The bill will allow international travelers to the U.S. from preclearance countries to avoid having their baggage re-screened upon arrivals.
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Mint.com's infographic shows which airports during the holiday season have the most "on-time" flights, and least amount of delays and cancellations. San Francisco (SFO) has the lowest percentage of on-time flights and highest percentage of delays.
Read More →The Travel Savings Indicator features the top five cities where car rental rates, and airline and hotel prices, have dropped the most compared to last year. Tampa and Memphis saw drops in both car rental and air prices.
Read More →The travel industry is one of the top 10 largest employers of middle-class wage earners in the U.S with 53% of all travel industry employees earning a middle-class salary or higher, according to BLS data.
Read More →The 2012 Independent Travel Website Satisfaction Report finds that consumers visiting independent travel websites most often book flight reservations (61%), followed by hotels (57%), rental cars (28%) and vacation packages (16%). Among these options, consumers who book a rental car rank the second highest in the overall purchase experience satisfaction ratings.
Read More →Asia Pacific is expected to experience a 6.4% growth in the number of meetings and 4.2% growth for overall meeting spending in 2013, according to the American Express Global Meetings Forecast.
Read More →The top five car rental price reductions compared to last year’s rates for Hotwire’s November report resulted in a second place tie for Jersey City, Seattle and Detroit. Cincinnati topped the list for the second month in a row.
Read More →Applications are open for the awards, in which the GBTA Foundation and Project ICARUS will recognize travel buyers, suppliers and intermediaries for their sustainability programs, products and services across North America.
Read More →Sixt’s partnership with AirPlus International, an international provider of payment and billing solutions, will allow Sixt to accept vehicle bookings made through an AirPlus Company Account.
Read More →Louis Armstrong International Airport officials in New Orleans demanded the airport’s contractor and a contractor hired by the car rental companies determine a solution to their problems in order to have the new rental car garage completed by Feb. 3, when the city is set to host the Super Bowl.
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