TTG And Worldspan Release Booking Software Upgrades By Mary Ann McNultyReflecting the growing importance of global and analytical capabilities, Worldspan and Travel Technologies Group

Microsoft's Expedia Files IPO By Cheryl Rosen Microsoft Corp. is about to spin off Expedia Inc., its public online travel site, in a decision announced just days after competitor

Dun & Bradstreet Builds An Internal Consortium By Jay Campbell Atlanta - Normally when a company spins off entities that generate half of its travel volume, the corporate

Consolidated Signs As CTD By Sarah Welt Consolidated Stores Corp. of Columbus, Ohio, has become the latest ARC-certified Corporate Travel Department. The company, with $3.4 million

Choice Offers Group Commissions By Chris Davis Choice Hotels International late last month began paying a 10 percent commission to travel agents booking group and meeting business

ACTE Focuses Buyers Beyond Commissions By Sarah Welt New York - At the Association of Corporate Travel Executives regional forum last month, the discussion was focused on what

Hotels Focus On Female Comfort By Bruce Serlen After peaking in the mid-1990s, hotel guest rooms, services and amenities designed with the female business traveler in mind are making a resurgence

Buying Air Direct Is Not A Worthy Wave Of The Future In the past five years, corporate travel managers have had to adjust to indirect dispossession of financial benefits, as airlines rationalized

With one day left before the Sept. 1 "opt-in" deadline, American Express Business Travel today announced it would not agree to any global distribution system program or pay any airline fees, because of...

ACTE Takes World View Draws Record Attendance In Parisian Rendezvous By Cheryl RosenParis - At the Association of Corporate Travel Executives' global conference in The City of