Northwest to Offer Cruises Through nwa.com Web Site

[Paul]

Northwest Airlines (OTC: NWACQ) today announced that it is providing customers with the ability to purchase cruises through its Web site at http://www.nwa.com .

"Customers at nwa.com now have even more options when planning their next vacation," said Al Lenza, vice president of distribution and e-commerce. "In addition to their air travel needs, Northwest customers can take advantage of competitive pricing for cruises, on and offline booking capabilities and 24/7 customer service from our cruise experts."

Effective immediately, Northwest customers can conveniently search, research, and book a cruise on nwa.com with up to 12 of the most trusted cruise lines.

Customers will be able to research more than 1,300 unique cruise itineraries and 7,800 departure dates as well as up to 13,000 images of staterooms, ship public areas, deck plans and exotic ports of call. Additionally, when researching cruise options, customers will be able to see 360 degree room views and read third-party opinions and reviews of fellow travelers. Northwest will also offer the option of purchasing cruise insurance.

Cruises can be researched and booked through the easy-to-use Northwest Web site at http://www.nwa.com/cruise/ .

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[groundcontrol]

copied from another web site....

On Thursday night, on KSTP (channel 5),at 10:00pm the news team is doing an expose' on Northwest wasting money to send reservation agents and other lackies to the Mexican Riveira. I know a woman who went with her son(go figure). Last year she made "platinum" in sales and got a king deluxe balcony room on a cruise ship. NW rented the entire Norwegian cruise ship!It's good to be king!

MAYBE NEXT TIME NW WASTES MONEY RENTING CRUISE SHIPS, THEY WILL GET A BETTER RATE BY SELLING CRUISES.

OR MAYBE THEY WON'T PAY NEXT TIME THEY RENT A SHIP....HELL THEY DON'T PAY THEIR HOTEL BILLS.

DOESN'T NW HAVE ENOUGH SINKING SHIPS?

 

[justanadd]

http://kstp.dayport.com/viewer/viewerpage....5203&NoAds=true


A 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS investigation on Northwest Airlines is already causing controversy among the struggling companies’ employees, even though it is scheduled to be broadcast tonight.

Only 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS’ cameras captured exclusive footage as the bankrupt company treated some workers to an all-inclusive trip to Mexico.

The video shows the airlines top producing reservation agents being treated to such activities as snorkeling and lavish dinners.

Northwest defends the trips, saying the money is well-spent and the incentive trip generated $53 million last year for the airlines.

Tonight at 10 p.m., you’ll see more of our exclusive footage, and hear from both reservations agents – and Northwest management.

 

[finman]

http://kstp.dayport.com/viewer/viewerpage....5203&NoAds=true
A 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS investigation on Northwest Airlines is already causing controversy among the struggling companies’ employees, even though it is scheduled to be broadcast tonight.

Only 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS’ cameras captured exclusive footage as the bankrupt company treated some workers to an all-inclusive trip to Mexico.

The video shows the airlines top producing reservation agents being treated to such activities as snorkeling and lavish dinners.

Northwest defends the trips, saying the money is well-spent and the incentive trip generated $53 million last year for the airlines.

Tonight at 10 p.m., you’ll see more of our exclusive footage, and hear from both reservations agents – and Northwest management.

Why is this a big deal? Rewarding poeple who generate income is a pretty standard way of incentivising poeple to generate even more income. It must have been a really slow news day if something this common is fodder for an evening news story. If providing these incentives drives revenue over and above the cost of the incentives, then it makes good business sense. I would hope the news story at least makes mention of this obvious fact.

The local news here never ceases to amaze how they can overdramatize very trivial items.