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Over the coming months, the travel industry will be transformed. There will be new alliances among travel agencies, tour operators and resorts. Marginal operators--of airlines, cruise lines, hotels and attractions--will go out of business. (Midway Airlines and Renaissance Cruise Lines became early casualties last month.) Perhaps hardest hit are the country's travel agents, already weakened by a squeeze on commissions and tough competition from Internet-based booking operations like Expedia, Priceline and Travelocity. According to the American Society of Travel Agents, its 20,000 corporate members are losing at least $70 million...
...much more competitive,” Ruggiero said. “I’m really excited. I’ve kept my eligibility. I think it’ll hard adjusting since a lot of my friends will have graduated—that will be the hardest part. But that will give me the opportunity to focus more on academics and hockey...
...nearby culvert for more mouths to feed, he spots a bedraggled young woman lying, arms outstretched in the dirt, with three young daughters sleeping by her side. Gray dispenses food and then reaches into a bag for three Beanie Babies. "It's people like these, who are the hardest to help, that need our help the most," he remarks...
...will take some convincing. The North American route, once a cash cow for many European airlines, has been the hardest hit in terms of cancellations. "Traffic on North American routes was down 25-30% initially, but we don?t know how much it will be affected going forward," said Nick van den Brul, airline analyst at BNP Paribas in London. The Association of European Airlines figures that Europe?s carriers lost $25 million a day in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. British Airways says it will scrap or suspend 190 flights, including 30 on the North Atlantic...
...can’t just throw a case. Trying your hardest to win is a Constitutional duty,” he says...