Hong Kong, Sydney Hotels Combine As PPK By Judy Jacobs Hong Kong-based Century International Hotels has signed an agreement to merge with Plaza Kemayan Ltd., a Sydney-based company that holds the

MasterCard International has announced a series of enhancements to its multinational card program to address long-standing complaints about its lack of genuine global integration between issuing banks....

Barcelo Crestline Corp., a hotel owner-manager with a portfolio of 125 properties, last week announced it will acquire John Q. Hammons Inc., an owner-manager of 60 properties. The resulting firm, to be...

JetBlue Airways last week became the first domestic carrier to offer free, though limited, Wi-Fi availability on one of its aircraft. Accessing its LiveTV subsidiary's 1 MHz of spectrum purchased at a...

Las Vegas - InterContinental Hotels Group is toughening up some of its brand standards, getting more aggressive with revenue management and in the coming year plans to introduce new technology and...

Hotels Pilot Tech Team's In-Room Internet Access Tool By David MarcusFour technology players are teaming up on an in-room telecommunications tool that is easy to operate and relatively

Management Alternative Partnership Stamford, Conn.-based consulting firm Management Alternatives Inc. has signed an alliance with AIM Inc. of Montreal to handle Canadian and South American

On-Time Data Often Off By Barbara Cook A new audit by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of the Inspector General found irregularities in airlines' reporting of

Citi Leverages Gov't Investment w/ Corp. Accounts By Mary Ann McNulty Stamford, Conn. - Leveraging the substantial investment required to implement its government agency wins,

2,000th Marriott Anchors Tampa By Bob Curley For Marriott International, the official launch of the Tampa Marriott Waterside in April was a milestone--the 2,000th Marriott opened worldwide. But