Travel Business News.Jul 30, 2007 According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. research from accommodation and meetings management company, BSI BSI - British Standards Institute , companies that rely on global distribution systems (GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards ) for their hotel needs are only gaining access to 50% of the market in many European countries. BSI calculates that the major GDS companies cover a mere 39.5% of all hotels in France, 41% in the UK, 44% in Spain, 48.5% in Germany and 52.2% in Belgium. Jul 24, 2007 National Business Travel Association's Annual Client Benchmark Survey's key findings include: 87% of respondents noting that cost is the most important driver for air programs; 68% of respondents use an automated expense system (73% of North Americans and 58% EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. ); online booking adoption was 47%; mandates from corporate charge card use are up 7% and the top three departments with main responsibility for travel management are procurement, finance and corporate services Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners. . Jul 23, 2007 Bonaire Tourism corporation Bonaire recently announced the launch of Tiara Air Tiara Air (IATA: 3P, ICAO: TNM, and Callsign: Tiara) is an airline based in Aruba. Tiara Air has flights offering to Curaçao, Punto Fijo, and Bonaire. The airline has now Shorts 360 twin turboprop aircraft. , a privately owned Aruban airline, which began nonstop service between Aruba and Bonaire last Friday Jul 26, 2007 ZZ Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Pyramid Media Group / Air Travel Media. All rights reserved. |
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