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How to Integrate, Accelerate and Organize Your Office Functions This month we look at three software packages: An integrated office automation package, a package to speed up your system, and […]

NEW YORK -- A number of U.S. tour operators are expanding their offerings to southern Africa in response to new flights from the U.S. and growing political stability in the […]

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- With the elections over, South Africa is back on the tourist map. It is not only very accessible to U.S. tourists but surprisingly affordable as well. […]

Laser Printers, Page Layouts, Art Can Enhance Agency Image in Print With a few additions, you can use your PC and word processing software to go far beyond simple letters […]

Upgraded Electronic Map Programs Are More Useful to Agents * Back in 1988, I mentioned two map and atlas programs, Electromap World Atlas and PC Globe, that provide quick and […]

Word Processing: The Choice Is Now a Little Easier Five years ago, with more than 50 PC-based word processing packages on the market, it was difficult to decide which one […]

Product Reviews Can Speed the Shopping Process * Scores of publications evaluate products, report test results and provide purchasing advice on computers, peripherals, software and services. Comprehensive reviews can provide […]

CONSIDERING THE PC OPTION JUST about everybody knows that the airlines have some of the biggest computer systems in the world. So when The Wall Street Journal recently graded nine […]

IBM Knockoffs Offer a Variety Of Differences And Advantages So: You have analyzed your computing needs and determined that one or more software packages for the IBM personal computer will […]

Beyond the Myth of Convenience: Realities of Desktop Publishing Many people in the personal computing industry are promoting desktop publishing as a low-cost, easy way to produce professional-looking newsletters and […]

System Crash Brings Screams, New Software To Protect Files * My screams were probably audible five miles down the road, when, after saving a simple file, my system decided to […]

New Electronic Atlases: World at Your Fingertips * Two companies recently announced the release of electronic atlases with corresponding data bases that run on personal computers. Why bother with an […]

Direct Mail May Be Easier -- and Less Expensive -- Than You Think When you get one of those mailings in an oversized official-looking envelope notifying you in big bold […]

PC Games Make Travel Learning An Adventure ] Many informative and entertaining software packages using a travel theme have been released in the past year. With them, users can learn […]

Desktop Publishing: Expensive, Complex, Worth It Desktop publishing. Users rhapsodize about its speed and convenience, but it is considerably more complex than using a word processor or reservations system. On […]

It's Game Time at the Work Station In an earlier column this year, I talked about several computer games that blur the line between learning and fun. They teach, in […]

Update Europe Data Base Helps Retailers Develop Instant Expertise and Create Customized Itineraries NEW YORK--Update Europe, the first in a series of software packages from Worldview Systems Corp., lets agents […]

New World File And Cruise Star Ease Selection Suppose a client walks in and says, "My friend just got back from a cruise and it sounded terrific. What have you […]

Tips on Creating Newsletters, Quickly and Easily In general, travel agencies do far less marketing of their product than other companies selling consumer goods and services. A few ads in […]

Ten Myths Spawn Host Of Installation Problems Having been in various facets of the computer industry over the past three decades, I have seen many successful and many not-so-successful computer […]

Advent of PS/2 Clouds Picture For PC Users ] When the first personal computers came out in the late 1970s, buyers were faced with a bewildering array of hardware and […]

Hypertext: All Hype, or a Vision Into the Future? One of the most significant new products introduced in 1987 was HyperCard for the Apple Macintosh, along with its associated Englishlike […]

Word Processing: It's Not Just Processing Words AN IDEAL SYSTEM FOR AGENCIES SHOULD HAVE MANY CAPABILITIES In this, the first of a three-part series, well'll look at selecting a suitable […]

What to Look for in Advertising When Purchasing an IBM PC XT The ad for Total Universe Cradle to Grave Computer Services, Inc. boasts "the ultimate in travel agency automation […]

All Work and No Play? New Games Let Agents Walk on the Wild Side Last month we looked at a variety of entertaining software packages that feature a travel theme. […]

Expert Systems Soon Will Be Able to Help Plan and Book Trips Expert systems got their start in the early 1970s and are in use in such diverse areas as […]

Where IBM Goes, Can Rivals Follow? Five years ago, IBM introduced its first line of personal computers and created a standard that was copied, cloned or counterfeited by scores of […]

Travel Clients Become Computer Literate in Their Leisure Time Since the early '80s, kids have had a wonderful alternative to public schools to become computer literate: the computer camp. Even […]