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Southwest Profit Puts Largest Carriers Just Below Quarterly Record

Southwest Airlines on Thursday reported a $112 million second-quarter profit. As the last of the major domestic carriers to report earnings, Southwest's...

Avis Counters Hertz With Dollar Thrifty Offer

Avis Budget Group on Wednesday issued a counteroffer to acquire Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, about 17 percent higher than the offer Hertz signed...

CWT Reports Rebound In Global Client Spending, Transaction Pricing

Carlson Wagonlit Travel handled nearly 29.4 million air, hotel and car rental transactions globally in the first six months of 2010, an increase of 13.2...

Lufthansa Reports Quarterly Operating Profit, Year-To-Date Loss

Deutsche Lufthansa AG on Thursday reported that revenues for the first half of 2010 grew nearly 24 percent, but noted that was not enough to eke out a profit,...

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SPOTLIGHT

One-On-One With Best Western International CEO David Kong: Hotel Demand Rising

Best Western International CEO David Kong recently spoke with BTN hotel editor Michael B. Baker about the chain's recently introduced descriptor...

CHART OF THE DAY

2010 CWT Meetings Survey

RESEARCH CENTER

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2010 Business Travel Survey

For the business travel industry, 2009 was a year in which the financial underpinnings of the business...

2010 Business Travel Handbook

2010 Business Travel Buyer's Handbook

BTNonline subscribers can view the 2010 Travel Buyer's Handbook here.

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Procurement Practices 2010

There is no denying the value of measurement, even in a time of favorable negotiating conditions and...

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The 2009 Corporate Travel 100

The double-digit cuts in corporate travel spending that most companies implemented in the second half...

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BTN Special Research: Benchmarking Europe's Biggest 2009

The Business Travel News /Association of Corporate Travel Executives third annual European Top-Market...

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2009 Business Travel Survey: Year Of Change Ushers In Uncertainty

Last year, our assessment in this space was, "Dire circumstances have created an environment that demands...

HIGHLIGHTED BTN RESEARCH

2010 U.S. Hotel Chain Survey

Starwood Hotels & Resorts' artsy Le Meridien brand this year by a hair ended JW Marriott's three-year...

6th Annual Expense Manager Survey: Cos. Sharpen Expense Oversight With Audits, More Receipts

Expense managers are tightening policies in response to the economy, including more thorough audits and...

2009 Large Market Benchmarking Report: Sizing Up Large Market Travel Buyers

The very largest buyers always can capture travel vendors' attention, but their large market colleagues...

Continental Tops Buyer Survey As Industry Cuts Service

BTN's 2009 Travel Manager Salary & Attitude Survey: Frozen Salaries, Job Cuts Dim Travel Buyers' Optimism

SELECTED SURVEYS

Meeting Buyers Looking To Keep Down Attendee Costs

The vast majority of meeting buyers anticipate per-attendee costs to hold steady or even decrease this...

Inflight Wi-Fi Expands, But Most Cos. Won't Reimburse For Its Use

Despite the rapid proliferation of wireless Internet access on domestic aircraft, most companies do...

BTN Research: Buyers OK But Don't Bargain For Rental Car GPS, Toll Adds

Most corporate travel programs allow travelers to add GPS and electronic toll paying technology to their...

BTN Research: Green Corp. Travel Issues Struggle To Find U.S. Foothold

BTN Research: Tracking Unbundled Fees Still Elusive

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