Mar 27th, 2009
AmeriCorps: a ‘gap year’ option
With President Barack Obama promising to expand its ranks, AmeriCorps allows people to explore community service — and earn money to pay for college. When Krystle Miller left the University of Central Florida in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, she joined the legion of other new graduates looking for work in a job [...]
Mar 23rd, 2009
Australian working holidays to QLD grow in numbers
While Australia is experiencing an overall downturn in the tourism industry because of the global economic conditions, results show that the Sunshine State is holding up well because of a strong performance from the Australia working holiday market. In the first quarter of this year, numbers of Australian working holiday visa grants through the Australian [...]
Mar 23rd, 2009
International Education Sector Remains Strong – Gillard
The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard has welcomed the International Student Data recently released, which shows the sector remains strong despite the global economic downturn. The International Student Data for the month of January 2009 released by Australian Education International (AEI) revealed that the number of full-fee international students grew by 21.4 per cent. This [...]
Mar 23rd, 2009
AdventureLink Acquires Key Competitor, Adventure Central
Acquisition Creates the Largest Adventure Travel Booking Company Worldwide Continuing to forge ahead with a pattern of unprecedented growth, AdventureLink, Inc. today announced the acquisition of its key competitor, Denver-based Adventure Central Inc., in an all-stock transaction. In addition, Allegis Capital, the largest investor in Adventure Central, has backed AdventureLink with an additional investment. AdventureLink [...]
Mar 23rd, 2009
Gap year provider goes into administration
The Ethical Travel Company, which traded as gap year provider Global Xperience and Ethicaltravel.com, has ceased operations. The administrators have been called in and fellow gap year operator Real Gap has purchased the rights to operate Global Xperience’s programmes or offer alternatives. Administrators Fisher Partners and Real Gap are contacting people with existing bookings. The [...]
Mar 23rd, 2009
Recession fuels gap year travel insurance sales
A surge in gap year travel insurance sales indicates that more people are taking extended breaks abroad as unemployment figures rise. That is according to the Daily Mail, which suggests that backpacking travel insurance providers have seen a massive surge in business during the last 12 months. Citing statistics from American Express, the newspaper suggested [...]
Mar 23rd, 2009
543,000 international students study in Australia – it’sReal
Excerpts from Julia Gillard’s Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and deputy leader of the federal Australian Labor Party (ALP) Speech Address to the DEEWR International Education Roundtable Less than three weeks ago, I released new figures which showed that international student enrolments in Australia had increased by just under 21 per cent in 2008, reaching [...]
Mar 23rd, 2009
University of Aberdeen partners with Lonely Planet to launch student guide
The University of Aberdeen has teamed up with Lonely Planet Client Solutions to create an exclusive new travel guide showcasing what the Granite City has to offer students. Study Aberdeen is only the second University guide in the UK to be created by the leading global travel information provider. The University of Aberdeen has teamed [...]
Mar 23rd, 2009
ATTA Adventure Travel Business Survey Reflects Resiliency
Radically changing booking forecasts and notable shifts in consumer preferences and their booking habits, combined with changes in businesses’ current and future marketing strategies, reflect a quickly adapting adventure travel community according to the Adventure Travel Trade Association’s first-quarter 2009 “Industry Snapshot”. Two hundred and thirty-two tour operators from around the world, half from North [...]
Mar 17th, 2009
WYSTC Managing Director Susan Goldstein @ ITB Berlin 2009
TravelMole caught up with WYSTC Managing Director Susan Goldstein at ITB Berlin 2009. If you want to learn more about the industry and the WYSTC conference, here’s a great place to start. Share and Enjoy:
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