UPCOMING EVENTS

Aug 05, 2009 5:00 PM to Aug 05, 2009 8:00 PM
  
Travel News From Management.TRAVEL

Protravel International acquired Rich Worldwide Travel...


ACTE, PCMA To Align, Remain Independent
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives and the Professional Convention Management Association by next week are expected to announce whether they will co-locate their...

Clear Collapse Deals Registered Traveler Severe Blow
The nation's largest Registered Traveler program operator, Clear, on June 22 abruptly ceased all operations at 18 airports, leaving in doubt the short-term viability of the...

5Q With Maritz Travel's Christine Duffy
Now that the U.S. Department of Treasury issued for public comment until Aug. 14 its interim final rule that among other things requires companies benefiting from Troubled Asset...

Hotel Pricing Environment Reignites Dynamic Debate
Incorporating dynamic pricing into a hotel program once was a blasphemous notion to most travel buyers, but the pricing model--floating rates based on a discount off the published...

Houston-based Frosch Travel announced a merger with New York-based Linden Travel...


Wyndham Hotel Group named ex-Travelport executive Flo Lugli executive vice president of marketing...


Amadeus this summer will launch mobile solutions including "itinerary-based location information" and an "employee security tracker"...


AirPlus in the U.S. named Aaron Kelling EVP for strategic partnerships, Alexander Houston EVP sales and Kathy Cantwell VP client services...


Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines announced a codeshare deal...


American Airlines quietly discontinued its CorporateAAccess.com corporate travel portal on Dec. 31, 2008...


NBTA urged the Transportation Security Administration and U.S. airlines to "revitalize" the registered traveler program...


ACTE and PCMA announced an alliance to take advantage of "synergies" and "leverage resources" including possible event co-location....


BCD Travel global president and COO John Snyder urged ACTE and NBTA to continue pursuing a merger...


Panel Chats About Social Media's Benefits And Risks
Such social media technologies as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and Plaxo have garnered headlines for usage surges and banter. But how can travel buyers or suppliers...

Travelport Enables Agent Access To All Air Canada Content
Travelport GDS said it made good on its pledge to provide travel agencies with a new desktop solution that accesses all Air Canada's branded "fare families." As a result, those...

5Q With Next NBTA Prez, Craig Banikowski
The National Business Travel Association this month named its next president and CEO, Hilton Hotels Corp. global travel management director Craig Banikowski, and vice president,...

Treasury Issues Interim 'Luxury Expenditures' Rule
The U.S. Department of Treasury on Wednesday issued an interim final rule requiring, among other things, that companies benefiting from Troubled Asset Relief Program funds adopt...

Hotel CEOs: 'The Worst Is Behind Us'
Hotel executives this week agreed that the "panic" throughout the industry has mellowed, and most believe a return to more prosperous times is closer than they previously assumed....

FAA Reauthorization Clears House
The U.S. House of Representatives on May 21 approved the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009, appropriating funds for the Federal Aviation Administration through fiscal 2012. Still...
  

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