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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:32:01 -0400 Total U.S. travel agency air sales processed through ARC in February rose 16.8 percent year over year, the highest such increase since January 2007... http://www.Management.travel/travel-agency-air-sales-ARC.2010031201 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:18:38 -0400 KesselRun Corporate Travel Solutions named former BCD Travel executive Dee Runyan as senior partner... http://www.Management.travel/KesselRun-Dee-Runyan.2010031103 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:43:47 -0400 The U.S. Travel Association created a "board member council" to "defend and promote" meetings, incentives and trade shows, co-chaired by Maritz Travel CEO Christine Duffy... http://www.Management.travel/US-Travel-Association-board-council.2010031102 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:40:09 -0400 Amadeus delayed the target date for general release of its Amadeus One agent desktop from the second half of this year to 2011... http://www.Management.travel/Amadeus-delayed-agent-desktop-2011.2010031101 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:05:02 -0400 Continental Adjusts Thinking With New Exit Row Fees http://www.Management.travel/news.php?cid=Continental-exit-row-fees-legroom.Mar-10.10 Continental Airlines' decision to charge extra for exit row seats with more legroom reflects a shift in thinking by the carrier, which in the past showed reluctance to match... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:47:52 -0400 TripIt Activates 1,000 Corporate Travel Social Networks http://www.Management.travel/news.php?cid=TripIt-activates-1000-corporate-social-networks.Mar-10.10 Travel managers may be wondering about the first step they should take to create a social network for company travelers. TripIt didn't wait for them to figure it out. Based on its... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:47:49 -0400 Wal-Mart Pushes UATP To Accept La Quinta, Other Hotel Charges http://www.Management.travel/news.php?cid=Wal-Mart-UATP-La-Quinta-Hotel-Charges.Mar-10.10 Growing its merchant network beyond air and transportation-related charges for the first time in 74 years, Universal Air Travel Plan began accepting charges from La Quinta Inns &... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:38:13 -0400 5Q With Host Hotels' Minaz Abji http://www.Management.travel/news.php?cid=Minaz-Abji-Host-Hotels-Resorts.Mar-10.10 Pricing power may not yet have returned in most markets, but Host Hotels and Resorts executive vice president of asset management Minaz Abji said a slight rise in occupancy,... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:29:16 -0400 Concur made available a new online expense reporting system for small businesses.... http://www.Management.travel/Concur-expense-small-business.2010031001 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:03:35 -0400 Egencia in December launched automated trip plan synchronization with Outlook and Lotus Notes calendars... http://www.Management.travel/Egencia-trip-plan-calendar.2010030903 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:44:00 -0400 Travelport will provide travel agents with "fully automated" hotel commission processing through Galileo and Worldspan... http://www.Management.travel/hotel-commission-processing-Travelport.2010030902 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:39:18 -0400 Hilton Garden Inn guests now can print documents from their mobile devices to printers located in hotel business centers... http://www.Management.travel/Hilton-Garden-Inn-printing.2010030901 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:51:05 -0400 Marriott International starting May 7 will offer elite-level loyalty program members free Internet access at 450 U.S. and Canadian hotels.... http://www.Management.travel/Marriott-free-Internet.2010030801 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:49:57 -0400 NBTA created and filled three "executive-level" positions related to technology, finance and research.... http://www.Management.travel/NBTA-appointments.2010030503 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:23:07 -0400 Omega Enlists Sabre's TripCase Mobile App http://www.Management.travel/news.php?cid=TripCase-mobile-app-Omega-Sabre.Feb-10.25 Special from The Beat. Omega World Travel became the first travel management company to deploy Sabre Travel Studios' TripCase mobile application, which is available on BlackBerry,... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:03:59 -0400 Federal Inspector: DHS Sloppy With Spend http://www.Management.travel/news.php?cid=DHS-conference-spending-Federal-Inspector.Feb-10.25 The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security earlier this month scrutinized the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's conference spending practices during... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:03:50 -0400 No Longer A Virtual Reality: Masters Participants Glimpse A Smaller Future For Business Travel http://www.Management.travel/news.php?cid=Masters-Program-future-business-travel-virtual-meeting.Feb-10.25 Cisco's well publicized and admittedly self-supporting push for virtual conferencing took a half-turn back to reality as the company now advocates a "hybrid" approach involving... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:03:38 -0400 5Q With Charles Petruccelli http://www.Management.travel/news.php?cid=Charles-Petruccelli.Feb-10.25 A release of pent-up demand drove recent improvements in booking levels, and a "prolonged period of flatness" is more likely than a sharp recovery, according to a somber industry... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:03:24 -0400 Lufthansa Says No To Ancillary http://www.Management.travel/news.php?cid=ancillary-airline-fees-Lufthansa.Feb-10.10 Big airlines are going after billions in ancillary sales and driving industry providers to accommodate them in booking and data reporting, but not all top carriers are on board.... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:24:53 -0400 Hoteliers, Execs Discuss Challenges Ahead For Mtgs., Travel http://www.Management.travel/news.php?cid=meetings-travel-challenges-hotel-2010.Feb-10.10 Economic recovery, an accelerated pace of change, new technologies and generational shifts are among the challenges that meeting and travel professionals face in 2010, executives... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:16:36 -0400