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DAILY BULLETIN July 13, 2017 TOP STORIES DMOs under assault History has shown that cutting funds from a state's destination marketing organization hurts the economy. Nevertheless, lawmakers see these tourism marketers as easy targets. READ MORE Moving on, getting away: The post-divorce travel trend Liberty Travel has dubbed the phenomenon the "start-anew-moon," which joins the ranks of milestone celebration trips like the honeymoon and babymoon. READ MORE Qatar Air CEO apologizes for knock on U.S. flight attendants Akbar Al Baker's comments at a private gala, comparing U.S. flight attendants to "grandmothers," drew outrage from U.S. carriers and a number of labor unions. READ MORE Sabre's new chatbot helps agencies manage routine services Two clients, Travel Solutions International USA in Dallas and Casto Travel in San Francisco, are testing the product. READ MORE Advertisement INSIGHT BY TOM STIEGHORST A ship fire provides a lesson in emergency preparedness The only common element in every emergency at sea is that something somewhere isn't going to go as planned. READ MORE Advertisement LEGAL BRIEFS States decide obligations on reporting data breaches to clients Q: One of our agency's major suppliers notified us that it had suffered a data breach. The vendor wants us to notify our clients about the breach. Do we have to do that? If we don't have to do it, should we do so anyway? READ MORE Advertisement MORE NEWS 2017 a big year for California hotel openings The state has shattered its record for hotel rooms opened during the first half of a year. READ MORE Kayak enables voice bookings for hotels Previously, Alexa could be used to search for flights, hotels and rental cars, but now bookings can be completed using Alexa. READ MORE Food delivery app debuts at BWI Airport Airport Sherpa, which will deliver meals and other goods from vendors inside the terminal, plans to expand to as many as 15 U.S. airports by 2018. READ MORE Mexico hotel company expanding to Dominican Republic The all-inclusive Temptation brand and its topless-optional concept is coming to Punta Cana. READ MORE MORE FROM TRAVEL WEEKLY Follow Travel Weekly on Instagram Want to find out what the editors at #TravelWeekly are up to these days? Managing editor @twrtobin and destinations editor @emtravelweekly will be curating the best in where, why and how to travel now at @twtravelnews. TW Chats on Twitter, July 19: Travel sellers The Power of travel sellers. Our annual Twitter chat about how people are buying travel and from whom. Our next Chat: Wed., July 19 at 3 p.m. Eastern. READ MORE DAILY BULLETIN Editor: Kimberly Scholz Email the editor Follow us on: Subscribe to Travel Weekly For promotional opportunities in this newsletter, contact sales@travelweekly.com 100 Lighting Way, 2nd Floor, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094   201-902-2000 Privacy Policy You can unsubscribe if you wish to stop receiving TW Daily Bulletin newsletter.