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Corporate housing supplier Furnished Quarters in the past year rapidly expanded its footprint in the Northeast, increasing its portfolio of apartments outside New York City between July 2013 and July 2014 by just less than 40 percent. Furnished Quarters owner and president Gary Brown recently spoke with senior editor Michael... Keep Reading

Los Angeles - American Express Global Business Travel president and CEO Bill Glenn took the stage here last month during the Global Business Travel Association's annual convention. During his speech he discussed the ambition to "create the curve." The BTN Group editorial director David Meyer and executive editor David Jonas... Keep Reading

Los Angeles - A few months after her appointment as president and CEO of AirPlus International's U.S. subsidiary and head of its Americas operations, Yael Klein during the Global Business Travel Association's annual convention here late last month spoke with BTN's JoAnn DeLuna about offerings for the midmarket, growth in... Keep Reading

Los Angeles - Following his appearance here at the Global Business Travel Association's annual convention, American Airlines Group CEO Doug Parker late last month spoke with Business Travel News senior editor Michael B. Baker about the impacts of the American-US Airways merger on corporate share and business, the merger's... Keep Reading

Langham Hospitality Group earlier this year hired as CEO former Ritz-Carlton executive Robert Warman, making him the first American chief executive for the Hong Kong-based company. Fittingly, Langham during the past few years has been bulking up its presence in North America, both with new properties and an increased sales... Keep Reading

Denver-based hotel management company Richfield Hospitality in recent weeks promoted senior vice president of sales and revenue strategy Will Loughran to president of the company, a position vacant since former president Greg Mount earlier this year left to lead Red Lion Hotels Corp. Business Travel News lodging editor... Keep Reading

Launched Jan. 1, 2014, the Delta Air Lines-Virgin Atlantic joint venture coalesced further this month as Virgin assumed responsibility for both partners' sales in the United Kingdom. The move replicates a similar arrangement in the rest of Europe, where another joint venture partner, Air France/KLM, since 2009 has handled... Keep Reading

Omni Hotels & Resorts in the past year grew its portfolio by record levels, boosted largely by last summer's acquisition of five resorts from KSL Capital Partners, the 2013 acquisition of a historic Toronto hotel and the completed construction of a convention hotel in Nashville. Omni vice president of sales Tom Faust spoke... Keep Reading

Hong Kong – Luxury hotel company Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is expanding rapidly in China, with more than a dozen hotels expected to open within the next few years. It also is gaining ground outside of the Asia/Pacific region, with properties under development in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Marina Kleiman,... Keep Reading

Corporate housing supplier Oakwood Worldwide in recent years has expanded its global footprint not only through the growth of its own brand but also through its 2012 acquisition of Marriott International's ExecuStay brand. Oakwood president Ric Villarreal spoke recently with Business Travel News lodging editor Michael B.... Keep Reading