The travel and hospitality industry have survived many crisis situations. Terrorist attacks, natural disasters, epidemic diseases, soaring oil prices, civil wars, international wars: over the past 20 years we have had more than our fair share of this stuff. Today’s recession is different. Today’s recession is the result of a failure of the economical system. After a while –somewhere end 2008, beginning 2009- everybody realized that a lot of old securities had gone: big banks could actually collapse, countries could actually go bankrupt, successful and respected business tycoons could actually turn out to be crooks. Whether you run a hotel, an airline or a seminar center: if you are waiting for business as usual to come back, you could be in for a long wait. Read on to see how deep you are in trouble if you still hope that the good old days will be back soon.
Now, you can publish targeted ads and information on the e-tickets and itineraries passengers
receive by email and then print at home or at the office.
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multicolored ads, banners, restaurant and shopping options, event promotions and other information
based on travel dates, destinations, city of origin and other criteria. Travelers can click on links in the
itineraries to get more information, make reservations and buy tickets. For easier travel planning, they
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The recent H1N1 flu crisis (also called “Swine flu” or“Mexican flu”) has dramatically affected Mexican tourism. In Mexico City, hotels and restaurants are in the worst crisis in history, after a near complete shutdown some months ago.
Mexico City’s tourist office made an agreement with private insurer MAPFRE to offer anyone staying at a Mexico City hotel free coverage for emergence medical care, hospital stays, prescription medicine and ambulance services.
Tourists can get help by dialing a call center, which will have attendants fluent in English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish. If you or your clients want more information on this very recent initiative, visit the Medical Care and Assistance section of the city’s tourism website.
All through 2008 and still in 2009, rumours were heard about Rewe’s expansion plans. Today, the Rewe management does not actively deny having potential interest in Arcandor’s 53% in Thomas Cook shares.
The travel and hospitality industry have survived many crisis situations. Terrorist attacks, natural disasters, epidemic diseases, soaring oil prices, civil wars, international wars: over the past 20 years we have had more than our fair share of this stuff. Today’s recession is different. Today’s recession is the result of a failure of the economical system. After a while –somewhere end 2008, beginning 2009- everybody realized that a lot of old securities had gone: big banks could actually collapse, countries could actually go bankrupt, successful and respected business tycoons could actually turn out to be crooks. Whether you run a hotel, an airline or a seminar center: if you are waiting for business as usual to come back, you could be in for a long wait. Read on to see how deep you are in trouble if you still hope that the good old days will be back soon. 
Now, you can publish targeted ads and information on the e-tickets and itineraries passengers
receive by email and then print at home or at the office.
The recent H1N1 flu crisis (also called “Swine flu” or“Mexican flu”) has dramatically affected Mexican tourism. In Mexico City, hotels and restaurants are in the worst crisis in history, after a near complete shutdown some months ago. 
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All through 2008 and still in 2009, rumours were heard about Rewe’s expansion plans. Today, the Rewe management does not actively deny having potential interest in Arcandor’s 53% in Thomas Cook shares. 