Buyers should expect 2010 airfares to increase by single-digit percentages and hotel rates to continue to fall, especially in the early part of next year, according to recent industry forecasts and...

The American Hotel & Lodging Association has launched a campaign to combat human trafficking, aiming to unite the U.S. hotel industry around a comprehensive approach. Titled No Room for Trafficking, the...

Mahwah, N.J.-based VTS Travel last month changed its name to Directravel and unveiled a new Web site and online booking tool, as officials expect more than half of its bookings to be made online by...

Hilton Hotels is in "active development negotiations" in several cities for construction of its new Denizen Hotels brand . Targeting both corporate and leisure guests, Denizen "will cater...

Corporate clients of the GetThere online booking tool next month will be able to make reservations on cross-channel rail service Eurostar. The launch follows a series of pilots with customers since...

The U.S. hotel industry posted a decline in average daily rate during October, marking the first year-over-year fall in more than five years , according to Smith Travel Research. ADR dropped 0.5 percent...

The U.K. government has postponed until April 2012 any further increases in its air passenger duty, by far the highest departure tax in the developed world. The travel industry had lobbied hard for at...

Finding room for improvement in a mature travel and meetings procurement program can be challenging, but professional services firm Deloitte & Touche USA has managed to do so through a heavy internal...

The U.K. government selected systems integrator Capgemini UK to piece together a group of travel industry firms to build, install and manage an online booking system as part of a governmentwide...

Expense fraud has consequences, as those who have been jailed, fined or vilified in newspapers can attest. Bending or breaking travel expense reimbursement rules can result in rejected submissions, and...