ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Thanksgiving Travelers Predicted to Decline by 6 Percent.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 2001 TOPIC: The American Automobile Association (AAA) predicted that the number of people traveling over the Thanksgiving weekend will drop by only 6 percent, according to an article by MSNBC and The Associated Press. Eighty-seven percent of travelers are expected to travel by motor vehicle due to low gas prices and concerns over airport security, the article says. AAA also predicted a 27 percent decline in people traveling by airplane. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Mr. Neil Abrams is the president of Abrams Consulting Group, Inc. (ACG ACG American College of Gastroenterology; angiocardiography; apexcardiogram. AcG accelerator globulin (coagulation factor V). AcG accelerator globulin (clotting factor V). ), the leading specialized auto rental consultancy worldwide since 1982. ACG has offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , South Florida, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , and Tokyo. ACG has consulted to car rental companies, car rental industry suppliers, auto manufacturers, financial institutions, travel service companies, travel technology companies, and many others. The company has in recent years spun-off business units in market research, corporate fleet management and leasing, and car sharing. 914/696-5100, nabrams@abramsconsulting.com With almost 30 years of experience in the automotive aftermarket, Mr. Mark Haglund is president & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Additech, Inc., a new company in the fuel additive category In mathematics, specifically in category theory, an additive category is a preadditive category C such that any finitely many objects A1,...,An of C have a biproduct A1 . He currently serves as a director on the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association board. His areas of expertise include gasoline retailers and fuel additives. PR: Sativa Ross (sativar@keiler.com, 860/677 8821). With nearly 30 years of experience, Mr. Jack E. Mannix, CTC CTC - Cornell Theory Center truly understands the travel industry. Mannix draws on that expertise as the president of the Institute of Certified Travel Agents (ICTA ICTA International Center for Technology Assessment ICTA Institute of Certified Travel Agents ICTA International Criminal Tribunal for Afghanistan ICTA Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture ICTA Information & Communications Technology Authority ), the travel industry's premier education and certification organization. Prior to joining ICTA in January of 2000, Mannix served for six years as managing director of Travel Related Services, Marketing and Industry Relations at the American Automobile Association American Automobile Association (AAA), federation of American automobile clubs, est. 1902. AAA provides a number of benefits to its members, including emergency road service; national and international travel assistance, e.g. (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. ). ICTA's members are Certified Travel Counselors (CTCs), the industry's most highly respected professionals, and it is recognized as one of the travel industry's foremost authorities on consumer travel. PR:Amie Gorrell, Account Executive (Amie_Gorrell@ypb.com, 407/838-1709) ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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