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ASTA 2000 World Travel Congress

International Adventure Travel & Outdoor Show (IATO 2000)

This MONTHS other WorldWide Travel Industry Events

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ASTA 2000 World Travel Congress

WHEN: FEB 8,2000
WHAT: ASTA's San Diego Travel Festival
WHERE: San Diego,CA
CONTACT: Ron Moore at 1-619/644-1515

WHEN: March 9-12,2000
WHAT: ASTA's Eastern Regional
WHERE: Hamilton, Bermuda
CONTACT: 1-703/739-8319

WHEN: March 30-April 2,2000
WHAT: ASTA's Western Regional
WHERE: Victoria, BC
CONTACT: 1-703/739-8319

WHEN: April 6-9,2000
WHAT: ASTA's Cruisefest
WHERE: Miami,FL
CONTACT: 1-703/739-8319

WHEN: May 7-12,2000
WHAT: ASTA's 25th International Conference
WHERE: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
CONTACT: Debrah Nairn at 1-212/447-1926

WHEN: April 18-21,2000
WHAT: ASTA's Great America's Regional
WHERE: Milwaukee,WI
CONTACT: 1-703/739-8319

WHEN: September 24-28,2000
WHAT: ASTA's World Travel Congress
WHERE: Las Vegas,NV
CONTACT: 1-703/739-8319

Summer's comming. Time to shift gears.
ASTA Convention takes on a mood of urgency, as thousands of TAs and hundreds of suppliers shift into high gear to promote and sell the enormous inventory of travel specials that become avalable every day of the week.
TAs will want answers:

  • Is the travel industry matching America's economic boom?
  • Is the travel industry getting its fair share of our booming economy?
    *Domestic air up 3.6%
    *International Air up 5.1%
    *Cruises up 6-8%
    *Car rentals up due to higher rates
    *Arilines: D&I traffic up 3.4%; Seat Capacity up 5.7%; Passenger gain 4.1%
  • Is hotel profitability peaking?
    *120,000 new hotel rooms added to the US inventory in 1999

    • With all of the volume TA's are struggling to come to grips with declining commission earnings.
    EXAMPLE: OCT/8/99 United Airlines cut commissions again with a cap of $50 on domestic tickets and a max of $100 on international tickets.

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    International Adventure Travel & Outdoor Show (IATOS '99) - is a chance for agents to explore new worlds of sales opportunities and to observe reactions of more than 20,000 consumers expected to attend.

    WHEN: February 11-13,2000
    WHAT: International Adventure Travel & Outdoor Show (IATOS '00
    WHERE: Chicago,IL
    CONTACT: 1-888/571-1117 FAX: 604/331-1895

    WHEN: February 18-20,2000
    WHAT: Outdoor International Adventure Travel & Outdoor Show (IATOS '00
    WHERE: Chicago,IL
    CONTACT: 1-888/571-1117 FAX: 604/331-1895

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    THIS MONTHS WORLD-WIDE INDUSTRY EVENTS
    DATE EVENT LOCATION CONTACT
    01/09-13/00 Travel South USA Charleston,SC Liz Doyle
    1(404)231-1790
    01/13-17/00 RESELIV
    Norway Intl Tourism Fair    		 Oslo, Norway FAX (001) 472-2431-914
    01/11-16/00 Vakantiebeurs Utrecht, Netherlands Kim Lorei
    1(504)372-1294
    01/12-16/00 SATH World Congress Ft. Lauderdale, FL Paul Alterman
    1(954)731-4600
    01/18-21/00 DEMA 2000 Las Vegas, NV 1(619)294-2999
    01/19-21/00 Florida Huddle Orlando, FL 1(407)856-4747
    01/19-23/00 BTL Lisbon Travel Expo Lisbon, Portugal FAX (011)351-1363-9048
    01/20-23/00 MATKA 2000 Helsinki, Finland FAX (011)358-9150-9384
    01/23-25/00 CHA Marketplace 2000 Paradise Isl, Bahamas (787)725-9139
    01/26-30/00 FITUR
    Int'l Tourism Trade Fair    		 Madrid, Spain FAX (011)349-1722-5787

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