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An integrated methodology is being developed to link production management structures and systems to business strategy and organization configuration. Various existing approaches were studied to define a framework and supporting methodology that are beneficial to manufacturing companies, especially small-to-medium-scale enterprises. Certain approaches from an extensive collection of literature may be combined to form an effective framework for building reference models that relate to manufacturing settings.

The prospect of unrestricted travel from the U.S. to Cuba has resurfaced with vigor in recent months, and it seems like a change of American policy may be finally within [...]

GUILIN, China--The clusters of limestone hills that fill the Guangxi Province are the main attraction for the tourists that come to this region. It is a surreal landscape, with verdant [...]

DUBROVNIK, Croatia -- The images of Dubrovnik's brutal shelling have lingered like a shadow over Croatia for more than a decade. The three-month Serbian assault shocked the world. Gothic-Renaissance churches, [...]

KWAZULU NATAL, South Africa--The heart of the Zulu nation is steeped in history. Modest thatched huts along the road into Zululand follow a tribal design. Women paint their faces with [...]

The federal government has given more than $24 million to travel agents nationwide to assuage economic damage caused by the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the impact of vast changes in [...]

John Daley refers to Highway 101 as 'Route 66 with a view.' and our Mother Road.' The Highway that runs the length of California, winding alongside the beautiful Pacific Coast, [...]

With public and political opinion chipping away at the 44-year-old U.S. embargo on Cuba, there are few businesses with as much to gain from its repeal as the travel industry. [...]

One big perk about being a verifier at a telemarketing company is there are seldom any hang-ups. The people verifiers call are friendlier. Sometimes there may even be a laugh. [...]

In today's up-and-down financial market, employment compensation packages are more complex than just buying and selling shares of stock. Accountants and financial planners stress the importance of understanding just how [...]

HONG KONG -- On a recent hosted visit, a representative from the Peninsula Hong Kong was supposed to meet me at the airport. 'Signs are not allowed,' I was told [...]

Western travelers top the nation in the number of trips they take, how much they spend on travel, their use of travel agents and their economic outlooks for the year [...]

China's symbol for tourism is taken from a famous Hans Dynasty sculpture of a galloping horse overtaking a flying sparrow. The emblem, used by the China National Tourist Office, is [...]

Major Western airports are expected to spend more than $22 billion in coming years on construction projects that are among the most ambitious in the country. With six of the [...]

The use of jetBlue passenger information for a government project has sparked a federal inquiry, class-action lawsuits and widespread outrage over what civil rights groups are calling a grave violation [...]

Far&Wide Travel Corp.'s bankruptcy filing last week marked the largest failure of a tour operator in recent history and sent ripples across the nation's tourism industry. Many questions remained unanswered [...]

Personal information from 5 million jetBlue passengers was released to the Department of Defense late last year as part of an agency project to develop data-mining technology. A jetBlue spokesman [...]

Final revisions to the regulations governing global distribution systems could be ready for federal approval as early as next month, spurring the American Society of Travel Agents and other industry [...]

Once reserved for the elite, private-jet usage has surged since Sept. 11, with more travelers seeking convenient alternatives to the time-consuming security procedures of commercial aviation. 'Just weeks after the [...]

Three Western states have targeted travelers as a source of much-needed revenue, adding new taxes to the price of hotel rooms and rental cars. Montana already has started collecting the [...]

The Department of Justice has found the proposed settlement with Lufthansa Airlines in agents' landmark suit against the major carriers raises 'serious concerns under antitrust laws.' In a letter filed [...]

Funding for state tourism departments in the Western U.S. is holding steady for the current fiscal year, even as many legislatures deal with significant budget deficits that will strain spending. [...]

It is all systems go for space tourism, even for those who can't afford the $20 million trip to the International Space Station. A leisurely vacation into the final frontier [...]

Maureen Jones, president of All Horizons Travel, doesn't bill herself as an agent who can sell any vacation to any destination to any kind of traveler. But for clients looking [...]

For those wondering what the hotel room of the future might be like, Room 267 at the Hilton Garden Inn near the Los Angeles International Airport has some answers. The [...]

When the Center for Travel Marketing at Los Medanos College recently held a seminar on how to succeed in today's travel industry, center director Kiran Kamath decided it should start [...]

The U.S. Department of Justice has recommended deregulating the global distribution system technology used by travel agents to make airline reservations. The recommendations give considerable weight to federal proposals that [...]

Austin Leslie, the head chef at Jacques-Imo's Cafe, is as colorful as the food he prepares. Baseball gave him the nimble hands needed to batter and fry a chicken properly, [...]

Marie Laveau's tomb in St. Louis Cemetery #1 is covered with 'X' marks, lined with coins, and adorned with flowers, candles and Mardi Gras beads. The faithful leave their offerings [...]

When other kids were out playing were out watching television, Steve Orens was in his room with his computer. 'He's always been into computers, even before there was a www,' [...]

Maybe it was wishful thinking, but some travel agents last week were reporting a subtle shift -- a quiet mood change among the traveling public. World events continue to cast [...]

Time seems to have slipped over the Crescent City. The best hotels and guesthouses in New Orleans have the distinct feeling of the past still thriving in the present. Here [...]

Internet web cams are windows to the world. They can be evocative and fun, offering up-to-date images from locations anywhere there is an Internet hookup. The web cams stationed around [...]

With battle plans in motion, the wait begins. For months, the travel and hospitality industry has been wondering just how a U.S.-led war with Iraq would affect business. As a [...]

More companies in the travel industry are relaxing cancellation policies as a way to keep people traveling in a climate of economic and geopolitical uncertainty-- and cruise lines are leading [...]

Utah has reaped the benefits that come with being an Olympic Games host - - high exposure, improved infrastructure and more government revenues. But even though the Olympic buildup proved [...]

Travel suppliers, from hotels to cruise lines, are relaxing cancellation policies in hopes to ease apprehensions people may have about traveling under the treat of war and a sluggish economy. [...]

Hotel companies, struggling to regain leverage over room pricing and inventory that was lost to Internet travel sites, now are trying to master the technology that has hamstrung their control. [...]

Though airlines have eliminated or scaled back on serving free meals, new experiments with selling food are being tried both in-flight and online to capitalize on the hungry traveler. Airlines [...]

Over a 13-year period ending in August 2002, what are now the nation's 10 busiest commercial airports averaged one aviation accident or incident every six weeks, according to a Federal [...]

The way Mike Carlson sees it, the Internet has indeed brought increased competition for travelers, but it also is an excellent device he can use to build his own business. [...]

Wido Schaefer, president of TravelStore Inc. knows a thing or two about survival. Despite a gradual drop-off in business travel since 2000, Schaefer's Los Angeles-based agency has thrived selling corporate [...]

Independent agents in the West are slightly more tech savvy and are more likely to work full-time compared to their counterparts in other regions, according to a survey by the [...]

PHOENIX -- Giants next year is launching several new member-focused initiatives with added emphasis on technology and marketing. The travel agency network, which held its annual conference here last month, [...]

Arizona has many options for those looking for a little inner peace or a simple getaway, though it might be difficult choosing exactly how to pursue your health and well [...]

The board supervising California's sellers of travel consumer protection fund has agreed to cap the total value of claims that can be made on a single company, according to the [...]

If variety is the spice of life, then South Africa is bursting with flavor. With government support, more tourism projects are being launched by people once marginalized under apartheid. Officials [...]

A travel agency that generated controversy in the '90s for creating 'instant' agents is again drawing industry attention over some of its practices. The Association of Retail Travel Agents said [...]

A month after California law-makers slashed $7 million in state funds for promoting tourism and shifted the Division of Tourism to the authority of a new agency, the state's tourism [...]

The board of directors of the Association of Retail Travel Agents has said it will continue to challenge the cruise industry to disclose its non-commissionable fees. At a meeting last [...]