Choice Hotels International saw year-over-year increases in both average daily rate, up 3 percent to $83.35, and occupancy, up 0.8 percentage points to 65.5 percent, during the second quarter.

Jens Bischof, Lufthansa vice president of the Americas, last month sat down with Business Travel News senior editor Jay Boehmer to discuss the transition to joint venture contracting with partners...

Seeing a threat to their profitability at the hands of merchant model Internet sites, Hilton Hotels Corp., Carlson Hotels Worldwide and other hoteliers this month moved to regain control of their...

Travel buyers still actively are pursuing last-room availability in negotiations with hoteliers, even though they are prepared to face higher premiums or limited availability in high-demand markets.

The Association of Corporate Travel Executives is seeking clarification from the Transportation Security Administration regarding procedures that allegedly allow passengers to board flights without...

Quelling concerns that identification issued by some states would be invalid for air travel beginning on Jan. 1, 2010, the Department of Homeland Security this month extended a compliance deadline for...

Following its British division's pledge to donate corporate card charge rebates to charity, accounting firm KPMG last month joined nine other firms in a commitment to the Institute of Travel...

Starting with localized travel management and scant coordination between various, country-specific operations, Deere & Company in 2006 began an effort to globalize. Two years on, the multinational...

The Transnational spoke this week with Sweden-based CMM Consulting senior consultant Cathrine Lundberg about corporate social responsibility, terrorism and other issues affecting business travelers and...

What do travel managers, who already run a tight program, do when their company asks them to dig deeper for even greater savings? It is a question many buyers have faced in the past 18 months as budgets...