Pacific region hit as Japan’s travel slump continues

(18-May-2001) - ASIA/PACIFIC. Travel retailers are bracing themselves for a potentially damaging downturn in Asia, fuelled by the US slowdown and the stalled Japanese economy. Although few observers believe the slump will reach the depths of 1997, fears are rising that travel patterns and sales will be hit as economic growth slows.

(15-Jun-2002) -

(13-Mar-2002) - US. Airports across the US will lose $2.3bn in revenues during the year to September 2002, according to a devastating new report from Airports Council International (ACI). An ACI North America survey predicts that $446m of these losses will be in concession revenues at the region?s airports.

(28-Sep-2001) - This Japanese Special Issue of DFNI focuses on a market that might be described as punch-drunk. The predicted world travel crisis could not have come at a worse time for operators dependent on Japanese traveller spend, as the country?s economy continues to falter.

(14-Jun-2008) - Although Japan is the company\'s best-perfoming market, sales in other countries are increasing