS Consulting Corporation (www.pass-travel.com), a leading source for end-to-end technology and professional services for the travel industry, has signed a new Sabre Authorized Developer agreement.

oneworld has become the first in the travel industry to sell multi-airline round-the-world air tickets on-line with its new internet booking tool for its oneworld Explorer fare.

Boom times for hoteliers pretty much ended a year ago. But the industry went into a real dive this past fall with occupancy rates dropping 6.5% in October and another 10% to 12% in November, estimates Smith Travel Research. "It's like someone has taken the punch bowl away," says Peter Yesawich, CEO of Y Partnership, and a travel industry consultant.

Travel agents say the grim economic situation has slowed down the travel industry, and now many cruise lines and resorts are offering cheap fares. There are a lot of low prices advertised for Caribbean cruises and all-inclusive vacations that may seem like a great bargain, but sometimes what they aren't showing you are the extra costs.