Aloha offers 1,000 free roundtrips
June 8, 2006 - Faced with $19 fares from competitors, Aloha Airlines is jumping in with its own fare promotion -- 1,000 free roundtrip interisland tickets to be given away tomorrow at airports across the state.

New $19 fare ridiculed -- and matched
June 8, 2006 - The marketing chief for Aloha Airlines says a new $19 fare posted by Mesa Air Group is "goofy." But Hawaiian Airlines has matched it.

Delta hikes ticket surcharge
June 8, 2006 - Delta Air Lines Inc. has increased passenger surcharges on tickets bought on or after June 8 for travel on most transatlantic flights from the Western Hemisphere to help fight rising fuel prices.

Southwest sues company that gets better seats for passengers
June 8, 2006 - Southwest Airlines Co. is suing a company that helps travelers get the best seats on its planes by handling their online check-in, and the airline is asking other websites to stop offering the same service.

American Airlines embraces remote baggage handling
June 7, 2006 - American Airlines has begun offering baggage pick-up and advance check-in at remote locations, including one locale in Hawaii.

Airline load factors, fuel prices soar
June 7, 2006 - United Airlines and Northwest Airlines both reported that they flew more than four fifths full in May, far more than was customary for major airlines in years past, but the new standard among legacy carriers.

JetBlue to offer in-flight Internet
June 7, 2006 - JetBlue Airways Corp. won a government auction Friday for wireless spectrum that could be used to provide in-flight telephone, Internet or entertainment services, the Associated Press reported.

Hotel checks in 'CrackBerries' for addicts
June 8, 2006 - BlackBerry addicts have a crack at freedom when they check into one Chicago hotel: the manager will put the communications devices and others like them under lock and key for guests who want a break.

Hotel Availability Begins To Supersede Price As Priority
June 5, 2006 - With hotel occupancy at its highest levels in some cities since the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, travel managers are finding availability for travelers in some cities as important as price, if not more critical.

Tight Policy Secures Annual Hotel Deals
June 5, 2006 - Three years after creating a policy for corporate meetings management and moving the department under corporate transient travel, Piscataway, N.J.-based American Standard Companies has developed a program in which hotel rates for small corporate meetings are negotiated once a year along with transient negotiations.

Hotel Executives See "Reasonable" Rate Hikes Ahead
June 5, 2006 - While all indicators point toward further rate hikes ahead for the 2007 corporate negotiating season, industry executives today said they wouldn't leverage their strong position to bleed travel buyers—too much.

U.S. hotels' profits seen climbing to new highs
June 5, 2006 - U.S. hotels, on a rebound from their post-Sept. 11, 2001 slump, can expect to see profits increase to all-time highs over the next two years, but the momentum will eventually lose steam, according to Smith Travel Research projections released Monday.

Ship quarantines about 60 passengers showing stomach flu symptoms
June 5, 2006 - About 60 passengers aboard the Pride of Aloha cruise ship were quarantined after they showed stomach flu symptoms.

Card Compliance Rises
June 5, 2006 - Employee compliance with company card programs appears to be on the rise as companies hone their methods of mandating use of those programs, be they through reward, punishment or better integration with expense reporting tools.

What paying $200K to a travel club gets you
June 7, 2006 - One might not necessarily imagine that multimillionaires confront limited options in planning their vacations.

Yes, driving is still cheaper than flying
June 8, 2006 - Is this the year to fly instead of drive? With gas prices soaring to record levels, it would seem to be a sensible question for ...

Bush backs move to impose terms on air controllers
June 8, 2006 - The White House threatened Tuesday to veto legislation that would reverse the Bush administration's decision to impose contract terms on the nation's 14,500 unionized air traffic controllers.

High Speed Internet Access: No Longer "Optional".
June 4, 2006 - High-speed Internet access is quickly becoming a required amenity. This article provides some background and advice on this important part of the guest experience.