Domestic airline industry downsizing continued in recent weeks as several carriers announced steep capacity withdrawals, employee reductions and fleet retirements to cope with unrelenting fuel costs....

Japan Proves Economical Does Not Mean Inferior By Robert Selwitz It is widely assumed that an economic stay in Japan is a non sequitur, but there are many frugal alternatives for

Your event is over. Everyone has gone home and you are thankful for the chance to catch your breath. In fact, the last thing you want to do is even think about the event. However, we all recognize that...

Avis Budget Group in the coming months will work to finalize a deal to acquire Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group. If consummated, the transaction would follow a lengthy bidding war with Hertz, which...

Hoteliers Negotiating Additional Items To Retain Bookings By Chris Davis Faced with the realities that the slowdown in the corporate meetings market is not simply a one-quarter phenomenon,

Cendant Car Rental Group parent of the Avis and Budget brands is in the process of notifying corporate customers of a 7 percent to 8 percent increase in corporate rental car rates. The move to raise...

Visa and MasterCard bankcard issuer JPMorgan Chase yesterday said it is transmitting hotel line item details to "808 client corporations."

Washington Wire By Barbara CookSafety on the AgendaThe Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have instituted a series of follow-up steps to

Continental Airlines this month made official its decision to take advantage of Galileo International's Momentum offer to cut by roughly 20 percent its segment fees in exchange for access to all but...

AMR Corp.'s new CEO Gerard Arpey and executive chairman Edward Brennan this week will attempt to salvage American Airlines' efforts to avoid bankruptcy that seemed successful before a firestorm last...