You heard it here first. Watch for the return of the vacation charter business.Vacation packages that use air charters as a component will make a stunning return in 2009. With the demise of Aloha and ATA airlines, Hawaii will be the first market that has various air charters flying happy vacationers to their beautiful islands.The […]
I read with great interest the article in Travel Age West by J.L. Erickson (4/14/08) about the lack of new blood in the travel agent industry. As a former agency owner for many years, I can tell you that this is no secret. There is indeed a critical shortage of "quality" entrants into the travel […]
For the last 5 or 10 years, the emphasis in developing travel has been on the upscale or luxury market. 97% of the new hotels developed have been in the upper end of the quality and rate range. But times have gotten tough. For most of us in the US, our asset base is shrinking […]
First Aloha Airlines (1,900 employees) and now two days later, the announcement that Champion Air Charter (550 employees) are both ceasing operations. The graveyard of travel companies is sure to increase substantially in the near future.
A harsh assessment of the travel industry indeed. But consider that cost-push inflation and the accompanying recession are combining […]
