Hilton Hotels Corp. this month eliminated blackout dates from its HHonors guest reward program, one of several recent such changes from hotel companies to make their programs more attractive.

Expedia late last week said it would diversify its global distribution system supply by supplementing its eight-year Worldspan relationship with a Sabre Travel Network deal, a boon to Sabre and a blow...

AirPlus International enhanced its green reporting to allow clients to track carbon emissions by ticket, route, department, cost center or project number. bit.ly/ckskz2 AirPlus uses the atmosfair...

In summer 2010, US Airways expressed a desire to join the transatlantic antitrust-immune joint venture formed by Star Alliance partners Air Canada, Lufthansa and United Airlines. A year and a half...

A few months into its bankruptcy proceedings, American Airlines parent AMR already has trimmed capacity, cut jobs and changed some management positions. Efforts to further restructure the carrier and...

Many corporate purchasers today are paying more for tickets than they did at the beginning of 2005 when Delta Air Lines led the industry in reforming published pricing. For others, savings are apparent...

The International Air Transport Association today announced a three-year deadline for airlines to comply with electronic miscellaneous document standards, which would be used to track the sale of...

Travel buyers, who already significantly reduced the number of properties they work with in key cities, once again are under pressure from hoteliers to consolidate further. Buyers are holding the line,...

The midprice hotel tier, and particularly the midprice without food and beverage category, during 2003 outshined the other industry segments. Based on data from the first two months of 2004, the...