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DAILY BULLETIN
June 5, 2017
Agents expected to stick with GDS despite British Airways' surcharge

Industry players expressed skepticism that U.S. travel agents would take advantage of alternative booking channels to avoid the charge.

Trump argues for travel
ban after London attacks

One of the president's tweets read: "We need to be smart, vigilant and tough. We need the courts to give us back our rights. We need the Travel Ban as an extra level of safety!"

Death Valley resort redo the
latest in national park upgrades

Xanterra will spend tens of millions of dollars on what the company calls a full "renaissance" of the Furnace Creek Resort, which will be renamed the Oasis at Death Valley.

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Da Silva inherits strong business with new role at Trafalgar

The Contiki president was named to replace Paul Wiseman just as Trafalgar was coming off one of its strongest years.

Debut of National Geographic Quest faces delay

After a tour of the vessel at the Nichols Brothers shipyard near Seattle, Lindblad Expeditions CEO Sven Lindblad said it may not be ready to sail for its scheduled June 26 inaugural cruise.

IATA: Laptop ban a factor in Middle East traffic drop

Traffic on Middle East carriers to the U.S. dropped 2.8% in March, IATA reported.

New operator to
upgrade NYC terminals

Ports America has agreed to do $38.5 million in capital improvements on cruise ports in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

CLIA executive takes
lobbyist job at MSC

Bud Darr, CLIA's senior vice president of technical and regulatory affairs, will leave CLIA to assume a new role with MSC Group.

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