Slowing fourth-quarter booking growth, particularly in Western Europe, this week was highlighted by a pair of global distribution firms during third-quarter earnings calls.

With companywide negotiations completed and property-level negotiations just beginning, Marriott International last week said its corporate negotiated rates would increase in the 6 percent to 8 percent...

Continental Airlines in a Feb. 21 Securities and Exchange Commission filing acknowledged the industry's ongoing consolidation efforts and asserted, "Our preference is to remain independent." The carrier...

Air Berlin in 2010 increased its number of corporate agreements by 286 to 1,441, according to a carrier statement. The airline also signed nearly 6,000 companies to a small-business program for...

Travelport on Wednesday shot back at American Airlines in a Texas district court, seeking dismissal of the carrier's antitrust suit filed last month.

The creation of an intranet-based meeting registration application that includes direct links to its travel agency for fulfillment has allowed Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble Co. to streamline its...