An Exciting New Year For Travel

Dear Valued Clients,

The New Year is here and it promises to be an exciting year for the travel industry.

New security procedures are in effect, especially for International Travel, so make sure that you allow extra time for enhanced security screening. You will see many more full body scanners being installed in the major airports over the next few months along with several other enhancements to TSA processing.

The good news from the Airline Industry is dramatically improved on-time performance. The average ticket price for our clients declined almost 10% year over year and should remain at that level for most of this year.

Average hotel rates for our clients also declined by over 15% year over year. The experts predict another very challenging year for the hotel industry so hotels should continue to be an excellent value. This may be a great time to have that Company Conference or special Incentive Trip to reward your top producing employees.

Car Rental rates have remained stable, but many Car Rental Companies have much smaller fleets than in past years, so availability can be an issue in peak travel times.

Cruise Vacations are another excellent value along with All-Inclusive Resort Vacations. Several new ships joined the fleets last year, including the world’s largest cruise ship, the Oasis of the Seas. She is the most amazing ship afloat with numerous firsts for cruise industry. One of my favorite new ships is the new Seabourn Odyssey, an all-suite, all inclusive ultra-luxury ship accommodating just 450 passengers in absolute luxury.

We greatly appreciate you business in 2009, and look forward to helping you make 2010 a fantastic year.

Sincerely,

Terry W. Brennan
President