British Airways parent International Airlines Group on Friday announced an "agreement in principle" to acquire British Midland (BMI) from Lufthansa. BMI has hemorrhaged money since 2009 when Lufthansa...

Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Garden Inn and Hampton are testing lobby checkin kiosks and plan to roll out the timesaving devices in U.S. hotels starting this summer. While such upscale hotel...

Predicting the future of airline pricing is as difficult as ever this year. With high fuel prices continuing to plague the troubled commercial aviation sector, the industry consensus is that upward...

The federal government is working to develop green guidelines that would offer hotels a blueprint for earning federal meeting and convention business on the basis of environmental sustainability. The...

With a tentative decision, the U.S. Department of Transportation this week all but granted to United Airlines highly coveted authority for a single new route between China and the United States. Already...

The Airlines Reporting Corp. last week announced its new Corporate Reservations Service Provider (CRSP) participation status to help track hotel bookings and commissions, and credited Hotel Solutions...

Hyatt Hotels Corp. has joined MasterCard's electronic folio program bit.ly/dGlOf4 and is providing corporations with enhanced data detailing room charges, taxes, meals and other itemized fees that can...

Brands among the upper upscale tier enjoyed hearty returns in 2005, allowing them to reinvest much of their earnings back into their properties for facility upgrades while steadfastly adhering to the...

Carlson no longer will offer free Internet access to all Radisson Hotels guests, reserving that value-add for members of the company's new loyalty program bit.ly/eiFa4Z . Carlson on March 31 will...