2008 Budget Planner: Buyers To Tighten Belts
Sept. 10, 2007 - Published airfares are expected to rise next year by up to 10 percent, though a growing number of travel managers said their companies are curtailing air spending, supporting concerns of weakening domestic demand. Likewise, buyers with managed car rental programs could hold pricing fairly steady. The hotel seller's market, however, remains strong. Buyers again face difficult negotiations, particularly in key cities and with higher-tiered properties.

All Aboard For Savings
Sept. 13, 2007 - GlaxoSmithKline’s use of visual guilt helps drive more cost savings to the bottom line in the area of travel and entertainment expenses.

Flight Canceled? What Rule 240 Means For You
Sept. 14, 2007 - Before the deregulation of the U.S. airline industry in 1978, every U.S. airline had to follow the same set of rules — including those dealing with "irregularities" such as canceled flights.

Eight Ways To Avoid Air Travel Delays
Sept. 12, 2007 - These days it may feel like a miracle if your flight arrives on time, but the truth is flights have always been subject to delays—whether they're caused by stormy weather, mechanical problems, or something else entirely. When one airport experiences delays, it can cause a ripple effect across the entire country within minutes. You've experienced the ripple effect if you've been told that weather delays in Orlando are holding up your flight from Las Vegas, where the skies are sunny.

Buyers Not Yet Sold On Reg. Traveler
Sept. 10, 2007 - Many corporate travel buyers still are awaiting additional benefits to be included in the Registered Traveler program and further penetration at U.S. airports before they would consider adopting it on behalf of their travelers.

Swapping Airline Miles, Even When You Can, Is A No-Win Affair
Sept. 13, 2007 - Trading miles is against airline rules, unless under their control. Some U.S. airline programs also allow transfer of miles between members' accounts, for a fee, within the same program.

Travel Insurance Policies Pack More Options
Sept. 13, 2007 - If you're thinking about buying travel insurance, here's the good news: The typical policy covers a lot more than it once did, and companies are rolling out options that offer even more protection.

Where Was This Service 10 Years Ago?
Sept. 14, 2007 - I remember back in the summer of '79 (no, this is not some knockoff Bryan Adams song), when I was heading to Bermuda with my parents. As a rebellious 18-year-old, there were a million other places I would rather have been, but hey, it was Bermuda, and it was free.

Airlines Get Serious About Hiring Again
Sept. 11, 2007 - After nearly six years of shrinking their workforces, most of the USA's biggest airlines are finally hiring again.

Horizon Airlines Cancels More Flights
Sept. 12, 2007 - The airline canceled 120 flights so mechanics could check the landing gears on planes manufactured by Bombardier. Today, Horizon announced that it's scrapping another 127 of 500 scheduled flights.

Northwest Air, Midwest in Codeshare Agreement
Sept. 12, 2007 - Northwest Airlines Inc (NWA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Midwest Airlines expanded their marketing partnership on Thursday by announcing a codeshare agreement for travel starting in November.

U.S. Airlines Carry 2.7% More Passengers
Sept.13, 2007 - For the first six months of 2007, U.S. airlines carried 379.5 million international and domestic passengers, 10 million more than for the same period in 2006, for an increase of 2.7 percent over the same period last year.