Mexico Rides Out A Widely Publicized Crime Wave By Suzanne Koudsi Even amidst disturbing reports of Mexico City's recent crime wave against Americans, the city is striving to

Hotels Add Unique Twists To Loyalty Mix By Bruce Serlen As the large multi-brand hotel chains continued to upgrade their frequent guest programs this fall, such smaller deluxe and upscale hotel

On the first business day of the year, West Texas Intermediate crude oil opened at $91.30 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On the last day of the first quarter, it closed at $106.72 and since has...

Amex: European Airfares Increase In Economic Tailspin By Amon Cohen The economic downturn may be softening prices in the United States but airfares continue to spiral out of control in Europe.

TechTalk Deal Lands EDS Account For GetThere, Sabre GDS Plano, Texas-based Electronic Data Systems agreed to move internal bookings to the Sabre GDS and the GetThere self-booking tool as part of an

Flight Centre selected the Correx ticket processing solution from TRX as part of an agreement originating in Australia. According to a Flight Centre spokesperson, the deal covers "Flight Centre...

Ramada Intros National Accounts Plan By Bruce Serlen Ramada this week launched its first national accounts program, called Ramada Corporate Select. Featuring 250 highly rated properties in the

Worldspan and IBM this month announced they signed a $350 million, five-year agreement to extend cooperation on IBM's Transaction Processing Facility platform, which makes up the core technology for...

Spirit's plan to charge for carry-on bags is gaining no traction with other carriers, said Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.). Executives from American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, United...

Republic Leverages Intranet Space By Laurie BergerNew York - As Andy Menkes sees it, the intranet site he created for Republic National Bank is a huge piece of real estate. And the