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November 6, 2008Financial markets react to the historic election of Obama - what of the travel industry?
Analysis of: Asia cheers Obama win, but Europe down | robots.cnnfn.com
Author: Chicke Fitzgerald, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, LeisureLogix, LLC
With the economy as a clear priority of the new administration, the
world markets reacted to the election of Barack Obama, with investors
voting with their wallets.
In Asia, the Nikkei, the major index
for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, closed up 4.5%. South Korea's Kospi
composite index...
November 4, 2008Is the reported "airline recovery" just the upside of the jetfuel roller coaster?
Analysis of: US airlines pull out of a tailspin | us.ft.com
Author: Chicke Fitzgerald, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, LeisureLogix, LLC
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...
November 4, 2008Is the reported "recovery" just the upside of the jetfuel roller coaster?
Analysis of: US airlines pull out of a tailspin | us.ft.com
Author: Chicke Fitzgerald, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, LeisureLogix, LLC
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...
September 9, 2008Totally myopic view of the travel industry will not stimulate growth
Analysis of: Sector Snap: US online travel stocks mostly fall | biz.yahoo.com
Author: Chicke Fitzgerald, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, LeisureLogix, LLC
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...
August 25, 2008Until we get to "intent-based, situationally relevant" search, there is no vision
Analysis of: Is Microsoft's Vision of Search Enough to Catch Google? | www.businessweek.com
Author: Chicke Fitzgerald, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, LeisureLogix, LLC
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...
June 16, 2008Who will win - the device manufacturers, the carriers or the applications providers?
Analysis of: T-Mobile invests $6m in deCarta's location based platform | www.thestandard.com
Author: Chicke Fitzgerald, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, LeisureLogix, LLC
Following Nokia's recent investment in Navteq and Apple's announcements last week about having full GPS on the iPhone, T-Mobile announced an investment in DeCarta, a leading provider of mapping tools and location based services. In the article, DeCarta CEO Kim Fennell states that he believes that Nokia...
June 6, 2008Impact of Airline Capacity Cuts on the Hospitality Industry
Analysis of: Hotel CEOs Lament Softening Demand, Foresee Some Discounting | www.btnmag.com
Author: Chicke Fitzgerald, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, LeisureLogix, LLC
All key metrics are still up (occupancy, demand, supply, average daily room rate), but what impact will the economic downturn and reduction in airline supply have on the hospitality industry? Air travel represents less than 12% of all travel in the US today by Americans, yet all tools in the industry...
May 27, 2008International Travel to Canada is down for the same reason International Travel to the US is up YOY.
Analysis of: Travel to Canada hits 5th straight record low | www.thestar.com
Author: Christopher Dane, President-HRG Afilliates, LLC, HOGG ROBINSON GROUP P L C
Paraphrasing President Bill Clinton's campaign strategist, James Carville... It is the Loonie stupid! It is also the economy, price of gas. The reverse phenomenon is occurring in the US...where it is the dollar stupid!
March 5, 2008Funding of the air traffic control system should be doen on an equitable basis
Analysis of: Senator Sees FAA Funding Blocked For Year Over User-Fee Issue | online.wsj.com
Author: Christopher Dane, President-HRG Afilliates, LLC, HOGG ROBINSON GROUP P L C
- Current Fee structure is illogical. Airlines pay 90% of the cost for two-thirds of the usage. - The Air traffic control system is going to get far worse with the continued growth of corporate aircraft and "very light jet" (VLJ's) -Airlines pay for 90% of the air traffic control system and use...
February 6, 2008The airline mergers is not nessarily a "done deal" ...many obstacles remain
Analysis of: Airline Merger could bring anything | news.enquirer.com
Author: Christopher Dane, President-HRG Afilliates, LLC, HOGG ROBINSON GROUP P L C
* Will the Bush administration or the next administration approve approve any airlines attempt to merge? * Unions and communities will fight any merger attempts. * Other carriers like American and Southwest will...
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