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JetBlue Back Up and Running

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Once every 20 years of so an airline will take the plunge and upgrade their reservations system. This is a big job and has caused many airlines to fail because this is the cash register, the very heart of the business and if there are problems or even hiccups it will cause the traveling public to doubt the airline.

This weekend after 4 years of planning, JetBlue made a change from the favorite of low cost carriers, Open skies by Navitaire to the Sabre reservations system.

For most people this is supposed to be a seamless change but for the airline it is very difficult. Open Skies is hosted by the airline and is a very fast but very simple system. The big advantage to using Navitaire Open Skies is that you can get a new res agent or airport person up and running quickly and making money and sending through passengers to their destinations quickly.

Sabre on the other hand offers central hosting of records down in their bunker in Tulsa and they have the features that all airlines are looking for including code sharing. Code sharing allows an airline to move passengers and baggage to other airlines or back and mans that if you want to go from a small city in the US to a small city in Europe you can do it with 1 ticket on three airlines and four flights without having to worry about it, Sabre does it all in the background.

So now that Jet Blue has successfully make their switch I am sure we are going to hear a lot more from them on the code sharing deal front. Jet Blue could work with WestJet in Canada, KLM in Europe, China Airlines in the orient seamlessly to their passengers and this would allow the airline to put more bums in the seats and grow their service and profits a lot more quickly then they can just do on their own.

Watch this weekend as well as I believe Jet Blue is offering a lot of special deals for travle over the next couple of months.

Congratulations on your move JetBlue!

Rental Info for Australia

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Have you thought about renting a place in Autralia and living more like a local than a traveling family?

Rentalo.com, a leading online lodging directory, has recently performed an in-depth market analysis on nearly 700 traveler’s inquiries submitted from July 2008 to January 2010 requesting accommodations in Australia’s top vacation destinations. In an effort to educate the travel industry, the lodging website has decided to publicly share the results of the study which reveal consumer’s travel interests, behaviors, and demands. Travel experts and media publications may also benefit from this information. Below you will find the results of the study for the top two vacation destinations in Australia.

Sydney, New South Wales

Sydney is a popular romantic destination, and we can infer this because 31.3% of the inquiries received are from parties of 2 adults. Sydney is also popular for family vacations and large group gatherings with 24.9% of the inquiries coming from 4 or more adults, and 20.8% from families with children. 13.2% are from people traveling alone.

29.2% of the travelers visiting Sydney are budget conscious with an average budget of $186 USD per night. 70.8% are leisure or business travelers with little or no budget constraints. [Read more…] about Rental Info for Australia

My Airfare Secrets Review

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There is a lot of information about the airline ticketing system and the prices they charge, which a normal traveler doesn’t have access to. If you have correct information available to you, you can save a lot of money on your traveling, hotel stays and reservation.

www.myairfaresecrets.com is a website which teaches you how to avail all these discounts. It is created by a former travel agent Tony Morrison who worked for an airline for 16 years before being fired for no reason, he claims that after the launch of this website he has been threatened and also begged by air ticketing companies to close this. Even he has been offered a new employment contract at a higher rate which he refused to.

The site reveals a huge number of secrets that can save you a lot of money on airfares, hotel stays, food and additional travel expenses. It guarantees to make your trips a lot cheaper. [Read more…] about My Airfare Secrets Review

Bison in Banff?

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Parks Canada is considering reintroducing bison to Banff National Park.

Michelle Macullo of Parks Canada says several people have said they’d like to see the bison back in the park.

For thousands of years, plains bison grazed along the eastern slopes of Rocky Mountains, with the last dying just over 100 years ago. For several decades, a small herd of domestic bison did call Banff National Park home but they were moved out in the 1990s.

The idea of reintroducing the animal is getting lots of support from the public, but there are concerns, too. Parks Canada says it wants to allow the animals to roam freely, but some conservation groups say the big animals cover a lot of territory.

“There is some concern about bison wandering off outside the boundary onto provincial land but I think that can be mitigated through education,” says Anne-Marie Sysoak from the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society.