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HRG named Comdetur as a travel agency partner in Paraguay. According to HRG, the 29-year-old Comdetur is "among the top five travel management... KEEP READING

Orbitz for Business will not be impacted by LOT Polish Airlines' decision not to renew its distribution agreement with Orbitz, a spokesperson for the... KEEP READING

Payment companies forecast a major upgrade of China's corporate card market after the country's State Council announced on April 22 that foreign... KEEP READING

Ireland-based low-cost carrier Ryanair signed a distribution agreement with Sabre to make its fares and ancillary services available to agency... KEEP READING

Flight Centre Travel Group agreed to acquire Mexico City-based corporate travel agency Koch Overseas de Mexico. With around 100 employees in Mexico... KEEP READING

Virgin America has hired Rick Slavin as director of sales to lead the national account managers. Virgin America has hired Rick Slavin as director of... KEEP READING

The Hertz Corp. named Dave Myrick senior vice president of North America sales, reporting to executive vice president of global sales Bob Stuart.... KEEP READING

BCD Travel agreed to acquire Italy's Seneca Business Travel, according to the mega travel management company. The companies expect the acquisition to... KEEP READING

Teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, Alitalia last year sold a 49 percent stake to Etihad, and now the Italian national airline is back in investment... KEEP READING

Hickory Global Partners partnered with value-added-tax reclamation provider Universal VAT Services to take advantage of the fact that many foreign... KEEP READING

March air transactions processed by mega travel agencies and settled through ARC rose 3.4 percent year over year, according to ARC data. Mega agencies... KEEP READING

Ovation Travel Group named Jenn Smukler director of sales, meetings and events. Prior to joining the New York City-based travel management company,... KEEP READING

ECommission Solutions named John Brehm vice president of sales and business development. Brehm, who has worked for American Express Global Corporate... KEEP READING

Swiss private jet service supplier VistaJet this past fall opened its first office in the United States. To lead its U.S. team, VistaJet tapped Ron... KEEP READING

Executive Travel named Bill LaPeer chief commercial officer, a newly established position within the travel management company. Most recently BCD Travel... KEEP READING