[Travel seems] not just a way of having a good time, but something that every self-respecting citizen ought to undertake, like a high-fiber diet, say, or a deodorant.

Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking that it is a social requirement, too.

The travel industry will do really well this year. It's a great time to be an operator. What that means for the individual is: Book early, book often.

There is a third dimension to traveling, the longing for what is beyond.

We have worked through the families, the travel agencies. We've sent ... up to a hundred people to go through the hospitals.

As our network continues to proliferate, one of our top priorities is to better enable our travel agency partners to easily and profitably book all segments of travel through a single reservations solution. We chose Amadeus because of the quality and scope of their operations and their unprecedented technology infrastructure.