Philip Morris' Online Usage To Triple By Year-End By Sarah Welt Since implementing an online booking system last December, New York-based Philip Morris Management Co. expects to

Global financial giant Bank of America in September 2004 rolled out an enterprisewide strategic meetings management policy to funnel all events that cost $10,000 or more through a central meetings and...

Hotel Rates Soften On Occupancy Dip By Bruce Serlen U.S. hotel occupancy rates dropped significantly enough during the first quarter that hotel execs last week conceded that the tide has shifted

A U.S. appeals court overturned New York State's passenger protections legislation , saying that law--which took effect Jan. 1--is "preempted" by the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. "If...

Best Western International, the membership association of 4,100 midprice hotels around the world, this month rolled out its quality assurance program to its 1,800 properties in 82 countries outside of...

Dallas-based marketing services provider Alliance Data six months ago implemented meeting program guidelines that already have saved the company more than $100,000 and has collected more information...

With many buyers scaling back to less costly hotels or adding more of these properties to their programs, they've grown much more concerned about service standards and product consistency. Thomas...

The Star Alliance last week made good on its promise to select alternative distribution systems by the end of this year, though the extent to which the partnership's airline members will make use of...

Midwest Express for the third year in a row finished on top of the small carrier segment of BTN's Annual Airline Survey. The Milwaukee-based carrier barely nosed out newcomer JetBlue Airways. AirTran...

Corporations this year should expect to pay still higher room rates and encounter ongoing supply shortages in the highest-demand business centers even after a tough 2006 in which they paid higher rates...