Taro Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. earlier this year mandated all meeting sponsors to broaden the range of spending categories and base budgets on a cost-per-attendee metric. In doing so, the...

The five U.S. legacy airlines, along with Air Canada and ATPCo, on Tuesday announced that they have formed the Open AXIS Group, an organization with the mission of creating a standard for distributing...

Inside TrackAirlines Creating New Language...An ad hoc group that includes members of the Air Transport Association's Electronic Marketplace Committee and hotel, car and other vendors, has

United Airlines this week named a leader from outside the airline industry to oversee sales efforts as the carrier and its peers position themselves to compete in a new pricing environment. Jeff Foland,...

Biz Fares Reflect Value Of Last-Minute Bookings By Brad BoggessWhen people find out that my job is helping airlines determine how much to charge for each seat, they invariably say, "So

Marriott Fills Key Spot Marriott International has a new executive vice president for sales and marketing--with a familiar name. John W. Marriott III last month was named to the position that

Believing that the next three to five years will see an explosion of American business interests in China as a result of the country's admission into the World Trade Organization, U.S.-based hotel...

Deluxe Hotels Enhancing Service While Watching Costs By Bruce Serlen With competition remaining fierce and room revenues having declined in 1999, deluxe hotel companies such as Four Seasons and

Decentralized Hewlett-Packard Co. saved nearly $2 million in the first half of 2005 through an ongoing pilot program of a comprehensive meetings technology system that includes a new payment process,...

Cyril Kovarsky joined Accor on April 1 as senior vice president of global sales after serving as senior vice president of corporate sales for business services at Orange, a French multinational...