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Le Meridien Names New U.S. VP SalesBy Bruce Serlen

In anticipation of the bidding season for 2003 negotiated rates, Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts this month named 18-year industry veteran Brian Jones as... KEEP READING

Ericsson Drops CostsBy Amon Cohen

What do travel managers, who already run a tight program, do when their company asks them to dig deeper for even greater savings? It is a question many... KEEP READING

Mormons Employ Innovative TechniquesBy David Jonas

Mormons Employ Innovative Techniques... KEEP READING

Six Continents Taps Porter For N.A. PrezBy Bruce Serlen

Thirty-year industry veteran Stevan Porter this month was named president of the Americas for Six Continents Hotels, whose brands include... KEEP READING

Compaq Clamps DownBy Ben Chapman

Compaq Clamps Down... KEEP READING

MPI Foundation Names David DuBois Executive VPBy Chris Davis

The Meeting Professionals International Foundation, which during the past few years has contributed several significant pieces of research to the... KEEP READING

Tim Hamid Heads Cendant Hotel SalesBy Bruce Serlen

Cendant Corp.'s hotel group has appointed lodging industry veteran Tim Hamid vice president of worldwide sales, charging him with responsibility for the... KEEP READING

ACTE Streamlines BoardBy Ben Chapman

The Association of Corporate Travel Executives this month will inaugurate its new officers and complete the reorganization of its board of governors... KEEP READING

Hilton's Keltner Strict On Quality

With many buyers scaling back to less costly hotels or adding more of these properties to their programs, they've grown much more concerned about... KEEP READING

Top Ex-Delta Exec Joins CendantBy Jay Campbell

Continuing to bring in industry veterans to run its relatively new travel distribution division, Parsippany, N.J.-based Cendant Corp. last week employed... KEEP READING

Biotech Co. Consolidates Mtgs.By Chris Davis

Amgen Inc. documented more than $3 million, or about 22 percent, in savings off its meeting and group travel program in 2001, after implementing a... KEEP READING

CO Puts Premium On Biz Travel

Larry Kellner, president of Continental Airlines, was in New York this month to unveil the carrier's new BusinessFirst seat (see story, page 14), and... KEEP READING

US Airways Appoints Siegel CEO, PresidentBy David Jonas

US Airways named travel industry veteran David N. Siegel president and CEO. As of March 11, he has taken on the duties temporarily assumed by chairman... KEEP READING

Bone Fills In Policy GapBy Ben Chapman

Tim Bone, director of global travel, meetings and events at San Francisco-based Gap Inc., in the past 16 months has engineered a near-total makeover of... KEEP READING

Cendant Welcomes New ExecsBy Bruce Serlen and Jay Campbell

Cendant Corp. announced a number of key executive appointments in recent weeks. Steven Rudnitsky was named chairman and CEO of Cendant's hotel division,... KEEP READING

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