Patrick Murphy had a long career working on aviation policy for the U.S. government, first at the Civil Aeronautics Board and then at the U.S. Department of Transportation, including stints as deputy...

TSA's James Loy Revises Policies

Le Meridien Opens Hotel In Tokyo Business District By Judy JacobsLe Meridien Grand Pacific, Tokyo's newest international hotel, is set to open June 1 in Rainbow Town, the Japanese

FONT SIZE="+3" Choice Heads For The Border To Tap Taco Bell Exec On the verge of spinning off from parent Manor Care, Choice Hotels has imported a chief executive from Taco Bell. William Floyd, the

Hotel chains may be reluctant to offer many meetings discounts in the current demand cycle, but an Atlanta-based real estate group has successfully secured discounts on food & beverage and other meeting...

US Airways yesterday filed for voluntary reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy code, 11 months to the day after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, though the attacks played only a factor in the...

Ryanair To Stop Accepting Amex For Payment

Some hotels this year have resurrected the long-dormant practice of applying yield management strategies to ancillary corporate meeting revenues in particular, meeting room rental fees. Some properties...

U.S. Bancorp now offers a Visa meetings card for users of its corporate card representing the first public introduction of meeting card functionality for Visa issuers and capitalizing on the rapidly...

MasterCard Plans E-Biz By Mary Ann McNulty Purchase, N.Y. - In a series of strategic alliances with software partners, MasterCard International is laying the groundwork to offer