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Travel Weekly Preview: Looking ahead to 2013
Travel Weekly
December 31, 2012
The travel industry is poised for a good year in 2013. The industry's engines aren't firing perfectly on all cylinders just yet, but they are purring well enough to meet demand, maybe exceed expectations, and make a profit.
Airline group predicts more fliers, more efficient airports
Los Angeles Times
December 31, 2012
As crowded as airports have been over the holiday season, a new forecast predicts even more travelers will be hopping on planes in coming years.
Air travel to remain smooth amid 'cliff'
USA Today via Clarion Ledger
December 28, 2012
Air travel should continue uninterrupted — at least in the short term — even if the federal government sails off its fiscal cliff next week, government and industry officials say.
Brokers expect steady transaction pace in 2013
Hotel Management Online
December 27, 2012
The hotel industry is working hard to bring itself out of the hole it has been in the past several years, and brokers are looking at 2013 as the year that transactions finally start to sustain some momentum.
Travel Weekly
December 26, 2012
It was a year bracketed by disasters.
In January, the Costa Concordia, in a series of events that turned out to be as bizarre as they were deadly, passed too close to the Italian island of Giglio and struck a rock that cut a gash in the hull below the waterline, dooming the ship and claiming the lives of 32 passengers and crew.
Airport security procedures revamped as holiday travel begins
The New York Times via The Seattle Times
December 18, 2012
As 15 million people in the United States head to airports this holiday season — slightly fewer than last year — some travelers will find welcome changes to security screening procedures.
Holiday travel is expected to break records
Los Angeles Times
December 18, 2012
The economy is on the mend, unemployment is on the decline and fuel prices have dropped for more than two months, setting the stage for the busiest holiday travel period in history.
MSN Money
December 17, 2012
Train travel in the U.S. has long been derided as outdated, inefficient, expensive and a sad relic of America's past rail glories.
Hotel-Retail mixed-use: hospitality industry trend for 2013
Global Hospitality Group
December 17, 2012
Put on the back burner by the Great Recession, the hotel-retail mixed-use development is back in play.
How The Fiscal Cliff Is Poised to Disrupt Travel
PeterGreenberg.com
December 16, 2012
There’s been a lot of news about the projected impacts of the fiscal cliff, a combination of federal tax increases and budget cuts set to occur on January 1, 2013, unless the government comes up with a solution. And the travel industry is not immune.
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