High-Price Buys Augur Premium Rates By Bruce Serlen Investors looking to buy into the deluxe segment of the U.S. hotel industry need deeper pockets than ever, especially if they're looking to break

As a flurry of mergers build mega hotel chains, publicly traded hotel companies are separating their real estate investments to spur growth and to stay focused. Since last month, Dallas-based Bristol

Northwest Airlines late last month emerged from 20 months of bankruptcy court protection, representing a new era of solvency for the domestic airline industry. Northwest is the fourth and final major...

Mexico Financial Crisis Results In Sale Of Deluxe Chain By Kellie K. Speed Following several years of drastically increasing debt, Mexico is undergoing some vast industry changes, and for business

CRSs Demonstrate Revenue Growth By Mary Ann McNultyBuoyed by international growth and the rate increases imposed earlier this year, publicly traded CRS suppliers Galileo International

Majors Lobby Ticket Tax &>American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, TWA, United and US Airways once again have urged for a replacement of the present domestic ticket tax--now set at 10

FONT SIZE="+3" St. Louis: Enough Rooms? By Glenn Carter Observers agree that St. Louis is experiencing strong growth in meetings lift, although whether a new convention hotel would raise the

Newsmaker: Concur Takes Brown By Mary Ann McNulty Switching coasts, companies and cultures, former MasterCard International executive Alan Brown has joined Concur Technologies

The Hawaii meetings and conventions scene appears to be returning slowly and steadily after being hit particularly hard last year by the soft economy and Sept. 11.

Zoning In On Groups U.S. Carriers Debut Air Programs For '99 By Chris Davis Coming off a year of record load factors and revenues, the airline industry has little motivation