Moving beyond typical procurement cost-based, contractual relationships, Hewlett-Packard has worked with a small number of key suppliers on a strategic supplier development program designed to "create...

Midmarket Buyers Look To Skies BTN editors last month sat down with buyers and representatives from the travel agency and airline communities to discuss the airline negotiating environment

SmartRFP Debuts New Website Even Negotiates Contracts By Chris Davis As the travel industry looks for ways to move the request-for-proposal process online, a new

Navigant Plants Mtgs. Flag By Chris Davis Navigant International, the fast-growing U.S. Office Products travel agency spin-off, is forming a branded meetings and incentives division

Innovation Accounts For Movement In Standings By Maria P. Vallejo For hotels, maintaining services and programs geared toward the travel and meeting buyer community is no longer

InsideTrack Amadeus Files IPO Amadeus Global Travel Distribution last month said it has filed documentation in Madrid for a potential initial public offering. The GDS is expected to sell

Exec-Level Seating Policies Becoming More Stringent By Sarah Welt Increasingly, companies are scrutinizing travel costs and realizing that a very easy way to see a quick return is

As their workforces increasingly become mobile, organizations should do more to effectively measure and manage mobility programs, according to Runzheimer International. In finding that nearly...

Average ticket prices in Canada remained flat in 2002, but average hotel rates there fell 9 percent compared with 2001, according to a BTI Canada benchmarking study among 175 of its clients with annual...

LABTA: Buyers Beware Of Vendor Consolidation By Norman SklarewitzLos Angeles - Business travel buyers beware: You likely will lose your price negotiating power as industry