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Chicke Fitzgerald, Chief Executive Officer

Chicke FitzgeraldChief Executive OfficerSolutionz Group International, Inc. What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Is the reported "airline recovery" just the upside of the jetfuel roller coaster?

November 4, 2008

US airlines pull out of a tailspin | us.ft.com

Airlines are enjoying much lower fuel costs than they did in the summer of 2008.  Perhaps the use of the word "enjoy" and the notion that recovery is around the corner is a bit like a weatherman in the middle of a hurricane talking about tomorrow's sunshine.  At least that was the observation...

Chicke Fitzgerald, Chief Executive Officer

Chicke FitzgeraldChief Executive OfficerSolutionz Group International, Inc. What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Is the reported "recovery" just the upside of the jetfuel roller coaster?

November 4, 2008

US airlines pull out of a tailspin | us.ft.com

Airlines are enjoying much lower fuel costs than they did in the summer of 2008.  Perhaps the use of the word "enjoy" and the notion that recovery is around the corner is a bit like a weatherman in the middle of a hurricane talking about tomorrow's sunshine.  At least that was the observation...

The Under Valued Consideration of Service for High Ticket Cruise Travel Purchases

October 24, 2008

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Sector Snap: US online travel stocks mostly fall | biz.yahoo.com

There is a blind spot regarding traditional service in the travel industry as it regards the purchasing of high ticket vacation travel.   With the increase of air and overnight hotel purchase online, it presumes that this is the case for high ticket travel, including pure leisure and incentive...

Timothy O'Neil-DunneManaging PartnerT2Impact Ltd. What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

September US airline traffic results will not be pretty - more capacity cuts to come

October 6, 2008

Continental Airlines Reports September 2008 Operational Performance | www.tradingmarkets.com

CAL is the first to report September traffic and it is NOT pretty, while capacity was cut - traffic declined even further. There will be more cuts to come as load factors fall across the US System. CAL is one of the airlines better positioned to handle the downturn so their numbers are likely to be...

Timothy O'Neil-DunneManaging PartnerT2Impact Ltd. What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Airlines Selling "Free" Air

September 18, 2008

Airline Stocks Fly Through the Downturn | www.thestreet.com

Airlines have been milking their frequent flyer programs and essentially selling something for nothing. But with IFRIC13 there is now a significant impact on their balance sheets. Are airlines opening themselves up for a problem that will haunt them for the future?

Chicke Fitzgerald, Chief Executive Officer

Chicke FitzgeraldChief Executive OfficerSolutionz Group International, Inc. What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Totally myopic view of the travel industry will not stimulate growth

September 9, 2008

Sector Snap: US online travel stocks mostly fall | biz.yahoo.com

Orbitz stock fell 7.2% on Thursday, largely attributed to the fact that 87% of its bookings are US domestic and 74% of their product sold is comprised of air tickets. Priceline also fell, but not as substantially.  Only Expedia reported a rise in value. The following facts substantiate this observation...

Timothy O'Neil-DunneManaging PartnerT2Impact Ltd. What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

A Mature Virgin Desires an Old Midland

September 2, 2008

Virgin Atlantic ready to take on BA | www.telegraph.co.uk

The proposed commercial alliance of British Airways, Iberia and American - lets call it BAAABI represents a strong consolidation on the most lucrative part of the Transatlantic market - UK-USA. Virgin Atlantic and its chairman have been waging a "BA-AA No Way" battle for years. Now its very intense....

Timothy O'Neil-DunneManaging PartnerT2Impact Ltd. What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Austrian struggles as deadline approaches

August 25, 2008

Austrian struggles to find strategic partner | uk.biz.yahoo.com

Today all interested parties must submit their expressions of interest to acquire the Austrian Government's 43% shares in the former national carrier Austrian Airlines. Any party can express interest but it has been made clear that Lufthansa is the preferred family member to win. There is a small chance...

Chicke Fitzgerald, Chief Executive Officer

Chicke FitzgeraldChief Executive OfficerSolutionz Group International, Inc. What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Until we get to "intent-based, situationally relevant" search, there is no vision

August 25, 2008

Is Microsoft's Vision of Search Enough to Catch Google? | www.businessweek.com

We are still in the world of Search 1.0 at best.  As long as search engines don't care what my intent is or what my current circumstances are, then I will still get 563,000 results when I enter Travel Tampa in a search bar.  Is there anyone out there that really thinks that this is effective...

Timothy O'Neil-DunneManaging PartnerT2Impact Ltd. What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

And now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain...

August 14, 2008

Travelport Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results | www.examiner.com

The GDS model has sustained the neutral travel distribution model for a very long time. From its less than humble beginings with IBM and American Airlines to the peak years of the mid- 1990s to to twilight zone it now finds itself in. So the time has come to accept its short comings and move forward...

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