WestJet is plotting a course to become a bigger player on a global scale over the next few years, including a major fleet expansion and a commercial joint venture with Delta.   The carrier expects...

Growing its merchant network beyond air and transportation-related charges for the first time in 74 years, Universal Air Travel Plan began accepting charges from La Quinta Inns & Suites to serve its...

Corporate travelers are getting more luxury-level options in secondary and even tertiary cities, as deluxe hoteliers extend beyond their commerce-capital and vacation-paradise bread and butter.

It won't be long before Expedia, Orbitz and/or Travelocity makes a move in the managed travel market, according to travel technology vendors speaking in Washington, D.C., at last month's Masters...

The average daily U.S. hotel rate in October fell 8.2 percent year over year to $99.08--the 13th consecutive monthly drop--according to STR. Smith Travel Research also reported that monthly occupancy...

As 2005 comes to a close, Business Travel News takes a look at the top five stories of the year.

Travelport Corporate Solutions looked beyond the travel industry in its selection of the executive director of Northwestern University's Center for Technology Commercialization, David Falter, to be its...

Sabre Travel Network yesterday gave attendees of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives Global Conference in Vancouver, B.C., the first look at a new hotel rate loading survey that showed almost...

Refuting the perception that they are less willing or able to provide customized solutions for clients, mega agencies Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Rosenbluth International and TQ3 Maritz Travel Solutions

Change is constant. Digital is magnifying stale practices that are in need of reinvention. This environment signals a glaring misalignment between hotel management and market dynamics. Procurement has...