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ConferenceDirect Names Director of Global Accounts in AsiaBy Dawit Habtemariam

Global meetings management firm ConferenceDirect has named Maytas Jiwalai director of global accounts. Based in Thailand, Jiwalai will work on hotel... KEEP READING

Hyatt's Brief Interest in NH Hotels, Plus a New Loyalty PartnershipBy Julie Sickel

Hyatt Hotels Corp. president and CEO Mark Hoplamazian during the company's second-quarter earnings call acknowledged both Hyatt's recent intention to... KEEP READING

Air France-KLM Posts Q2 Profit Despite StrikesBy Michael B. Baker

Year over year in the second quarter, Air France-KLM passenger revenue grew 2.4 percent in constant currency to 5.15 billion euros; strong medium-haul... KEEP READING

Cvent Pushes Globalized, Modernized & Unified VisionBy Elizabeth West

Cvent's ambitions were on full display at its Connect conference last week in Las Vegas. The company is making major investments to grow its... KEEP READING

Homelike Enters the U.K.By Dawit Habtemariam

Homelike, a B2B booking platform for furnished and serviced apartments, will list over 2,000 apartments for rent in London on Aug. 1. The units... KEEP READING

Rising Fuel Costs Will Drive Air Canada Fare IncreasesBy Michael B. Baker

Air Canada aims to offset rising fuel costs in part with fare increases, president and CEO Calin Rovinescu said in the carrier's second-quarter earnings... KEEP READING

AccorHotels Pulls the Plug on Air France-KLM Alliance TalksBy Julie Sickel

AccorHotels CFO Jean-Jacques Morin announced during the company's earnings call for the first half of the year that it has decided not to pursue a... KEEP READING

Preferred Hotels Adds 22 PropertiesBy Dawit Habtemariam

Preferred Hotels & Resorts added 22 hotels, resorts and residences to its portfolio of more than 700 properties, including its first properties in... KEEP READING

Hilton Saw Strength in Group & Business Transient During Q2By Julie Sickel

Hilton reported strength in corporate transient demand during the second quarter, a trend president and CEO Christopher Nassetta said has carried over... KEEP READING

Airlines Scrub 'Taiwan' from WebsitesBy Michael B. Baker

All international carriers serving Taiwan capital Taipei have complied with a demand from China to remove the word "Taiwan" from their websites. The... KEEP READING

TripActions Opens First Non-U.S. OfficesBy Dawit Habtemariam

Business travel booking and support platform TripActions opened an office in each London and Amsterdam, the latter to serve as regional headquarters.... KEEP READING

Delta & Air France-KLM Put Alitalia JV on IceBy Michael B. Baker

Delta, Air France-KLM and Virgin Atlantic have excluded Alitalia in their U.S. Department of Transportation filing for an amended joint-venture... KEEP READING

What Goes into Flight Disruption CompensationBy Dawit Habtemariam

"This is something that's been a blind spot for companies, and they are just happy to find new, virgin savings," said Mads Pedersen, sales director of... KEEP READING

BCD Takes Majority Stake in Colombia AffiliateBy Jay Boehmer

BCD Travel took a majority stake in BCD Travel Colombia, its affiliate in the country since 1999. BCD Travel Colombia partner Andres Mongui now reports... KEEP READING

Delta & WestJet Firm Up JV PlansBy Michael B. Baker

Delta and WestJet have signed a definitive agreement for their joint-venture agreement, which they announced late last year. Pending regulatory approval... KEEP READING

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