Tiger Woods has recently signed a multimillion-dollar deal with the Walt Disney Company requiring him to make an undisclosed number of television appearance in golf exhibitions. This deal may produce huge ratings for Disney-owned television studios, mostly ABC and ESPN.

It is important to note that Tiger will not be acting as a spokeman for any Disney theme parks… so Tigger’’s job is still safe.

For those of you who use Delta Skymiles they are having a Skymiles auction on their website featuring a trip for four to Walt Disney World. Not sure how skymiles work but the trip sounds nice. Here is the description from the website:

“Imagine a Disney World vacation better than any childhood fantasy. You and three guests will spend three nights in the Doubletree Guest Suites and be privy to the unique hospitality of an Official WALT DISNEY WORLD Hotel. Receive complimentary transportation and guaranteed admission to all the theme parks, priority seating for restaurant dining and preferred access to five Disney golf courses. You”ll be right in the DOWNTOWN DISNEY® Resort Area where you”ll enjoy funky shops, hip nightclubs, lavish restaurants and more. Your package for four includes round-trip First Class airfare, a minivan rental from Hertz, deluxe suite accommodations, dinner in the Wolfgang Puck® Dining Room, passes to both La Nouba at

Cirque du Soleil® and the DOWNTOWN DISNEY®/Pleasure Island entertainment complex. One winner plus three guests.

Terms: Subject to availability. Certain blackout dates apply.”

Go to the Skymiles Auction Site for more details.

Good news for Walt Disney World. The US Commerce Department released a report yesterday predicting record international travel to the United States in 2001, with 52.9 million visitors spending $116 billion. This is a 5 percent increase over last year’’s number.

This will come as welcome news to Walt Disney World after they predicted that 2001 would be a slow year.

Harvey Totzke, president of the Service Trades Council, the largest union at Disney, has recommended that hourly wage workers reject a contract offered by the company. The union is seeking a 16% raise over a three year period. Disney proposal falls short of this wage increase, as well as the the pension increases the union is seeking. The proposal is expected to be rejected today.

The contract covers costumed workers, bus drivers, laundry workers, lifeguards, hotel and restaurant employees, animal caretakers, and seamstresses.