Etihad Airways chief commercial officer Robin Kamark and Americas VP Vincent Frascogna spoke with BTN assistant editor and staff writer Dawit Habtemariam about Etihad's growth strategies.

Some European travel managers are refusing to sign Lufthansa's controversial new corporate contracts that not only withhold rebates for missed targets, but also require clients to refund discounts paid...

Southwest Airlines has finished the domestic rollout of technology enabling mobile boarding passes. At all U.S. airports where Southwest flies, customers can use their smartphones or other electronic...

The bleak performance turned in by U.S. hotels in 2001 continued in November, according to preliminary figures released yesterday by Smith Travel Research.

After offering expense management services in Europe for about two years, KDS next month will produce a global version of its KDS Corporate tool that includes integrated expense and travel management....

Eurostar reported record passenger volume and ticket sales for 2007 Rail operator . Total passengers increased 5 percent to 8.26 million and sales rose 15.5 percent to £599 million (US$1.2...

Expected airfare hikes stemming from higher jet fuel prices in Hurricane Katrina's wake further will pressure managed air travel programs, many of which have experienced more pronounced lost savings...

Redefining the scope, size and influence of groups and meetings, PhoCusWright estimated that this $164.1 billion market would grow to $175 billion by 2008 and represent nearly one-quarter of all online...

Several industry sources said that Carlson Cos. would take a controlling stake in Carlson Wagonlit Travel later this month by buying part of the 50 percent holding owned by French hotel and services...

Travel managers expect to see hotel rate increases in 2005 of between 1 percent and 3.6 percent, according to results released this week of a survey conducted in late August by UBS Global Equity...