British Airways is very close to completing the last of its new round of deals with the major global distribution systems in the shape of an agreement with Amadeus, Business Travel News has learned....

Building on its acquisition earlier this year of Seattle's Metropolitan Travel ( BTN , July 29) , Expedia yesterday launched a corporate travel offering in which it charges $5 for unassisted flight...

Carlson Wagonlit Travel has followed up on its strategic pledge to increase hotel management activity by launching an online accommodation booking tool in the United Kingdom. There are plans to roll out...

Avis Budget Group revenue increased 5 percent year over year to a fourth-quarter record of $2.2 billion, driven partially by commercial volume growth.

After years of outsourcing, mega pharmaceutical supplier Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., based in Ridgefield, Conn., last year implemented a new corporate meetings policy that mandated the...

Expense management firm Concur Technologies last month acquired Outtask Inc., provider of booking tool Cliqbook and expense application Vinnet, spurring Concur to promise end-to-end travel management...

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters, nearing her year-end deadline to submit recommendations to President George W. Bush on ways to reduce U.S. airline delays, last week spoke with Business...

Cendant Corp.'s Travel Distribution Services division this month unveiled a new company to offer corporate clients ticketing and fulfillment bundled with or separate from the Highwire online booking...

The Convention Industry Council last month accepted the National Business Travel Association as a member organization, signifying the growing number of corporate travel managers that are involved in...

WorldTravel BTI and hotel online reverse auction vendor ProcurePoint Travel Solutions last week announced a marketing agreement whereby WorldTravel BTI will recommend ProcurePoint auction technology to...