Corporations this year should expect to pay still higher room rates and encounter ongoing supply shortages in the highest-demand business centers even after a tough 2006 in which they paid higher rates...

Though the hotel negotiation season traditionally winds down in January, Hogg Robinson Group still is bargaining for further hotel discounts on behalf of its clients, who are relishing today's buyer's...

The Star Alliance last week made good on its promise to select alternative distribution systems by the end of this year, though the extent to which the partnership's airline members will make use of...

Travelport during its fourth-quarter earnings call today reported global distribution segments in the last three months of 2009 increased by 5 percent from the same period in 2008. CEO Jeff Clarke...

Singapore Airlines this summer will open its first new U.S. gateway in nearly a decade when service in and out of Chicago launches on Aug. 2. The destination coincides with the airline's ongoing

Marriott International is overhauling its corporate sales strategy, shifting its sales team largely out of the back offices of individual hotels and into both account- and region-specific roles. The...

Hotel Rates Soften On Occupancy Dip By Bruce Serlen U.S. hotel occupancy rates dropped significantly enough during the first quarter that hotel execs last week conceded that the tide has shifted

Best Western International, the membership association of 4,100 midprice hotels around the world, this month rolled out its quality assurance program to its 1,800 properties in 82 countries outside of...

Philip Morris' Online Usage To Triple By Year-End By Sarah Welt Since implementing an online booking system last December, New York-based Philip Morris Management Co. expects to

With many buyers scaling back to less costly hotels or adding more of these properties to their programs, they've grown much more concerned about service standards and product consistency. Thomas...