If you have a busy and productive business, chances are you have busy and productive employees. But when the hatchet has to fall, whether it’s hard times, hard knocks or a hard job that requires more skill, it is never a pretty sight. To stay out of court and avoid costly legal fees, you can […]

Ticket sales by travel agents may be surging but travel plans by the American public are on the wane, according to two reports this month. A first quarter ARC report notes the consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by U.S.- based travel agencies increased 6.57 percent in the first three months of 2012 compared […]

The rise in Online Travel Agencies, or OTAs, may make for some formidable competition for travel agents these days but a new executive report conducted by IBM shows there is no substitute for the voice and face of human contact when it comes to travel. The report, “Travel 2020: The Distribution Dilemma,” identified the trends […]

  By Lark Ellen Gould The games are on. The 2012 Summer Olympics in London are within cheering distance, running from July 27 to August 12 – close enough to feel the heat but in time enough to make travel plans and still get a room at the inn. The Olympic Park has transformed a […]

    Got romance in mind? What could conjure more thoughts of romance than staying in a Renaissance-era palace that sits but a stone’s throw from the balcony of Shakespeare’s Juliet? The City of Verona, a destination that oozes romance, is now the second city to bear the stamp of Veronese Marcello Pigozzo. The master […]