Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. is nearing a decision on the selection of a meetings technology product, which it will implement as a major step toward the development of a meetings consolidation...

Marriott Rewards, Hilton Honors, Starwood Preferred Guest and other leading hotel company frequency programs this year began withholding points for stays booked on third-party merchant model Internet...

Air France KLM on Aug. 19 pulled out of the race to buy ailing Czech Airlines, citing the poor state of the aviation industry and its belief that CSA should attempt to recover its fortunes as an...

Delta Air Lines plans to roll out an automated group-booking tool in early 2006 to replace the groups and meetings department it eliminated nearly one year ago. The carrier eliminated group and zone...

European airlines have, as expected, uniformly reported losses for the first quarter of 2009, but they are divided on whether falling fares are compounding the problem of plummeting passenger numbers.

CWT president for suppliers, products and technology Andrew Winterton told The Beat that the desktop product is "built and working in production on two global distribution systems, and will be moving...

Global distribution system competitors Amadeus and Sabre Holdings today said they have filed with the European Commission to form a joint venture to provide an automated, multi-GDS payment, processing,...

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Oneworld claimed to be the first global airline partnership "to enable corporate customers to complete contracts electronically" --saving up to "US$1,000" in postal costs. Oneworld...

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide this month announced it would operate a new hotel and serviced apartment complex in the emerging Pudong district of Shanghai. Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. in December...