Travel & Travel Technology News.Apr 16, 2007 An estimated 100 suppliers and wholesalers attended the two-day Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange held at the Barcel? Bavaro Convention Center in Punta Cana Punta Cana, named after a local cape, is a region in the easternmost tip of the Dominican Republic. Covering about 4,200,000 m2 (approximately 1,100 acres), the region is home to a coastline of sandy white beaches and to a town of the same name. , Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (dəmĭn`ĭkən), republic (2005 est. pop. 8,950,000), 18,700 sq mi (48,442 sq km), West Indies, on the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. , where Travel Agent discovered a growing trend in non all-inclusive properties aimed at the luxury client. Apr 13, 2007 Radical seating concept to be launched at Aircraft Interiors Expo A novel aircraft seating layout described as a radical solution? to economy-class travel will be unveiled at this years Aircraft Interiors Expo 2007 to be held at Hamburg on 17-19 April. Apr 11, 2007 Travelers face higher taxes on flights, rental cars, rooms Some travel companies and consumer groups are starting to protest growing taxes on travel. Air travel taxes, which are typically used to pay for measures related to travel, have increased in recent years. "Too often, airlines are looked at as a piggy bank with unlimited resources," an Air Transport Association spokesman says. "We pay an unprecedented number of taxes, and we will continue to oppose increases in the amount and number of taxes that consumers are forced to pay." Apr 10, 2007 The power of user-generated content The production of content by the general public rather than by paid professionals and experts in the field. Mostly available on the Web via blogs and wikis, user-generated content refers to material such as the daily news, encyclopedias and other references, movie and product reviews as : The good, the bad and the ugly While the management team at Eons.com, the "MySpace for the 50-plus crowd," was trying to figure out how to incorporate a travel component on the site, a group of members decided to take a trip together and organized all the details, right down to putting out a press release to attract more participants. Apr 10, 2007 New sites help travelers find lower fares Farecast.com claims it can help travelers find the lowest airline fares available by mining its database of fares every day. Meanwhile, metasearch engine The search engine software that is used to search other search engines. See metasearch site. cFares guarantees that the fares it displays will be a set amount, usually below that of a competitor. Apr 9, 2007 US Bureau of Transportation Statistics The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), as part of the United States Department of Transportation, compiles, analyzes, and makes accessible information on the nation's transportation systems; collects information on intermodal transportation and other areas as needed; and said the 20 reporting US carriers posted and ontime arrival rate of 75.4% in 2006, down from 77.4% in 2005. Reports of mishandled baggage per 1,000 passengers rose to 6.73 from 6.64 while complaints about service fell 4.8%. Apr 9, 2007 Space tourism vehicle flight test rules published by FAA Rules governing experimental permits for launching reusable suborbital suborbital /sub·or·bi·tal/ (sub-or´bi-t'l) infraorbital. sub·or·bit·al adj. Situated on or below the floor of the orbit of the eye. n. rockets for space tourism were published by the US Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control on 6 April. Apr 9, 2007 Amadeus Amadeus said Mexico's VivaAerobus and Colombia's AerOasis signed to adopt its customer management IT solution for low-cost carriers. Apr 11, 2007 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 John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in International SITA will implement its BagManager tracking and baggage reconciliation system at New York JFK's Terminal 4. Apr 12, 2007 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new, free service that aims to keep travelers informed flight and airport status via the Web. 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