The U.S. Travel Association today announced that projected modest 2010 increases in leisure, business and international inbound travel will enable the industry to add nearly 90,000 American jobs. Leisure travel is expected to rise 2.0 percent, business travel is projected to increase by 2.5 percent and international inbound travel will increase by nearly 3.0 percent. These job gains come on the heels of 400,000 combined travel industry job losses in 2008 and 2009.
November 6, 2009
U.S. Travel Industry Expects To Add 90,000 Jobs In 2010
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November 6, 2009
Hotel Workers Walk Off The Job At Grand Hyatt San Francisco
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Hotel workers walked off the job this morning at the Grand Hyatt Union Square in San Francisco, announcing a 3-day strike against the property, according to Unite Here Local 2. The Grand Hyatt is owned and operated by Hyatt Hotels Corporation which consummates its initial public offering today raising more than $900 million for its principal owners, the Pritzker family.
The work stoppage comes two weeks after members of Unite Here Local 2 voted by over 92% to authorize strikes at any of 31 upscale hotel properties in San Francisco. Workers at the Grand Hyatt will return to work on Sunday, November 8, but have called for customers to honor an ongoing boycott at that property. Workers at other San Francisco hotels remain on the job, though job actions remain a possibility elsewhere.
November 5, 2009
How To Hijack Someone Else’s Meeting
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Sales pros spend vast effort honing their meeting chops for sales pitches, but what about all those other meetings — especially the ones inside your own firm?
Wouldn’t it be great if you could twist those meetings into something useful — rather than just a waste of your valuable time? Never fear, it’s pretty easy to hijack a meeting and make it go wherever you think is useful. Here’s exactly how it’s done.
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November 5, 2009
Continental Considering Merge With United
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Continental Airlines Inc. may look again at combining with UAL Corp.’s United Airlines in the event that Delta Air Lines Inc.’s takeover of Northwest Airlines Corp. succeeds.
Continental will focus on its new membership in the United- led Star Alliance marketing group and is “very pleased” to remain independent. Houston-based Continental, the fourth-biggest U.S. carrier, would reconsider the strategy should Delta’s purchase of Northwest result in higher earnings.
A combination of Continental with United, the third-biggest U.S. airline, may be “inevitable” to compete against bigger rivals. Fort Worth, Texas- based AMR Corp.’s American Airlines is the second-largest U.S. carrier.
November 3, 2009
Airlines May Pack Jets Full Into Holidays
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If your most recent flight felt crowded, it was.
Most domestic airlines reported that the load factor — the percentage of seats filled — topped 80 percent for the third quarter as carriers cut flights out of their schedules. So though fewer passengers are flying these days, planes are fuller because fewer seats are available, industry analysts say.
And that trend of high load factors is expected to continue through the holidays. Airlines are set to report traffic numbers this week for October, when airlines slashed fares to try to fill planes.
Planes are so full that it might be time to rethink that time-honored strategy of accepting money or vouchers for volunteering to be bumped. You just might not get back on anytime soon.
The July-September quarter is traditionally the strongest for airlines as leisure travelers fill up planes during the summer and business travelers start flying again in the fall.
But with the recession, domestic carriers had to drop airfares dramatically to entice vacationers to fly in late summer. They ended up cutting flight capacity in September because business travel demand was low.
As result, analysts say load factors remained strong, in the low- to mid-80 percent range, in the third quarter. That was true even at Dallas-based Southwest Airlines, which typically has load factors in the 60s and low 70s.
The days of the middle seat being empty on a plane are long gone.
