...the taxes to the cruise passengers. The tax is also creating a lot of bad publicity for Alaska in the international travel press. In his presentation, Samuels cited independent and influential travel publications like Cruise News Daily, Cruiseblogger...

...around the state vacation planner and Web site, according to ATIA. Additional funding would pay for advertising in travel press, some cable television commercials and travel media public relations, Peck said. Contact reporter Kim Marquis at...