NEW YORK - Here are some of the hot spots, trends and statistics for travel in the new year.
U.S. TOUR OPERATORS ASSOCIATION: For the fifth straight year, Italy placed first as the most popular international destination for vacation packages and tours, according to an annual informal poll of USTOA member companies. Croatia, followed by China, were the hottest up-and-coming countries for tours and packages.
YAHOO! TRAVEL: Yahoo! [YHOO] Travel’s biggest domestic “Movers & Shakers” - destinations that got the biggest increase in page views in Yahoo! Travel Guides - were Lancaster, Pa.; Ocean City, N.J.; South Lake Tahoe, Calif.; Wildwood, N.J.; Helen, Ga.; and Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Costa Offers Travelers 60% Savings On Sailings in 2008
Named "one of the top 10 cruise lines" by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler, Costa offers an experience that is delightfully different in service and cuisine, in an atmosphere filled with love, laughter and la dolce vita. It's called "Cruising Italian Style" and true to its heritage, no detail has been overlooked in bringing the beauty and hospitality of Italy to the sea. Cruising Italian Style ... that's Amore!
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Transport Strike Disrupts Italy Travel
ROME (AP) — A general transport strike by workers in Italy demanding more investment in the sector forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights and idled trains, ships and buses across the country on Friday.
National carrier Alitalia canceled 217 national and international flights before a four-hour walkout by air sector workers beginning at 11 a.m. (5 a.m. EST). Air One, Italy's No. 2 carrier, said that only nine flights would be guaranteed.
The workers are protesting planned cuts in transport funding in the new budget as well as the declining fortunes of the main companies in the sector, starting with the money-losing Alitalia, which the Italian government is struggling to sell.
National carrier Alitalia canceled 217 national and international flights before a four-hour walkout by air sector workers beginning at 11 a.m. (5 a.m. EST). Air One, Italy's No. 2 carrier, said that only nine flights would be guaranteed.
The workers are protesting planned cuts in transport funding in the new budget as well as the declining fortunes of the main companies in the sector, starting with the money-losing Alitalia, which the Italian government is struggling to sell.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Italy paralyzed by nationwide truckers strike
ROME, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Italy was crippled by a nationwide truckers' strike for the third day on Wednesday, according to Italian News Agency ANSA.
Most gas stations had run out of petrol and supermarket shelves were growing increasingly barer as truckers' representatives gathered to consider a government offer.
There were even fears that ambulances and other emergency services could find themselves without fuel.
Most gas stations had run out of petrol and supermarket shelves were growing increasingly barer as truckers' representatives gathered to consider a government offer.
There were even fears that ambulances and other emergency services could find themselves without fuel.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
New Gianni chief named as Legance is launched
Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners has named a new managing partner as 85 departing lawyers break off from the Italian leader to form a new independent firm practising as Legance.
Rome-based M&A lawyer Tomaso Cenci has been confirmed as the new managing partner of Gianni Origoni, which still has around 250 lawyers.
Cenci, who headed the firm's New York office between 2000 and 2004, will lead an executive committee that also includes Milan-based M&A partners Gianluca Ghersini and Ottaviano Sanseverino as well as Rome real estate partner Domenico Tulli and City banking partner Marco Amedeo Zaccagnini.
Rome-based M&A lawyer Tomaso Cenci has been confirmed as the new managing partner of Gianni Origoni, which still has around 250 lawyers.
Cenci, who headed the firm's New York office between 2000 and 2004, will lead an executive committee that also includes Milan-based M&A partners Gianluca Ghersini and Ottaviano Sanseverino as well as Rome real estate partner Domenico Tulli and City banking partner Marco Amedeo Zaccagnini.
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