Independent tour operators in the UK are “petrified” for the future, after a cancelled summer peak season and rising numbers of failures in the sector. They’re also caught between conflicting government advice and strict consumer […]
Tour operators and packagers last week reported that so far the Zika virus is not having a major impact on Mexico bookings. “Of the hundreds of thousands of Apple Vacations customers booked to Mexico in […]
In the latest move in a fast-growing campaign against using animals as tourist attractions, the advocacy group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) reached agreements with six tour operators/wholesalers to stop offering elephant […]
NEW YORK — Tour operators are optimistic about the year ahead, according to session panelists at the New York Times Travel Show. Before the U.S. election was over last November, 2017 was not looking like […]
President Trump’s executive order barring entry to the U.S. from Iran (along with six other countries) has spurred the Iranian government to threaten reciprocal action, just as U.S. travel companies were seeing a surge in […]
British travel company Thomas Cook on Monday said it has stopped selling tickets to 16 wildlife activities, following in the footsteps of other companies that are avoiding animal encounters they deem as cruel or inhumane. […]
As the euro continued to rally last week, threatening to make Europe less of a bargain for U.S. travelers, tour operators rolling out their 2018 brochures this month reported that the exchange rate has not […]
Companies operating Cuba tours say that the State Department’s warning against travel to Cuba should go unheeded. The State Department said it issued the warning because diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Havana were targeted […]
Some tour operators have begun backing away from offering clients an opportunity to ascend the Eiffel Tower, citing the growing crowds, the time it requires and a new group booking process that has made it […]
Pricing that goes into effect next year will make it much more costly for tour operators to take groups through the U.S. national parks. As a result, operators might offer fewer trips to the less […]
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