The consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies totaled $8.8 billion in May, a 5.7 percent year-over-year rise, according to Airlines Reporting Corp. The average...

Hyatt Hotels Corp. has agreed to purchase an $802 million portfolio of 24 hotels from hotel management company LodgeWorks...

PDA With A Travel Twist

InterContinental Hotels Group is reshuffling its global sales team with new appointments, effective Dec. 1, according to the company.  

Travel risk management provider iJet acquired Chicago-headquartered competitor WorldAware on May 1. The deal allows iJet to expand its client base, particularly in the United Kingdom and Australia, iJet...

Five years after then-travel manager Andy Menkes pioneered the launch of Republic National Bank's ARC-accredited Corporate Travel Department, the number of CTDs has eclipsed 160.

American Airlines CEO Don Carty this week told Business Travel News that more than 90 travel agencies had signed up for the carrier's EveryFare program, including Boston-based Travel One, which...

Avis Budget Group's revenue declined 2 percent year over year in the first quarter to $1.9 billion, due in part to decreased demand during the government shutdown and to severe winter weather, the...

TRX Inc. agreed to acquire Hi-Mark Software , combining two corporate travel data handling firms. TRX expects the transaction to close in Jan. 2007 and to "develop joint products" by March...

For a topic that supposedly took a back seat to economic issues, environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility remain popular among travel managers and buyers. Fifty-seven percent of...