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CWT Launches Bundled Tech, Services For Midmarket In Europe
March 11, 2010 - Carlson Wagonlit Travel this week became the latest supplier to announce new services and technology designed for the midmarket as it launched in Europe its own packaged offering, which includes a newly built online booking tool. Read More>>

Oneworld Partners Offer Slots In Joint Venture Approval Quest
March 10, 2010 - The European Commission on Wednesday said American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia have offered to give up slots between London Heathrow or Gatwick airports and Boston, New York, Dallas and Miami in their quest to gain antitrust immunity and move forward with their proposed joint venture. Read More>>

Marriott Issues Five-Year Plan To Double Rooms In Europe
March 10, 2010 - Marriott International this week announced plans to double its European portfolio in the next five years, growing from 40,000 to 80,000 rooms in the region by 2015. Read More>>

JVs Alter The Skies: Buyers Face Fewer Transatlantic Options
March 10, 2010 - The growing dominance of transatlantic joint ventures is fundamentally changing how airlines sell services to corporate travel buyers, as government approvals for antitrust immunity are converting nearly one dozen distinct transatlantic competitors into three dominant entities. Read More>>

Demand High For Dublin Convention Center Even Before It Opens
March 10, 2010 - New York—As part of a $6 billion investment in meeting venues across Ireland, the soon-to-be-complete Convention Centre Dublin plans to hold its first event in July, ahead of its official September opening, tourism and city officials said here this week. The convention center is the first purpose-built international convention venue in the Irish Republic. Read More>>

U.S. Adds Greece As Visa Waiver Program Member
March 10, 2010 - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security this week said it would accept Greece as a Visa Waiver Program member, enabling its citizens to enter the United States for up to 90 days without a visa. Read More>>

Obama To Sign Into Law $10 Fee On Visitors To Fund U.S. Tourism Bureau
March 03, 2010 - President Barack Obama this week is poised to sign the Travel Promotion Act, which establishes a federal U.S. tourism bureau at the expense of travelers from visa-waiver countries. Read More>>

VDR Seeks Resolution To Problems Caused By German Cuts To Hotel VAT
March 03, 2010 - German travel management association VDR by March 19 expects to hear whether the country's ministry of finance will approve a series of suggested workarounds to unintended problems caused by a recent cut in the value-added tax rate for hotels. Read More>>

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