Posts Tagged ‘ travel company ’

Business Travelers Tighten Budgets As Airfares Rise

Jun 13th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Education, Travel

Economic outlook, 79% of business travelers are feeling pressure from their employers to cut travel expenses, according to a new survey.
sponsored by Orbitz for Business, a unit of online travel company Orbitz Worldwide Inc. (OWW), and Business Traveler magazine - one-third of respondents said their main concern is cutting the cost of air travel. That’s [...]



Thomas Cook To Buy Travel Companies In France, Canada In Expansion Drive

Jun 10th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Travel

United Kingdom-based travel company Thomas Cook Group PLC said it agreed to buy French tour operator Jet Tours as well as Canadian travel wholesaler TriWest Travel Holdings, in a move to expand in France and North America.
Montreal-based TriWest Travel, which was acquired for 114 million Canadian dollars, will merge with Thomas Cook North America.
Both purchases [...]



Going to the dogs

Mar 5th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Travel

Sliding across a frozen lake in the Norwegian wilderness, the stars twinkling above you as a team of huskies pulls you onwards sounds lovely, wouldn’t you say? You might even think it sounds idyllic. Well, let me tell you: it was horrible. Here [...]