Travelport is implementing a course to ensure that tourism students in developing countries have the skills and qualifications they need to get jobs in the travel industry. Galileo Graduate is a five-day program to be delivered in colleges and universities as part of existing travel and tourism courses.
The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has unveiled a new cruise3sixty iPhone app and mobile website for smartphone users. A sell-out crowd of 1,400 delegates is expected at cruise3sixty, set for June 2 to 6 in Vancouver.
TripAdvisor has launched its TripAdvisor iPhone application, available on Apple’s App Store.
Hotwire.com has expanded its air offering through a new partnership with Air Canada. As part of this relationship, Hotwire customers will now have access to all of Air Canada’s routes, which include over 170 destinations worldwide.
Off & Away, a new website where travelers can bid to win discounted hotels, launched on May 24. The first auctions featured hotel suite experiences at the Pierre New York and the Wynn Las Vegas. In the coming weeks, Off & Away said it will auction additional experiences at such brands as The London NYC, THE Hotel in Las Vegas, the Intercontinental Chicago, Chambers Hotel in New York, and many more.
iZento has introduced new trip journal designs and added helpful new agent features to these customizable travel itinerary booklets. iZento is the only itinerary building service in the marketplace today that provides time-saving tools designed specifically to help travel agents build high-quality trip journals to instantly “wow” their clients.