During the past two years in New York City, while midprice and boutique hotels rapidly were spreading and upgrading, very few upscale hotels were under development. However, according to hospitality...

US Airways last week was close to finalizing a codeshare arrangement with another major U.S. carrier, an important step in its recovery plan and effort to obtain a federally backed loan guarantee....

Japan Proves Economical Does Not Mean Inferior By Robert Selwitz It is widely assumed that an economic stay in Japan is a non sequitur, but there are many frugal alternatives for

Hoteliers Negotiating Additional Items To Retain Bookings By Chris Davis Faced with the realities that the slowdown in the corporate meetings market is not simply a one-quarter phenomenon,

Washington Wire By Barbara CookSafety on the AgendaThe Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have instituted a series of follow-up steps to

Visa and MasterCard bankcard issuer JPMorgan Chase yesterday said it is transmitting hotel line item details to "808 client corporations."

Domestic airline industry downsizing continued in recent weeks as several carriers announced steep capacity withdrawals, employee reductions and fleet retirements to cope with unrelenting fuel costs....

As world leaders this week gathered in Copenhagen to seek consensus on how to combat climate change, airlines, airports and other air industry constituents called on them to adopt a "global sectoral...

Cendant Car Rental Group parent of the Avis and Budget brands is in the process of notifying corporate customers of a 7 percent to 8 percent increase in corporate rental car rates. The move to raise...

Using The Power Of PersuasionThompson Corp. By Chris Davis Thomson Corp. is set to embark on a nonmandated meetings consolidation program, using an internal meeting calendar and a panel of meeting