As hotels enjoy a seller's market with seemingly no end in sight, negotiations for 2015 corporate rates proved as difficult as expected for buyers—even for those wielding the most leverage.

An extensive meetings technology initiative, completed in 2006, drove down Xerox Corp.'s cost per attendee by expanding hotel-sourcing data, requiring advance meeting registration and travel booking,...

Following increases in airfares that persisted throughout much of last year and continued quarter over quarter in 2006, corporate travel buyers can look forward to continued growth in airline expenses...

Marriott International this week said it would install technology in guest rooms that would let business travelers connect laptops to new 32-inch flat-panel television monitors, so they can view e-mail...

Hilton Worldwide is cutting its global corporate staff by 22 percent, representing 2,100 people, and extending for another three months the furloughs, reduced hours and pay cuts that were announced in...

The American Society of Travel Agents and Sabre each added their voices of support for the U.S. Department of Transportation's stated plan to further regulate disclosure of airlines' optional services...

Hilton Worldwide has launched a new upscale brand, Tapestry Collection, which will bring existing independent hotels into the company's portfolio. If the scheme sounds familiar for Hilton, it's...

CBRE Hotels Research now expects 2020 U.S. industrywide hotel revenue per available room to decline 46 percent year over year, with a second-quarter contraction of almost 80 percent, according to a...

By strict procurement definitions, savings can be reported only when a new price is lower than that of the prior year. For many managing travel today, therein lies a problem, as the narrow definition...

American Express signed a three-year deal to be the exclusive corporate card provider offering Rearden Commerce's BlackBerry service to Fortune 500 firms . An American Express icon on the device's home...