AAA Travel Agency Sales Hit $3.4 Billion in 1999.Business Editors/Travel Writers ORLANDO Orlando, city, United States Orlando (ôrlăn`dō), city (1990 pop. 164,693), seat of Orange co., central Fla., in a lake region; inc. 1875. In a citrus fruit and farm area, it is one of the world's most visited vacation spots. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2000 Boosted by strong gains in cruise and tour bookings, AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. travel agency total sales increased 5 percent to nearly $3.4 billion in 1999. Tours and cruises led the list of gainers with each posting a 12 percent increase in sales. Both areas have tallied double-digit dou·ble-dig·it adj. Being between 10 and 99 percent: double-digit inflation. increases for more than five years. Tour sales climbed to $801 million while cruise sales reached $544 million last year. "AAA's continued focus on selling high-quality, personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. products has proven to be a successful strategy that has made AAA Travel the largest leisure travel agency in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ," said Sandra sandra (sänˑ·dr  ),adj Hughes, vice president, AAA Travel Related Services. Other sales results include: air, $1.3 billion; car rental, $462 million; hotel, $194 million; and motorcoach and rail, more than $53 million. "AAA's partnerships with well-established, quality travel suppliers provide an unprecedented package of value-added travel benefits for AAA members and nonmembers," said Hughes. AAA has agreements with 29 select airline, tour, cruise and other travel suppliers that provide significant benefits for AAA's 43 million members. AAA Travel is the largest leisure travel agency in North America with nearly 1,000 offices providing air, cruise, tour, insurance and other travel-related services. AAA news releases are available from http://www.aaa.com/news |
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