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The World Travel & Tourism Council is moving into the second phase of its project with the International Tourism Partnership to develop carbon reporting standards for hotels. Several hotel companies—including Accor, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental Hotels Group, Marriott... Keep Reading

Since August 2010, Chile-based Lan Airlines has been working to close a merger with Brazil's Tam Lineas Aereas to form a South American aviation giant, the Latam Airlines Group. The carriers secured approval from Brazilian regulators and await a similar blessing from Chilean authorities. In the meantime, Lan, which includes... Keep Reading

Denver - IJet Intelligent Risk Systems in May was acquired by 3i-Mind, a provider of risk management software. IJet president Bruce McIndoe last week spoke here on the sidelines of the Global Business Travel Association annual conference with BTN executive editor David Jonas. Topics included that acquisition, the company's... Keep Reading

U.S. Bank last month named Kurt Adams to head its Corporate Payment Systems business, succeeding Rob Abele, who retired after 20 years at the bank, the last 12 as CPS head. Also an executive vice president at U.S. Bank, Adams runs a segment that includes commercial and government travel, transportation and payables and... Keep Reading

Denver - Transportation Security Administration administrator John Pistole here at the Global Business Travel Association's annual conference shared some details about the agency's proposed trusted traveler program, scheduled to commence this autumn.... Keep Reading

Seoul - Speaking here this month to members of the media on the occasion of Korean Air's inaugural Airbus A380 flight to New York JFK, managing vice president and head of passenger business division Keehong Woo said that by deploying the world's largest commercial aircraft, the airline hopes to better market itself to... Keep Reading

Hard Rock Hotels Casinos & consolidated its sales efforts by creating a director of sales position to handle group and corporate transient business across its portfolio, and hired hotel industry veteran Greg Naylor to assume the new role. Naylor recently spoke recently with Business Travel News lodging editor Michael B. Baker... Keep Reading