M&I, a small Wisconsin-based corporate meeting planning company, in December hired meetings industry veteran Lisa Palmeri to launch a program of strategic management consulting services.

Northwest Airlines late last week said on Sept. 1 it would begin charging $3.50 per segment on bookings that do not come through preferred distribution channels. In doing so, Northwest follows policies...

United Airlines is implementing a new, three-tier corporate pricing program for all corporate accounts that includes negotiated discounts on every published fare in the domestic market. The revamped...

Stelios Haji-Ioannou started easyJet in 1995. It has since helped to change the face of European aviation and now is one of the region's largest carriers, as well as a part of easyGroup, Haji-Ioannou's...

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide last month announced it was returning to the high visibility Las Vegas market with an 825-room Westin hotel, scheduled to open this fall just off the Las Vegas Strip....

Sabre is in the midst of rolling out with Qantas its Sabre Branded Fares product, which is part of a larger effort to allow airlines to merchandize, unbundle and further differentiate fare offerings...

Corporate America is unlikely to provide the short-term revenue fix the airline industry so desperately needs.

Higher-tier hotel rates worldwide have increased at a much faster rate than those in budget sectors, and major cities around the world continue to show double-digit growth in room rates, according to a...

Northwest Airlines recently tapped managing director of reservations services Steven Sear to replace industry veteran Fay Beauchine as the carrier's next vice president of sales. A Northwest employee...

Canadian loyalty management company Groupe Aeroplan Inc. announced an agreement to purchase Carlson Marketing for $173 million, subject to government review in the United States and Canada and expected...