Microsoft Revs Up RevampSpeeds RFPs, Mandates Booking And Card By Megan Hjermstad & David Jonas Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. recently accomplished a complete revision of almost every

Hilton Hotels Corp. today enacted accreditation standards that third-party Internet-based distributors must meet to offer Hilton merchant inventory. Although the standards are effective today, Bala...

World Bank MandatesTravelers Must Choose From Five Airlines For Long-Haul Flights By David Jonas Looking to recoup costs associated with international commission caps, World Bank threw around its

Best Western International this week announced that its owners have approved a new product descriptor program, under which the chain will subdivide its North American properties within the midprice...

The Star Alliance recently signed a new two-year global corporate agreement with Volvo AB, covering 12 of the partnership's 16 airline members, according to an announcement this week by Star participant...

Marriott International in May announced it would operate both a Ritz-Carlton and a J.W. Marriott Hotel in a sprawling multi-use development, slated for completion in 2007, in Beijing's central business...

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JetBlue and Southwest, the two largest domestic low-cost carriers that have garnered the bulk of their business through GDS-independent models, are diverging in their distribution approaches. JetBlue,...

A private investment company has acquired the Advantage Rent-A-Car brand, a move the company hopes will help expand the brand's presence in the rental car industry.