PricewaterhouseCoopers predicted U.S. lodging rates would increase 3.5 percent in 2011 following a 1.7 percent decline this year bit.ly/9RWvaj . The firm expects occupancy to rise this year by 1.9...

Travel managers using a central billing system generally are satisfied that it's a better option than the alternatives, according to a report released by AirPlus International today.

Wal-Mart this month became the first company to settle non-U.S. airline transactions through a U.S. point of sale, overcoming logistical hurdles with the support of American Airlines, ARC, Sabre and...

PricewaterhouseCoopers for 2011 predicted a 4.1 percent rise in U.S. lodging rates bit.ly/b7k94o . For full-year 2010, the firm projected a 0.6 percent rate drop and a 2.6 percent increase in occupancy....

Alex Wasilov, president and chief operating officer of Philadelphia-based mega travel management company Rosenbluth International, has issued a call to the airlines to eliminate all standard commissions...

Former Honeywell, ING and Xerox meetings executive Kari Kesler in October joined Carlson Wagonlit Travel in the new position of senior director of strategic meetings management program management and...

The improvement in occupancy rates and room revenues first seen during the summer at lodging industry giant Marriott International continued into September, chairman and CEO J.W. Marriott Jr. reported...

Lower prices are driving up customer satisfaction with car rental companies in North America, according to J.D. Power's annual survey of the industry. The survey was based on responses from 11,177 who...

Travel agents in Canada and Europe have expressed outrage after learning they must begin to pay next year significantly higher fees to the International Air Transport Association. Although Geneva-based...

Longtime Dav El/BostonCoach president and CEO Scott Solombrino is stepping down from his position. He has led Dav El since buying the business from founder David Klein in 1987. Solombrino had founded...