History of the Travel Industry

Major Airlines Cap Commissions for Domestic Flights

1995

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/02/17/Travel-agents-fighting-commission-cap/8953792997200/

Expedia Launches

Oct 15, 1996

http://www.expediainc.com/about/history/

Euro Accepted Into the World

Jan 1, 1999

https://www.brookings.edu/research/international-effects-of-the-euro/

TripAdvisor Launches

Feb 1, 2000

http://www.harbus.org/2013/an-interview-with-stephen-kaufer-co-founder-ceo-of-tripadvisor/

9/11

Sep 11, 2001

http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attack

The Treaty of Accession

Apr 16, 2003

Signed in Athens, admitting 10 new member states to the European Union
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/enlargement_new/treaty/default_en.htm

The Cuzco Declaration

Dec 8, 2004

The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing South American Community of Nations.
http://www.iirsa.org/admin_iirsa_web/Uploads/Documents/oe_cusco05_declaracion_del_cusco_eng.pdf

Airbus A380 Takes its First Flight

Apr 27, 2005

http://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2005/04/a380-the-21st-century-flagship-successfully-completes-its-first-flight.html

Airbnb Founded

2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9525267/Airbnb-The-story-behind-the-1.3bn-room-letting-website.html

Uber Technologies Inc. is Founded

2009

http://www.businessinsider.com/ubers-history/#june-1998-scour-a-peer-to-peer-search-engine-startup-that-kalanick-had-dropped-out-of-ucla-to-join-snags-its-first-investment-from-former-disney-president-michael-ovitz-and-ron-burkle-of-yucaipa-companies-1

Beginning of the Egyptian Revolution

Jan 25, 2011

http://blog.euromonitor.com/2011/02/the-crisis-in-egypt-effects-on-the-travel-and-tourism-industry.html

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 loses contact and disappears

Mar 8, 2014

https://nats.aero/blog/2014/09/future-aircraft-surveillance-tracking/

Fall of Mosul

Jun 11, 2014

Islamic State of Iraq forces seize control of government offices and other important buildings in the northern city of Mosul. Iraqi Prime Minister declares victory.
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/01/iraq-krg-tourism-numbers-dropping-is-conflict.html

Lithuania becomes a member of the Eurozone

Jan 1, 2015

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2015/html/pr150101.en.html

Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect

Jan 1, 2015

http://www.eaeunion.org/?lang=en#about

UK votes to leave European Union in their "Brexit" referundum

Jun 23, 2016

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/comment/what-would-brexit-mean-for-travellers/

Panama Canal's third set of locks opens for commercial traffic

Jun 26, 2016

https://www.npr.org/2016/06/25/483523910/the-5-billion-panama-canal-expansion-opens-sunday-amidst-shipping-concerns