Prudential, another large insurer, is down more than 11% in 2011, while Travelers is marginally down, shedding just over 1% since the start of the year.
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The company gets money from both parties: Hosts are charged a 3% fee when they receive a successful booking, while travelers pay an additional 6-12% on top of the rental fee.
Spending of visitors from Canada and Mexico increased by 18% while British travelers spent 11% more in 2010.
While Chinese travelers continue to shun Japan, visitors from the rest of Asia, Europe, and Russia have more than made up for the gap.
Over the past year, various programs have relaxed shoe-removal standards for kids, the elderly and frequent travelers, while approved cases let travelers keep their laptops caged.
And while most travelers try to avoid the mysterious debris left by passengers past, SkyMall has been a welcome addition to the seatback catchalls since the 1990s.
While still at Travelers, Weill bought Salomon Brothers in 1997 and merged it into his Smith Barney brokerage division.
They said Washington moved quickly to ease the pain for air travelers while letting the cuts remain for other constituencies hurt by the sequester.
Way says that 90% of the tourists are foreigners, and 40% of those are high-end travelers, while the rest are backpackers.
In his bid for vindication--or revenge--Greenberg is buoyed by the fact that in his last eight years running AIG it averaged a 15% annual return on equity, putting it well ahead of competitors like CNA, Chubb and Travelers, while since his defrocking it has managed only a middle-of-the-pack 13.6%.
And beyond that, airports are missing opportunities to offer vital mobile services that could vastly improve travelers' experiences while they're in transit.
Tusher, who retired as president of Levi Strauss in 1997, knew from demographics he'd seen while at the company that adventure travelers expect something different from exotic destinations than, say, golf.
Now Scheetz is hoping to maintain Morgans' reputation with the style hounds while catering to the chinos-wearing business travelers from companies like Microsoft and Citibank.
While the furloughs continue, the FAA advises travelers to check their flight status before leaving home, and to visit fly.faa.gov for the latest airport delay information.
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Now Scheetz is hoping to maintain Morgans' reputation with the style hounds while catering to the chinos-wearing business travelers from companies like Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) and Citibank.
Companies like Tep are arming travelers with simple, always on connectivity while away from home.
But now there's an expanding market of tourists and business travelers wanting to check their e-mail while on the road.
With holiday travel in full swing, many travelers are looking for the best fares (while trying to avoid a middle seat).
While charters may not be the right fit for most business travelers, they work for some because the price can be competitive when the right number of people are heading in the same direction.
The Obama Administration is implementing important steps, as outlined in the National Travel and Tourism Strategy, to bolster job creation through a range of activities to better promote the United States as a tourism destination and make it easier for legitimate foreign travelers to spend their money in the United States, while enhancing our ability to protect Americans from national security threats.
While Via is luxe in the same sense that your sister is beautiful, travelers seeking true luxury ought to opt for the Royal Canadian Pacific, a passenger train owned by freight company Canadian Pacific Railway.
Whether they want to keep track of email, Facebook, Twitter or even stream music and video while travelling, Tep Wireless provides a much more cost-effective solution for travelers than established mobile carriers, putting an end to holiday horror stories about 'bill shock'.
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While you certainly describe many drivers, they are in the minority, although many travelers and tourists might think they are legion.
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Like many travelers, I look at Trip Advisor reviews of your hotel, and while these are mainly positive, several describe terrifying instances of someone breaking into the hotel room.
Unfortunately, while few employers are giving workers two-week layoff notices, JetBlue is requiring travelers to request refunds at least two weeks before their originally scheduled trips and to give 60 days cancellation notice during peak holidays.
However, then and now, a more pragmatic minority viewpoint has held that while luxury goods may see a high-single to low-double digit drop in price for Chinese travelers for a brief moment, the brands most sought after by Chinese shoppers will simply respond to this greater demand by raising prices.
Baroni cited a statistic that claimed that while Atlantic City's airport served 1.4 million passengers in 2012, only 1 percent of inbound travelers wound up at the casinos.
While the initiative is currently aimed at tour operators in the leisure sector, Krahenbuhl sees a wider application for business travelers.
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