Carlton, which operates 38 properties worldwide, is a subsidiary of Marriott Int'l. The hotel component, which features last-minute pricing on opaque inventory, had been in beta mode for several weeks. Northwest and Continental initiated interline e-ticketing in October but only through the carriers' reservations centers, ticket offices and airport counters. Toronto-based Four Seasons is set to add properties in San Francisco, Dublin, Shanghai, Prague and Sharm el Sheikh this year. Atraxis, a division of SAirGroup, will provide Genesis with graphical reservations, ticketing technology and direct links to many major suppliers.
Genesis is owned by travel agency registries in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe and India.
A rollout of the system, which is being touted as an alternative to existing CRSs, is planned for the second quarter of 2002. That topped the 1999 average by1.5 percentage points. The DOJ asked the court to order NCL to change its policies, compensate the affected vacationers and pay an unspecified fine. An NCL spokeswoman said the company did not discriminate against disabled persons and that he could not comment on specific allegations. Apple Vacations failed to forge an agreement to use 800-passenger Crown Dynasty for spring and summer cruises from Baltimore and Philadelphia to Bermuda, said Doug Brown, Apple's director of cruise marketing.