Jimmy Zhang from Titicaca Travel, a Chinese travel company specialising in trips to the UK, says that Blackpool has not been a popular request as part of an itinerary for Chinese tour groups.
Priceline is the second largest online travel company in the world in terms of gross bookings.
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Measured by gross bookings, U.S.-based Expedia is the largest online travel company in the world.
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Working for the biggest travel company in the world for 15 years took Keith to lots of far-flung exotic places.
In a surprising move, Priceline, a leading online travel agency announced its acquisition of Kayak, a leading travel search company, in November 2012.
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Some hours north of where I am on a trip with BACKROADS, a travel company based in Berkeley, California, sits the vast and controversial Canadian tar sands containing vast amounts of oil and natural gas, which are some day going to be sent through an 1800 mile pipeline to the Louisiana Gulf Coast that the US State Department has just approved.
U.S.-listed Chinese companies with headquarters in Shanghai include travel company Ctrip and online job information provider 51job.
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The end of Orbitz's contract with Enterprise isn't the only negotiation with a major travel company to result in a parting of ways.
That's 75% off its peak value in January but still good enough to allow him to travel not just first class but in his company's private jet.
By 1999 he decided to put those ideas to work in a company of his own in China's nascent travel reservation sector.
Founded by Microsoft (MSFT) in 1995, the giant software company decided to get out of the travel business and spun off Expedia in 1999.
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According to industry sources, Lauder is already planning to travel with the company to Russia for an event in the fall.
Expedia is the biggest US online travel agency in terms of gross bookings, and the company has been focused on expanding its leadership position in international markets as well.
It takes energy to travel, to lead a company, and to stay sharp in long meetings.
Mr Rennie also thanked staff at hospitals in Cairo and Luxor, the British Embassy and travel company Thomas Cook for their help.
Two days in advance, the company put a stop on all travel by its VPs.
Travelocity's parent company, Sabre Holdings, acquired social travel site IgoUgo in 2005.
With an expanding user base, improving margins and increasing monetization of social and mobile platforms, we believe the company is well positioned to leverage future growth in online travel.
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Many rapidly rising businesses specialize in digital media, attracting talent from other places like the West Coast and New York. 37-year-old Kenneth Purcell, founder of Iseatz, moved his entertainment and travel business from New York to NOLA in 2009 and has since grown his company from seven people to 25.
Backed by the acquisition of VIA Travel, the company witnessed a 14% y-o-y increase in air ticket revenues though it does not anticipate the positive trend to continue in the future.
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She's using it as the foundation of Five Star Greece, a company she started five years ago to provide elite, seamless travel in a country not renowned for that experience, starting with superlative villas.
In addition to the cost advantages (travel companies often purchase tickets in bulk and can pass along savings) a tour company may employ area experts that know the best places to sleep and eat.
The company dispatched officials to receive passengers in Mobile and arranged for their travel back to Texas, where the cruise originated.
The company checked nearly 4 million tickets sold at online and traditional travel agencies in February, March and the first part of April for travel between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
The company has struggled with high debt and the wider downturn in the global travel sector.
The company released an API to power group payments across ecommerce and travel booking websites in December.
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Gary is a sergeant in the Metropolitan Police and Sarah is a part-time manager for a travel company.
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The company is currently expanding in apparel and developing future products in food, travel and other categories for customers desiring certain adventure, entertainment and quality.
So can representatives of travel products and services you can recommend and sell, either through a central company or in a home-based venture you may be able to start and run on your own.
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Motorola, an American mobile-phone company, one of the biggest foreign investors in China, has restricted travel to affected areas, while Japan's Honda is evacuating families of its Japanese employees deemed to be at risk.
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