Described by UBS Warburg analyst Sam Buttrick as "potentially the single most important pricing move in the past decade," America West Airlines this week dramatically altered its airfare structure, a...

Booking Vendors Update Tools By Jay Campbell In an online booking industry that continues to compete as much for attention as it does revenues, vendors again took the opportunity at the National

Although this month's federal court decision forcing MasterCard and Visa to allow member banks to issue other cards, such as American Express and Discover, can be viewed as a victory for the likes of...

Cendant Corp. announced a number of key executive appointments in recent weeks. Steven Rudnitsky was named chairman and CEO of Cendant's hotel division, while Thomas Higgins and John Valletta each were...

Unwilling to wait for a day that may never come when airlines put Web-only inventory into the global distribution systems Sabre and other GDSs are seeking to use Internet fare-searching software to...

Continental Airlines hopes to gain regulatory approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation in May for the carrier's application to form a transatlantic joint venture with United Airlines,...

High-end executive board meetings and incentive trips in the financial services industry appear to be on the rise despite the shift to a seller's market. Hoteliers said financial companies still are...

The strife between airlines and global distribution systems spread in recent weeks, even as the U.S. Department of Transportation's proposed GDS regulations were poised to directly impact all...

Sabre Holdings today reported total company revenue of $700 million, up 29 percent, for the third quarter, which chairman and CEO Sam Gilliland described as "excellent." In a call with analysts and...

Buyers are using their leverage in the upcoming room rate negotiations to pressure hotels into ensuring approved rates will be loaded accurately and clearly into the global distribution systems. One...