One of Europe's largest hotel groups, Meliá Hotels International, plans to expand during the next several years its presence in several U.S. gateway cities, officials said.

M&I, a small Wisconsin-based corporate meeting planning company, in December hired meetings industry veteran Lisa Palmeri to launch a program of strategic management consulting services.

United Airlines is implementing a new, three-tier corporate pricing program for all corporate accounts that includes negotiated discounts on every published fare in the domestic market. The revamped...

Japan Airlines Corp. is finalizing negotiations to sell its hotel portfolio to Tokyo-based Hotel Okura Co., news sources reported today.

Orbitz Worldwide doubled its first-quarter net loss to $10.9 million from $5.3 million last year despite a good showing by the company's Orbitz for Business segment.

Last week, Omni Hotels, along with hotel management companies John Q. Hammons Hotels and Crestline Hotels & Resorts, joined Hilton Hotels Corp. and Marriott International in the growing ranks of lodging...

Stelios Haji-Ioannou started easyJet in 1995. It has since helped to change the face of European aviation and now is one of the region's largest carriers, as well as a part of easyGroup, Haji-Ioannou's...

Sabre is in the midst of rolling out with Qantas its Sabre Branded Fares product, which is part of a larger effort to allow airlines to merchandize, unbundle and further differentiate fare offerings...

Northwest Airlines recently tapped managing director of reservations services Steven Sear to replace industry veteran Fay Beauchine as the carrier's next vice president of sales. A Northwest employee...

Higher-tier hotel rates worldwide have increased at a much faster rate than those in budget sectors, and major cities around the world continue to show double-digit growth in room rates, according to a...