When Best Western International relaunched its Gold Crown Club International frequent guest program in February, it was sure to include "no blackout dates" as a key provision. Six Continents Hotels...

The U.S. Department of Transportation this month approved Virgin America's application to begin selling tickets, crossing one of the last hurdles to the carrier's launch after months of obstacles. At...

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Northwest Airlines last week said in early June it will begin loading negotiated corporate rates via the Airline Tariff Publishing Corp.'s automated filing system into Orbitz For Business, if requested...

Lufthansa To End German Commissions By Amon Cohen Germany will become the next European market to see its dominant carrier move to 0 percent commission. Lufthansa has announced it will scrap

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Ross Klein's vision for his new hotel brand was unveiled at the most resplendent of American showcases, New York's ballyhooed Fashion Week an event befitting a product led by the former Polo executive...

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. has slashed an average of 19 percent of its corporate meeting sourcing expenditures through a massive project to unify the company's meetings management programs across...