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Travelport To Launch IPO On London ExchangeBy Amon Cohen

Travel technology company Travelport this week announced its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange. The initial public offering is expected to... KEEP READING

Amadeus CFO To Succeed Jones As CEO Next YearBy Jay Boehmer

Amadeus this week announced that president and CEO David Jones in January 2011 plans to step down from his post to be succeeded by CFO Luis Maroto.... KEEP READING

BA Urges U.S. DOT To Ignore DOJ Objection To Transatlantic Joint VentureBy Amon Cohen

British Airways this week urged the U.S. Department of Transportation to reject last month's U.S. Department of Justice objection to the carrier's... KEEP READING

European Load Factors Rise As Airlines Align Supply, DemandBy Amon Cohen

European carriers appear to be aligning seat supply and demand successfully after Air France KLM and SAS reported this week that traffic, or revenue... KEEP READING

Lufthansa Seeks To Launch Service To IraqBy Amon Cohen

Lufthansa announced this week that it has applied for traffic rights to fly from Frankfurt and Munich to Baghdad and the northern Iraqi city of Erbil.... KEEP READING

U.S. Makes Authorization Compulsory For Inbound TravelersBy Amon Cohen

U.S. border authorities will take a zero-tolerance approach starting Jan. 20 to travelers entering the country without either a visa or pre-departure... KEEP READING

Amadeus, Lufthansa Bury Hatchet With Surcharge-Free Full-Content PactBy Amon Cohen

Amadeus and Lufthansa last month ended a two-year rift with the announcement of a full-content distribution deal with no surcharges. Sources indicated... KEEP READING

CWT Sees Beginnings Of Recovery For U.K. Long-Haul BookingsBy Amon Cohen

Long-haul business-class bookings by corporate clients of Carlson Wagonlit Travel in the United Kingdom are starting to recover, according to figures... KEEP READING

NBTA Launches European OrganizationBy Amon Cohen

The National Business Travel Association of the United States, the world's largest association for corporate travel professionals, announced today that... KEEP READING

Netherlands, U.K. To Use Body ScannersBy Amon Cohen

The Netherlands and United Kingdom have responded to the foiled Christmas Day bomb attack on an Amsterdam-Detroit flight by authorizing the use of... KEEP READING

EU, Canada Reach Open Skies Deal Without Ownership RestrictionsBy Amon Cohen

The European Union and Canada on Dec. 17 signed an Open Skies agreement liberalizing commercial air traffic between the two markets. The deal lifts all... KEEP READING

VDR Sees Hotel VAT Cut Raising Travel CostsBy Amon Cohen

The German Business Travel Association, known as VDR, said a final decision by the German government Monday to cut the value-added tax applied to hotel... KEEP READING

Accor To De-Merge Hotel, Prepaid ServicesBy Michael B. Baker

Accor's board of directors on Tuesday voted to split the company's hotel operations and prepaid services operations into two separate companies. In a... KEEP READING

Amex To Offer Virtual Card Alternative To Hotel Bill-BacksBy Amon Cohen

American Express's Global Commercial Card business announced Tuesday that it will roll out next month a virtual card alternative to hotel bill-back... KEEP READING

Europeans Near Consensus On VAT Rules For Hotel FeesBy Amon Cohen

European Union member states have moved several steps closer to avoiding a bureaucratic disaster for travel buyers by reaching near-unanimous agreement... KEEP READING

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