Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide this month appointed Shane Hodges as managing director of global corporate sales, overseeing a team that handles the hotel company's largest 19 corporate accounts....

Marriott International and Carlson Hotels recently detailed ambitious plans for Asia/Pacific growth. Marriott intends to double its portfolio in China by 2015. By year-end, Marriott plans to have 60...

Orbitz Worldwide today named former Expedia executive Barney Harford as its new president and CEO, effective immediately. Harford fills the spot vacated by Steve Barnhart, "who resigned to pursue other...

LETTERS: Redirect on Direct Links I wanted to respond to your article (BTN, March 8) that reported that ETLink will become the first online booking system to connect corporate travel buyers

Worldwide hotel booking volume through global distribution systems during the first quarter increased 2.8 percent year over year, and the average daily rate paid on those bookings was 2.8 percent higher...

Four Points by Sheraton, Residence Inn and Disney Parks and Resorts are the most environmentally efficient upscale hotel brands, according to a new study by sustainability technology company Brighter...

Suzanne Fletcher will preside over her last International Convention & Exposition as National Business Travel Association president and CEO as her two-year term ends this week. Reflecting on her tenure,...

The industry's worst-kept secret is about to be made public as Carlson Wagonlit Travel finalizes plans to buy TQ3 Americas in a deal that could be completed as early as next week. A TQ3 official in St....

Blackney's Back, Now As Worldspan CEO By Cheryl Rosen After a short hiatus from a lifetime in travel distribution, Paul Blackney is about to return to the helm of a GDS again, this

Sebastien Bazin, AccorHotels chairman & CEO