recession

Where should air marshals sit, Americans look to cities for vacation, Las Vegas faces deepest slide

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Traffic to the three major online travel agencies — Expedia, Orbitz and Travelocity — is trending upward, as bargain-hunters snap up discounted airline tickets, hotel rooms and rental cars. It helps that the agencies eliminated some of their booking fees a few months ago.

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Effective today, for international travel beginning July 1, Delta will charge customers a $50 fee to check a second bag, which the company expects to generate more than $100 million annually.

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Kiss those little bottles of lotion goodbye. You stand to gain better things, thanks to the ailing economy. That includes free Wi-Fi in more places, better customer service and of course, many unbelievable bargains.

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Here’s some bad news for hotels — and good news for hotel guests. A new study predicts the domestic hotel industry is in the initial stages of “the deepest and longest recessions” in modern history and will suffer its fifth-largest annual decline in a key revenue measure since 1930. Look for some unbelievable lodging bargains in 2009.

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When tourism officials compare anything to 9/11, you pay attention. When they say it’s worse than 9/11, you rethink your travel plans.

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How will an economic slump affect the hotel industry? And more importantly, how will it affect hotel guests? Amy Bradley-Hole takes a look at how resorts handle recessions.

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