ON THE COVER
NEWS
DESTINATIONS
DEPARTMENTS
contents November 7, 2011
6 More makes them merrier
Executives at Travel Weekly’s
Cruise World 2011 show hailed
the recent capacity increases
7 Uneven road
Earnings were up at Hertz and
Dollar, down at Avis, in the third
quarter
8 Sixth man
The ‘Scott’ behind Sixth Scott,
YTB’s new owner, is industry
veteran Jeff Scott
9 Uncorked
A new wine-tasting room at San
Francisco’s Westin St. Francis is
believed to be a first
10 Driving force
Mexico’s latest ad campaign
takes a page from the HBO series
‘Taxicab Confessions’
China
45 Shangri-La goes casual
The Hong Kong hotel group
debuts its Kerry ‘casual luxury’
brand in Beijing and Shanghai
6 News Briefs
44 Mark Pestronk: Legal Briefs
Agency is free to fire a client,
as long as it has no contractual
obligation
Central/South America
53 Familiarization Trips
Sterling Vacations is offering a
10-night Baltic cruise
The Mekong
flows West
16
48 Down on the farms
Panama and Costa Rica cultivate
rural ‘agritourism’ offerings
INSIDER
Caribbean
Unlike many of the world’s other great
inland waterways, the Mekong has remained a relatively untouched
frontier in river cruising. But over the
past decade, river cruise lines have
increasingly turned their attention
toward developing the Mekong market to meet the standards of Western
visitors.
4 In the Hot Seat
Kim Sorensen discusses YTB’s
acquisition by Sixth Scott
4 Travel Confidential
4 Friends & Colleagues
OPINION
By Michelle Baran
60 Dream fulfilled
Travel Weekly destinations editor
Kenneth Kiesnoski climbs aboard
ANA’s new Boeing 787
50 Island Routes casts wider net
The Jamaica adventure operator
adds Barbados and the Cayman
Islands to its roster
CORRECTIONS
There have been a number of corrections made to the listing
of Magellan Awards 2011 winners that appeared in the Oct. 31
issue. For a complete list of corrections, see Page 59.
New Orleans
52 Big Easy rolls out pedicabs
After a two-year planning process, three pedicab operators take
to New Orleans’ storied streets
12 Arnie Weissmann:
From the Window Seat
Affiliation, independence and
other ingredients for success
56 Editorials
56 Richard Turen: Reality Check
Aptitude with emerging apps will
be key to the profession’s survival
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