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When: Jan. 2, 16, 30, Feb. 13, 27, Mar. 12, 2008. There is an air-inclusive version of this package (see Getting There below for details) that is available for all of these dates except Jan. 2 and Mar. 12. The fine print: The starting rate is based on quadruple occupancy; add $228 per person for triple occupancy and $529 per person for double occupancy. There are no lodging taxes. Rental car taxes are included. If you book the air-inclusive package, which starts at $1,353 per person (based on quadruple occupancy), airport taxes and fees are included; fuel surcharges are about $50 per person. Read these guidelines before you book any Real Deal. .
Retail Auto Sales Are Sliding Toward a Decade Low
Auto makers are feeling more pain this month as demand for light vehicles continues to plummet toward decade-low levels, with many consumers holding off on big-ticket purchases. Retail auto sales, as measured by deliveries to consumers by dealers between the dates of Feb. 1 and Feb. 17, fell 16.37% compared with the Feb. 1 through Feb. 18 period a year ago. The numbers, released in a report distributed yesterday by consumer research firm J.D. Power & Associates, don't include fleet sales to firms and agencies, such as rental-car companies. Retail sales are considered the most accurate indicator of actual demand. Since late 2006, car buyers have been under increasing pressure as concerns over the economy, housing, fuel prices, and tighter access to credit escalate. Many analysts have predicted U.S.
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Ford Motor Co. reported Friday its U.S. light vehicle sales fell 3.9 percent in January, even when compared with a weak performance a year ago. Ford said it sold 159,355 light vehicles for the month as it continued a strategy to wean itself from low-profit rental car and other fleet sales. That was down from January 2007 when the company sold 165,877 cars and trucks. Shares rose 21 cents to $6.85. Today's Top 10 OPEC WON'T PUMP MORE OIL OPEC decided against pumping more oil in a rebuff to Washington and a possible prelude to cuts as early as next month should the wounded U.S. economy sap demand for crude. GANNETT PROFITS PLUNGE Gannett Co., the largest newspaper publisher in the nation, said falling revenue from broadcast and newspaper ad sales along with an impairment charge drove fourth quarter earnings down 31 percent.
Practitioners of tourism industry urged to charge fair rates
Accra, Feb. 5, GNA - The Ghana Tourism Society (GTS) has appealed to stakeholders in the tourism industry, especially private companies that have enjoyed tax rebates and exemptions to ensure that their prices and rates were commensurate to their services. The Society said all those who had enjoyed tax exemptions and duty-free incentives from the Ghana Investments Promotions Council (GIPC) should ensure that they kept their prices low and competitive to encourage more tourists into the country. Mr Ernest W. Owusu, President of the Ghana Tourism Society, in a release copied to the GNA Sports, said the gesture would go a long way in boosting the nation's tourism sector especially following the presence of a large number of visitors and football fans for the Ghana 2008 soccer tournament. He reminded all private entrepreneurs, corporate bodies and service providers, including hotels and car rental companies, tour operators and entertainment centres in the hospitality industry that the exemptions was to ensure that Ghana became competitive and affordable leisure holiday destination.
Fast rail offering hip personalised travel
E-TICKETS, on-board DVD rentals, events, and even new encounters French rail's new iDTGV trains are testing a new way of travel. Music blares from a speaker in a bustling bar and conversations get louder as customers just out of Paris meetings trickle in, settle down and order drinks. The barman hands over a beer, spilling a little as the brightly-coloured buffet car on the top deck of a customised high-speed TGV train rolls into its three-hour journey to the Mediterranean port city of Marseille. Joined to a regular TGV train, this iDTGV, playing on the French word "idee" or "idea", is operated privately, but owned by the national SNCF rail company and designed as a laboratory for future rail travel. Planned party train on the way The iDTGV was launched in December 2004 and offers cheaper tickets, internet reservations, and services aimed at pleasing passengers, including a soon-to-be launched party train, to help the SNCF better compete with low cost airlines.
Allegiant to Hold Live Webcast of Fourth Quarter, Full Year 2007 ...
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allegiant Travel Company (Nasdaq: ALGT) will hold its conference call for fourth quarter and full-year 2007 financial results on Jan. 30, 2008. A live broadcast of the conference call will be available through the company's Investor Relations website homepage at http://ir.allegiantair.com. The webcast will be also be archived on the "Events & Presentations" section of the site. About the Company Las Vegas based Allegiant Travel Company (Nasdaq: ALGT), is focused on linking travelers in small cities to world-class leisure destinations such as Las Vegas, Nev., Phoenix, Ariz., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Orlando, Fla. and Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fla. Through its subsidiary, Allegiant Air, the Company operates a low-cost, high-efficiency, all-jet passenger airline offering air travel both on a stand-alone basis and bundled with hotel rooms, rental cars and other travel related services.
Sixt targets cargo transportation
MUMBAI: Sona Mobility Services, master franchisee for Germanys Sixt car rental company, for India, is looking to derive growth from the entire mobility space and not just the car rental and lease space segments it currently operates in. The Rs-30-crore company also expects monthly breakeven by March 2008. Alok Dutta, the newly appointed chief executive of the company said, The mobility space, which includes cargo transportation, is quite large and I dont see a reason why we shouldnt be in that space. Sixt in Germany has a successful cargo transportation division, which we could bring here. Looking at the way retail business is developing in India, it is possibility that we undertake the entire mobility requirement of a retail chain end-to-end. Launched in January 2006, Sixt India has expanded slower than it had earlier planned.
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