Travel from Texas to Mexico surge
March 8, 2011
MILWAUKEE – Statistics released by the Mexico Tourism Board show a surge in travel from Texas to the country’s top beach destinations and resort areas.
MILWAUKEE – Statistics released by the Mexico Tourism Board show a surge in travel from Texas to the country’s top beach destinations and resort areas. Despite a continued stream of negative media coverage, over 253,000 travelers visited Mexico from Texas in December and 210,000 in January compared to 224,000 and 196,000 in the previous year, respectively.
“The number of people flying out of Texas cities into Mexico is up 12 percent from last year, and December saw the most travelers for that month in a decade,” said Mike Going, president of Funjet Vacations. “Year-after-year Mexico remains a top travel destination for both Funjet Vacations and the Texas market and we are optimistic about the forecast for 2011. We believe properly informed consumers will continue to de
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From left: Ken Pomerantz, Mike Going and Terry Morrison. The industry veterans formed the consulting firm MPG Travel Solutions in 2017.
MPG Travel Solutions is expanding its business-optimization practice to help facilitate partnerships between agents and agencies that have struggled during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The travel industry consulting firm plans to use its network of clients to match agents with like-minded agencies to help both survive the current crisis. We want to help those people and organizations who are under significant operational pressure find a path to survive, said Terry Morrison, one of the founders of MPG. We will match those agents and agencies with others that share their goals and values, and that by doing so, [we are hopeful] they can make it through until the time that leisure travel rebounds.