"In this kind of a market, it's not just about booking orders any more," Mr. Leahy said.
Gus won't comment on revenues, though his competitors say that no one is booking orders.
Gus declines to comment on revenues, though his competitors say that no one is booking orders.
In addition, the hospitality sector received a major boost due to the games, as hotels and guest houses received large booking orders from people who were coming to see the Games - media-persons, delegates, officials, visitors, sports-persons, etc. Tourism also benefited from the Games, and the State Tourism Department showed many foreign journalists key tourism spots in the city.
The news shows that people are still flying, but amid increasing uncertainty about the economic situation in the UK, they are holding off until the last minute before booking in order to get as good a deal as possible.
"What's been put in place is the possibility for free booking in order to attribute numbered seats to the refugees so they remain grouped together and they can avoid any risk of conflict that may come if they'd taken seats reserved by other passengers.
A former New York sales rep told of WorldCom's cutting bandwidth prices in half for client Aubrey G. Lanston & Co., then booking the order twice once at the old rate and once at the new one.
Booking your order at the last minute can add up to your transportation cost.
Airbus decided last month to put the A380 into production after booking firm orders for 50 of the planes.
