E-Booking Gaining Ground For a variety of reasons, none more important than the weakened economy, online corporate travel finally has begun to show some serious traction over the past few months.

BTI Building Preferred Supplier Program By Amon Cohen Business Travel International is looking to build an international preferred supplier program of six airlines and six hotel

Hotel Owners Get Wired By Bruce Serlen In the same way that independent owners/operators of branded hotel portfolios have become involved in negotiating rates with travel buyers, they've begun

Amex: T&E Now Number 2 By Megan Hjermstad New York - Travel and entertainment has overtaken data processing as the second largest controllable expense for corporations behind salaries and

New Tech Takes Floor By Jay Campbell Atlanta - The economic downturn has trimmed both people and companies working in travel technology, but there will be no shortage of new bells and whistles from

Lodging Tax Rates Rising By Bruce Serlen Houston's 17 percent nightly lodging tax is still the nation's highest in 2001, but more cities than ever before are levying charges on travelers in excess

This year's Corporate Travel Index shows a major geographical shift in gravity of the list's most expensive cities. Last year, seven of the top 10 destinations for hotel rates were in Western Europe,...

NBTA Picks Exec Director By Megan Hjermstad As the National Business Travel Association's new executive director, Marianne McInerney intends to support and strengthen the existing strategy and aims

Meetings technology solution Bizly has expanded its platform to allow for planning virtual and hybrid meetings, particularly simple, self-service events, the company told BTN. The virtual meetings...

Millennium Grabs Regal U.S. Sites By Bruce Serlen Recognizing the need to be a global player in today's increasingly competitive corporate travel marketplace, London-based Millennium &