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Qantas is testing free inflight Wi-Fi on domestic flights aboard a Boeing 737-800 and by mid-year will begin expanding it across its 80 Airbus 330s and Boeing 737s. Qantas expects to complete the task...

Globalizing Businesses Raise Profile Of Asian Chains By Maria P. VallejoFinancial crises aside, the Asia/Pacific region received much attention last year from corporate traveler

Airlines this year will collect $59.2 billion in ancillary revenue globally, an increase of 18.8 percent year over year, according to a projection by research firm IdeaWorksCompany and car rental...

AirPlus International and Deutsche Telekom this month began piloting contactless payment on mobile devices enabled by near-field communications.

Avis Rent a Car System Inc. has consolidated its domestic and international sales. Overseeing the new consolidated sales effort is Gerard Quirk, former president of international sales and marketing,...

Value-added amenities are playing a more significant role in hotel negotiations this year than in years past, with travel buyers and hotel national sales managers last week agreeing that value-adds...

As Sabre tackles the migration of BTS users to a new booking tool based on technology from both BTS and GetThere's DirectCorporate, a handful of its potentially redefining corporate travel initiatives...

Synergi Inc., the travel network that claims more than $10 billion in air volume among more than 50 agencies, today announced the signing of a five-year contract in which Sabre becomes the preferred...

Travel managers and industry sources told BTN that the perennial rate loading problem has gotten even worse this year. Hotels loaded an estimated 30 percent to 50 percent of 2003 negotiated rates...