STR projected that the average daily U.S. hotel rate during June, July and August would increase by 4.1 percent year over year bit.ly/m36Aa1 , marking a "continuation of industrywide rate recovery...

Necho has upgraded its automated expense management solution with more than 100 enhancements, including better corporate structure, an improved integration console and expansion of receipt-imaging...

Facing a potential shortage of hotel rooms in 2005, travel managers are reversing a three-year trend of consolidation by expanding their hotel programs in key markets. Consequently, buyers are walking...

ABC Corporate Services, headquartered in Rosemont, Ill., late last month announced a partnership with Fare Buzz, a New York-based wholesale airfare and reservation company, giving its corporate...

The Department of Homeland Security this week said it completely has assumed from all U.S. airlines watchlist-matching responsibilities for domestic and international passengers as part of the Secure...

The growth of Chicago-based Orbitz is dependent on the company's ability to "broaden the appeal of our Web site to business and other travelers," partly by "allowing corporations and their preferred...

Under a companywide initiative to cut 20 percent to 25 percent in overall costs over the next two years, Seattle-based property and casualty insurance company Safeco is considering the reorganization of...

Starwood Hotels & Resorts today launched a new offering in its loyalty program that allows members to book flights using their accrued points.

Under pressure to negotiate hotel rates more aggressively to further reduce costs, travel buyers have begun experimenting with reverse online auctions, in which select hotels in a market are invited to...

Democratic senators last week led an attempt to override a White House proposal that would "zero out" funding for Amtrak, but the amendment to secure $1.04 billion in funding for 2006 failed last...