February 22, 2012 - 04:05 PM ET
Yotel, the five-year-old hotel brand that takes its design cues more from
first-class airline cabins than Architectural
Digest, has been testing its draw among U.S. travelers with last summer's
opening of a property near Times Square in New York. According...
February 21, 2012 - 03:45 PM ET
Rockwell Automation last year negotiated new
supplier contracts and reviewed travel policy before devising a demand
management strategy on track to deliver savings this year of more than $1
million. Key to the success was management support—from the...
February 21, 2012 - 03:30 PM ET
The more spending that corporations capture through
their corporate card program, the better the data and the reconciliation, and
the greater the benefits, according to a survey and assessment of card best
practices conducted by the Association of...
February 20, 2012 - 03:30 PM ET
Travelers these days have more ways than ever to
book hotel rooms. A growing number of online travel agencies, content
aggregators and mobile technologies provide the means to search for and book
low rates at desirable properties, exacerbating the...
February 16, 2012 - 04:25 PM ET
Tasked with negotiating rates for thousands of
properties globally, GlaxoSmithKline sourcing group manager Paul Plank turned
to an auction to help keep rates in check, even in a supplier's market.
February 15, 2012 - 09:55 AM ET
Tristar Worldwide Chauffeur Services last
week acquired Massachusetts-based M7 Worldwide Transportation for an
undisclosed price. Tristar, which has a fleet of 500 vehicles worldwide and corporate
offices in London, Manchester, Boston, New York and...
February 14, 2012 - 11:05 AM ET
President Barack Obama in his fiscal year 2013 budget proposed to raise
the aviation passenger security fee incrementally to $7.50 per one-way flight
by 2018. The current fee, unchanged since it was
enacted to fund the Transportation Security
Administration...
February 13, 2012 - 03:15 PM ET
Among the benefits of globalizing his firm's travel program, Deloitte senior manager of travel procurement and operations Brian Nichols found a perk: added negotiating leverage in an increasingly challenging hotel market.
February 10, 2012 - 10:10 AM ET
BCD
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...