Low-cost carriers Frontier Airlines and AirTran Airways today announced a partnership to combine their reservations system and reward programs, the first agreement of its type among low-cost carriers.

MasterCard Worldwide and TRX Inc. on May 7 announced an agreement to develop a Web-based dashboard that will combine data from MasterCard's corporate card program, including electronic hotel folio data,...

Having cut ticket distribution costs, airlines are turning to the money they, as merchants, pay to charge card companies. Known in the payment industry as the discount rate, such fees range from 1...

Hyatt Hotels Corp. today, in its first public earnings report in decades, reported that occupancy, though not rates, began to creep upward at its properties in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Cendant Corp. last week said it would sell its Travelport distribution division, encompassing more than 20 brands including the Galileo global distribution system and Orbitz, to The Blackstone Group for...

Following months of speculation and reported false starts, Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines last night proposed joining up to create the world's largest airline. The all-stock deal, valued at...

Expense and booking technology company Concur earlier this month announced a partnership with automated ground transportation payment firm RideCharge to allow customers to charge taxi and sedan rides...

The next time a consultant walks into your office and tells you just how much money they can save you, ask them to write a check to you for that amount. If they write the check, hire them on the spot!...

Northwest Airlines and Midwest Airlines in November expect to implement a codeshare agreement, adding "250 citypairs and more than 1,000 new flight options" to customers of both carriers. Private equity...

Global telecommunications association TeleManagement Forum has reaped the benefits from automating its expense reporting process, even though the nonprofit firm has a worldwide labor force of only about...