Hawthorn Provides Laptops By Bruce Serlen Hawthorn Suites late last month announced it was adding a new amenity to each of its 10,000 guest rooms in North America: a laptop computer. The

Airline Alliances Await Approvals, Prep For '03 Growth

Six carriers of the SkyTeam alliance this month withdrew their request for antitrust immunity following last month's decision by the U.S. Department of Transportation to turn down the carriers'...

WorldTravel Likely To Get Fidelity

Deluxe hotels worldwide in the past year have added new services and amenities to their executive floors to make these private enclaves even more select and exclusive. Part of the rationale behind this...

Last month, Marriott International executive vice president of business development Bruce Wolff described to BTN editors how the lodging industry implemented cross-channel rate parity and regained...

The terrorist attacks on America two weeks ago had an unprecedented impact on what already was a beleaguered U.S. commercial aviation system. The first ever national groundstop left carriers with a...

BMO Financial Group said its planned acquisition of Citigroup's Diners Club North American franchise would more than double its corporate card business, provide the network relationships necessary to...

SAS Group plans to sell its holdings in bmi and Spanair as part of "a new direction" focused on "flying to, from and within Northern Europe." Ninety-five percent owned by SAS Group,...

FareChase will not be the only Web fare aggregator capable of helping American Airlines' EveryFare agencies use aa.com, according to Atlanta-based AgentWare. AgentWare is "in final discussions with AA"...