This is The Savvy Traveler, I'm Rudy Maxa. We're just barely into 1999 but travel experts everywhere are already predicting a record year for... air travel... hotel-occupancy... trans-Atlantic trips. I bet just about every travel industry CEO is smiling right now. And they're probably also thinking New Year's 2000, will just add to the frenzy. With all the activity, the year ahead is bound to be eventful for all of us fellow travelers. So I've got an old colleague of mine, Ed Perkins, former editor in chief at Consumer Travel Report, to share his insights on what we can expect in 1999.

Travel Trends in '99
Interview with Ed Perkins