Hilton Hotels Corp. this month became the first major hotel company to set formal limits on the practice of online reverse auctions, creating four key stipulations to which its owned and managed...

FONT SIZE="+3" Biz Rooms Turning Up In Corp. Contracts By Linda Humphrey Since hitting critical mass this year, business-class rooms are finding their way into corporate contracts. Yet, while

Hotels Enhance Quality By Bruce Serlen With a slew of new quality assurance initiatives announced recently at various major hotel companies, it is clear that enforcing standards across a chain's

Airlines during the past 12 months have been far less willing to discount their meeting fare packages, according to an exclusive Meetings Monitor survey of corporate meeting buyers. As a result, use of...

FONT SIZE="+3" Co. Pilots For USAir Nationwide Insurance Among First To Use Airline Auto Booking System By Jay Campbell Columbus, Ohio - Nationwide Insurance last month became the first

High Speed Eurostar Line Links France To BelgiumBrussels - Eurostar hopes the launch of its Belgian high-speed line will make it the preferred short-haul carrier for business travelers.In

BTI Americas Owners Entertain Bids By Sarah WeltNorthbrook, Ill. - Responding to industry rumors that BTI Americas soon will be acquired by American Express, the privately held mega

Four Seasons Weathering Storm Wolf Hengst, president of worldwide hotel operations for Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, recently briefed BTN hotel editor Bruce Serlen on current market

Inside TrackUAL, Co To Swap Newark/LAX GatesContinental and United Airlines are planning to trade gates in an effort to strengthen their presence in what is already one of the largest

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. this summer is scheduled to open a 115-room property in Coconut Grove, the second of three properties the company is launching in the Miami area. A 402-room property opened...