American Airlines officials have said that distribution is the carrier's fourth-highest cost after fuel, labor and aircraft ownership and maintenance, but legal expenses must be creeping up there, too,...

Agency Brings Card To Taiwan By Paul TwiteTaiwan - Global travel management company Rosenbluth International has launched its first co-branded credit card in the Asia/Pacific region,

Agencies See Meetings Growth By Chris DavisWhile mega travel agencies report a recent upswing in the number of corporate clients consolidating their meetings program, the increase may

New Sense Of Balance The Internet is changing our access to information and is reducing some costs, but it is not the real threat to the relationships that shape the corporate travel agency

While the development pipeline has dried up for much of the lodging industry, major milestones in recent months continued to be achieved in the extended stay sector, suggesting that travel buyers and...

WorldTravel BTI is the last mega travel agency to announce a "preferred" partnership with Sabre's Menlo Park, Calif.-based GetThere corporate self-booking subsidiary. According to an announcement issued...

A string of recent positive developments for the U.S. airline industry suggests a brutal two-year storm finally may be blowing over. Though the climb to profitability may take months for some and years...

Stop Crying About Lost Commissions And Get On With It I am simply amazed that there can be anyone in the business travel management profession still claiming surprise over the airlines' most

E-Booking Topping Charts By Cheryl Rosen For those doubters not yet convinced that travel purchasing is moving online at the speed of Internet time, a new study shows the number of

Yatra Journeys Into Middle By Jay Campbell and Megan Hjermstad Internet startup Yatra Corp. at the end of this month will go live with what it claims is the "first complete Web-centric travel