Two months after global distribution systems reduced incentive payments to agencies, many buyers still are embroiled in negotiations, likely to continue for months, as to the subsequent fees that...

Visa Inc. announced a new global information and spend management platform to provide corporate customers of issuing banks not only management reporting on card spending, but expense management across...

Overall hotel guest satisfaction decreased slightly year over year, although satisfaction related to cost and fees increased, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 North America Hotel Guest...

European low-cost carrier EasyJet this week will start to accept the AirPlus ghost card for payment as part of its concerted strategy to win more corporate business.

IRS Increases Vehicle Reimbursement RateThe Internal Revenue Service last week issued a 2007 allowable vehicle reimbursement rate of 48.5 cents per mile, despite a moderation in gas prices compared with...

An airfare analyst and an aviation professor are working to shake up the ways fares are bought and sold in the United States with the creation of an exchange index that, if supported, would enable...

The Transnational last month spoke with Christie Hicks, senior vice president of global sales for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Hicks discussed negotiated rates--saying they "are definitely going...

Exponential growth of supplier diversity programs is presenting a new procurement challenge at many large companies: finding certified, minority-owned businesses able to meet their demands for volume,...

Hyatt Hotels Corp. saw increases in both transient and corporate demand in the United States during the third quarter.