February 10, 2012 - 10:10 AM ET
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Travel consultancy Advito this week issued a revised forecast for 2012 business
travel pricing that suggested economic troubles in Europe will contribute to
minimized airfare hikes in that region while increasing corporate demand in
Latin America...
February 09, 2012 - 12:10 PM ET
Following a rash of
announcements during the past fortnight, hotel payment solutions appear to be
the plat du jour in Europe. Both Sabre and Amadeus have announced deals with
Conferma, a United Kingdom-based company providing virtual card numbers to
automate...
February 09, 2012 - 11:10 AM ET
United Kingdom-based rail booking tool Evolvi launched
a mobile application that allows travelers to book within corporate policy and collect
their tickets at a railway station. Travel charges can be attributed through
the app to the appropriate cost...
February 02, 2012 - 01:55 PM ET
In summer 2010, US Airways expressed a desire to join the transatlantic
antitrust-immune joint venture formed by Star Alliance partners Air Canada, Lufthansa
and United Airlines. A year and a half later, the carrier instead is focused on
its "own stand-alone...
January 27, 2012 - 11:30 AM ET
The European Commission directorate general for competition is
investigating whether the transatlantic joint venture among Air France-KLM,
Alitalia and Delta Air Lines violates antitrust rules.
January 26, 2012 - 10:10 AM ET
The Global Business Travel Association announced plans
to launch GBTA France, a "French-speaking, not-for-profit association in
France."
January 25, 2012 - 11:15 AM ET
Los Angeles - Multibrand
hotel company CEOs speaking at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit here
projected strong demand and rising rates for the next several years, as most do
not expect economic challenges in Europe to have a significant impact...
January 24, 2012 - 03:30 PM ET
Any effort to identify a given year's most influential
business travel executives always will contain an element of futility. True
influence, after all, may not reveal itself immediately or in particularly
dazzling fashion. Still, in a dynamic 2011,...
January 23, 2012 - 01:15 PM ET
Citi last fall named Manish Kohli managing director and
global head of commercial cards, within its global transaction services unit. A
14-year Citi veteran, Kohli most recently led the firm's growth into new
markets in Europe, the Middle East and...
January 19, 2012 - 12:05 PM ET
The White House indicated
that President Barack Obama today would sign an executive order and announce
other initiatives to facilitate inbound international travel and tourism. Following
a year in which the U.S. State Department issued 17 percent more...
January 12, 2012 - 12:20 PM ET
Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Wyndham Hotels and Hyatt
Hotels Corp. this week each detailed plans to develop properties in India during
the next several years.
January 10, 2012 - 11:20 AM ET
Several industry watchers pinned last week's widely adopted $6 roundtrip
transatlantic fare increase on the European Union's new Emissions Trading
Scheme. If analyst expectations come to pass, the airlines have only just begun.
January 09, 2012 - 01:55 PM ET
December air transactions by members of the United
Kingdom's Guild of Travel Management Companies for the
third consecutive month fell sharply year over year, but the fourth-quarter
decline did not prevent full-year 2011 sales from finishing marginally...
January 05, 2012 - 10:25 AM ET
The Global Business Travel Association has launched a Brazilian chapter
following the termination of its relationship with the Associação Brasileira de
Gestores de Eventos e Viagens Corporativas (Brazilian Business Travel
Association) last month.
December 21, 2011 - 12:10 PM ET
The Court of Justice of the European Union "confirmed the validity" of including aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, effective Jan. 1, 2012.