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NTE - NATIONAL TRAVEL EXCHANGE SHOW
ASTA 2000 World Travel Congress
WHEN: May 7-12,2000
WHAT: ASTA's 25th International Conference
WHERE: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
CONTACT: Debrah Nairn at 1-212/447-1926
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:
*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%
*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.
