One-On-One: Hyatt Hails Hardy Future For Buyers Hyatt Hotels Corp. president Scott D. Miller, who took the helm Jan. 1, talked with BTN hotel editor Bruce Serlen about the central role the travel

Pundits Knock NW-CO Code Sharing By Jay CampbellMany in the travel industry are opposed to the recently proposed alliance between Continental and Northwest Airlines, but such

Kelly Cuts Costs By Adding A Res Agent By Sarah WeltTroy, Mich. - Taking a counter-intuitive tack to reduce travel costs, Kelly Services added, rather than removed, a reservations

Agencies In Acquisition Mode By Sarah WeltApproaching the last quarter of the year, the traditional travel agency acquisition season, many agencies appear to be in the mode, as some

Lufthansa will expand a biometrics-based boarding program, which it reports can enable a 350-passenger A380 to be boarded in about 20 minutes, to more of its U.S. airports after a trial run at Los...

The political brinksmanship that led to the weekend expiration of the U.S. government's authority to collect air ticket taxes continued this week, keeping the Federal Aviation Administration partially...

Following two years of collecting basic data on meetings expenditures, Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks Inc. in 2006 plans to roll out a program to outsource large events to a meetings and incentives...

Are Carrier Web Sites A Good Deal? Carriers are planning to make their Web sites as user friendly as their ads. The goal is to encourage travelers to "stick" to the sites. Current studies show that

Despite weakness in pricing, the four dominant U.S. rental car companies in 2011 leveraged the strength of leisure and business demand to grow their rental revenues. For most, that translated into 2011...