Stockholders OK Acquisition Of Interstate Hotels
03.11.2010 -- Interstate Hotels & Resorts stockholders today approved the company's acquisition by a joint venture of two lodging companies, Thayer Lodging Group and Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Co. Read More>>
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Amadeus Composes New Look For Planned Agent Desktop
03.11.2010 -- Amadeus' new agent desktop has undergone a significant reconfiguration since the company previewed the product last summer, Amadeus North America director of product management and support services Alix Arguelles said yesterday. Read More>>
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IATA Halves 2010 Airline Loss Forecast
03.11.2010 -- The aviation industry outlook grew a little less gloomy today, as the International Air Transport Association cut its 2010 loss forecast in half. Predicting stronger than anticipated demand and sustained capacity discipline, the forecast keeps global airlines in the red this year, but by an aggregate $2.8 billion, not IATA's previously projected $5.6 billion. Read More>>
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DOT Proposes To Delay Air On-Time Reporting Requirement
03.11.2010 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation this week said it would accede to airline requests to extend by 45 days to June 14 a new requirement for carriers to post flight delay data on their Web sites. Read More>>
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CWT Launches Bundled Tech, Services For Midmarket In Europe
03.11.2010 -- Carlson Wagonlit Travel this week became the latest supplier to announce new services and technology designed for the midmarket as it launched in Europe its own packaged offering, which includes a newly built online booking tool. Read More>>
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Oneworld Partners Offer Slots In Joint Venture Approval Quest
03.10.2010 -- The European Commission on Wednesday said American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia have offered to give up slots between London Heathrow or Gatwick airports and Boston, New York, Dallas and Miami in their quest to gain antitrust immunity and move forward with their proposed joint venture. Read More>>
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Concur Offers Expense Tool For Small Business On New Google Marketplace
03.10.2010 -- Concur on Tuesday launched a version of its expense management tool scaled for small business and distributed through the newly created Google Apps Marketplace. Read More>>
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J.P. Morgan Notebook: Airlines Share Plans For Capacity, Alliances, Revenue Growth
03.09.2010 -- Major domestic airlines today praised the industry's restraint from adding new supply into the domestic market as executives committed to flat capacity this year during presentations at the J.P. Morgan Aviation, Transportation & Defense Conference in New York City. Read More>>
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Marriott Issues Five-Year Plan To Double Rooms In Europe
03.09.2010 -- Marriott International today announced plans to double its European portfolio in the next five years, growing from 40,000 to 80,000 rooms in the region by 2015. Read More>>
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Obama To Nominate Retired Army Major General As TSA Administrator
03.08.2010 -- President Barack Obama today said he plans to nominate Major General Robert Harding as his pick to lead the Transportation Security Administration. Read More>>
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Federal Stimulus Funds Speed Body Scanner Rollout
03.05.2010 -- The Department of Homeland Security today said it is using stimulus funds to accelerate the deployment of advanced imaging technology screening systems at 11 airports by the start of summer. Read More>>
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Business Travelers Begin Return To The Front Of The Plane
03.04.2010 -- Corporate travelers slowly are making their way back to the front of the plane after a year marred by deep declines in first and business class travel volumes, according to new American Express corporate client data. Read More>>
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Continental To Upsell Roomier Economy Seats
03.03.2010 -- Continental Airlines on March 17 will begin charging at the time of checkin a premium to reserve seats in its economy cabin that offer more legroom than standard coach seats, the carrier announced today. Read More>>
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Amtrak Switches On Free Acela Wi-Fi Service
03.01.2010 -- Amtrak today announced that it has launched free wireless Internet service on all 20 Acela Express trains that run along the Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington, D.C., and in all four of its in-station ClubAcela lounges Read More>>
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Concur CEO Singh To Share Travel Technology Vision At BTN/NBTA Strategic Travel Symposium
03.01.2010 -- Concur chairman and CEO Steve Singh will keynote the Monday Strategic Travel Management Symposium program with his luncheon speech on the future of travel management technology. Read More>>
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First Hyatt Earnings Report Since IPO Finds Fourth-Quarter Rise In Occupancy
02.25.2010 -- Hyatt Hotels Corp. today, in its first public earnings report in decades, reported that occupancy, though not rates, began to creep upward at its properties in the fourth quarter of 2009. Read More>>
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GetThere Bundles Booking, Meetings Management, Networking Tools For Small Cos.
02.24.2010 -- GetThere today will begin selling to North American-based small and midsize companies a new suite that bundles functionality from its booking tool, its Worktopia-powered meetings management module and its Cubeless social networking platform. Read More>>
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CWT To Try Outsourcing Mid-, Back-Office Tech To Amadeus
02.23.2010 -- Carlson Wagonlit Travel today said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Amadeus to explore the outsourcing of some mid-office and back-office technologies. Read More>>
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Starwood Launches First Two TelePresence Sites In Chicago, Sydney
02.23.2010 -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide today went live with its first two remote conferencing studios, with plans to bring two more studios online in the next few months. Read More>>
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Kingfisher Inks Deal To Join Oneworld
02.23.2010 -- Oneworld today announced that Kingfisher Airlines signed a memorandum of understanding that paves the way for the Indian carrier to join the alliance in the second half of 2011. Read More>>
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