Industry
Executives Debate Rising Costs of Business Travel at Summit
Feb. 15, 2007 - Business travel costs are expected to surge
to all-time highs in 2007. To address the issues impacting
business travel costs, industry leaders from Southwest, Best
Western and the NBTA gathered in New York City earlier this
week to discuss how businesses and business travelers can
more efficiently cope with rising costs.
Managed
Biz Shifting To Dynamic Pricing
Feb. 14, 2007 - For many in the hospitality business, effectively
managing group business is a linchpin strategy. And companies
looking to give their employees a fairly priced room on the
road, structure deals with hotel companies for a single discounted
rate applicable in all markets (with few exceptions) in return
for a guaranteed number of nights.
BTC
alerts corporate travel managers on `cost of content’
Feb. 14, 2007 - Negotiations between British Airways and GDSs
are reaching a moment of truth -- and that truth could be
a bitter one for corporations. This statement was part of
an industry alert released by Business Travel Coalition (BTC).
Buyers
Threaten BA Over Potential GDS Surcharges
Feb. 15, 2007- Corporate clients rallied by the Business Travel
Coalition are threatening to withdraw business from British
Airways should new global distribution agreements result in
booking surcharges.
Lawmaker
plans airline passenger bill of rights
Feb. 15, 2007 - The stranding of hundreds of passengers aboard
JetBlue Airways Corp. planes for up to 10 hours on Wednesday
has revived calls to enact an airline customer rights law.
Companies
must take serious act on business travel carbon emissions
Feb. 14, 2007 - Companies have yet to seriously tackle the
carbon emissions generated through their business travel,
according to a global survey conducted by the Association
of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) and KDS.
Airline
apologizes after passengers stranded on planes for hours in
NYC
Feb. 16, 2007 - JetBlue Airways Corp. tried to calm a maelstrom
of criticism, after passengers were left waiting on planes
at a New York airport for as long as nine hours during a snow
and ice storm.
NWA
details its exit strategy
Feb. 15, 2007 - Northwest Airlines on Thursday filed its long-awaited
plan for getting out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, promising to
pay its unsecured creditors newly issued stock valued at about
three-quarters of what they're owed.
Security
devices falter in rail tests
Feb. 14, 2007 - An ambitious test of machines for checking
subway and rail passengers for bombs failed to find a technology
that can reliably stop terrorists such as those who attacked
trains in Madrid and London, according to a Homeland Security
Department assessment.
Flylite
cuts busy travelers loose from packing bags
Feb. 16, 2007 - The latest amenity for well-heeled travelers
too harried to pack: flying suitcases. Flylite, a fledgling
Reston, Va.-based company, will ship a suitcase to a designated
hotel pre-packed with the traveler's belongings. At the end
of the trip, the client sorts clothing to be laundered, dry-cleaned
or pressed, a courier picks it up from the hotel, and Flylite
cleans and stores the contents until they are requested for
the next trip.
Four
Brands in Car Rental May Merge
Feb. 14, 2007 - A deal to combine four of the nation’s
largest car rental brands — National, Alamo, Thrifty
and Dollar — is being discussed as the industry continues
to consolidate.
Stena
Line shakes up product and pricing structure to meet demands
of modern day travellers
Feb. 14, 2007 - The first of its kind in the ferry sector,
Stena Line’s new product and pricing structure will
allow travellers to choose from three ticket types –
Economy, Flexi and Premium - depending on their individual
travel needs. |
