Increases in meeting budgets generally are tracking with higher hotel rates, but financial services firms are expected to be the strongest players in the meetings industry in 2007, according to...

American Express ranked the highest among card issuers when it comes to customer satisfaction, as overall satisfaction levels with credit cards rose slightly from 2009 levels, according to the J.D....

The viability of all-suite hotel brands last month received a major boost when Hyatt Hotels Corp. announced it will acquire AmeriSuites from affiliates of the Blackstone Group, a New York-based private...

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Amadeus Grows E-Group By Jay Campbell Putting a face on its numerous e-commerce investments over the past two years, Amadeus last week announced the appointment of Diane Breece to vice president of

This month, Marriott International confirmed that it is poised become the first multibrand company to extend its electronic folio data capabilities outside of the United States as it upgrades and...

Number Of Cos. Combining Mtgs., Transient Decreases By Chris Davis Though many corporations in the past few years have investigated the possibilities of bringing their meetings under more

Best Western International has named Thomas Higgins president and CEO. Higgins, a 30-year industry veteran, joined the Phoenix-based member association from Days Inn Worldwide, a Cendant Corp. brand...

GetThere's corporate booking tool allows users to include carbon emissions calculations and other environmental information at the point of sale An updated version of . Program managers can configure...

US Airways executive vice president Steve Johnson last month said he was hopeful the carrier's slot-swap proposal with Delta Air Lines could be resolved early next year. The carriers in July appealed...