Carlson CEO Hubert Joly's five-year plan for Carlson Hotels Worldwide, when unveiled early next year, will include a project to revitalize the Radisson hotel brand in North America, drawing a clearer...

Hotels: Breakfast Is On Us

As the expiration of its content agreement with Sabre looms and a marketing agreement with the GDS already expired, American Airlines last week alerted agency and corporate customers that beginning in...

Hotel companies overseas have stepped up their promotions of frequent guest programs to compete more effectively with the U.S. giants' extensive loyalty marketing efforts.

Delta Passing Facility cost to passengers

Recent media reports of the avian influenza, or "bird flu," would cause one to believe a catastrophic pandemic is upon us. Thankfully, the world is not experiencing a pandemic, nor do experts believe...

Several multibrand hotel companies are growing their upscale and luxury boutique collections with an increasingly global eye, a strategy they say is funneling more of those hotels into corporate...

The parent companies of the Europcar, National and Alamo car rental brands agreed to consolidate ownership in Europe and establish "a strategic alliance" with North American operations. The developments...

Robert Lambert is senior vice president of commercial sales for Avis Budget Group, which describes itself as North America's "largest general-use vehicle rental company." He spoke last week with...

American Express last month said net income for the fourth quarter of 2005 totaled $745 million down about 17 percent from previous year profits of $896 million. Meanwhile, the company today plans to...