May 14, 2012 - 09:15 AM ET
The U.S. Transportation Department once again has moved the goalposts on its eagerly anticipated and hotly disputed Enhancing Passenger Protections III notice of proposed rulemaking, this time to Nov. 30 from Aug. 10.
May 07, 2012 - 03:10 PM ET
Travelocity
Business announced TBiz Chat, a new feature allowing business travelers to
"connect live with a certified Travelocity Business corporate agent"
for help with site navigation, bookings, changes, invoices, receipts and other
functions.
May 02, 2012 - 03:10 PM ET
American
Express Global Business Travel created a new regional structure and named three
longtime execs to run the regions. Tom Bligh became senior vice president and
general manager of the Americas; Katrina Cliffe was named vice president and
general...
April 11, 2012 - 03:45 PM ET
Sabre Travel Network by June expects to launch its new virtual meetings distribution marketplace for corporate travelers and arrangers who use GetThere's newly released home page, 200,000 travel agents using Sabre Red and others via a website.
April 05, 2012 - 03:50 PM ET
Although preliminary data from TravelClick shows that global
distribution systems in January lost share of North American hotel bookings from
2011 levels, TravelClick executives said the figures do not indicate a decline
in business travel, as its...
March 27, 2012 - 01:30 PM ET
US Airways has no plans to follow domestic competitors
American, Delta and United in rolling out a premium-economy section, president
Scott Kirby said last week here during the carrier's media day.
March 12, 2012 - 10:15 AM ET
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleged that Flight Centre Limited attempted price-fixing arrangements with three airlines.
March 09, 2012 - 12:55 PM ET
Southwest Airlines in September took over corporate
sales functions from AirTran, but it could take years for the company to fully
incorporate both carriers into preferred corporate airline agreements, a
Southwest official said last week. Ultimately,...
March 07, 2012 - 04:35 PM ET
New York - Having tested corporate discount programs since 2010, inflight Wi-Fi
provider Gogo Inc. is open to but skeptical of volume-based discounting, said
vice president of airline partnerships Dave Bijur. Nevertheless, the company is
lining up...
February 06, 2012 - 10:10 AM ET
The U.S. General Services Administration on Feb. 2 posted
a notice to the Federal Register
confirming it would award in April contracts for the second-generation e-Gov
Travel Service. GSA laid out the timeline for the transition to ETS2 from the
first...
January 19, 2012 - 09:35 AM ET
Atlanta - Travelport's Agility program was changed in the
Americas, but not as much as many travel agencies and travel agency groups
initially believed, a company executive said here.
January 17, 2012 - 11:40 AM ET
STR Global, one of the
most influential data suppliers of market metrics to hoteliers, soon will begin
providing monthly reports on booking channel data. Geared largely for hotel revenue managers, the
reports eventually could change the way hoteliers...
January 05, 2012 - 09:40 AM ET
The American Society of Travel Agents said it was
poised to sue Travelport if the global distribution system company did not
decide to waive fees that Travelport originally intended to levy on agency
subscribers on Jan. 1.
January 03, 2012 - 04:35 PM ET
Amadeus has developed a product designed to help agencies
monitor negotiated hotel rates, evaluate compliance and integrate data from
hotels booked outside of global distribution systems.
November 10, 2011 - 10:30 AM ET
TRX sold its ResX self-booking tool to nuTravel Technology
Solutions for $3.5 million, the companies announced this week. As part of the deal, nuTravel acquired "software, websites,
certain customer agreements and intellectual property," according to...