ProMedia.travel Business Travel News Feed (consolidated) http://www.promedia.travel/ Consolidated news feed from all ProMedia.travel publications: Management.travel, Procurement.travel, The Transnational, and our premium news resource, The Beat. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:34:02 -0400 [$$] GDSX Releases Mobile Pre-Trip Approval App, Deloitte To Test http://www.TheBeat.travel/news.php?adate=mar_10&cid=GDSX-iPhone-app Deloitte's travel management department intends to offer employees a new iPhone application released in January by GDSX, provider of the consulting giant's pre-trip approval technology. "We aren't... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:34:00 -0400 Total U.S. travel agency air sales processed through ARC in February rose 16.8 percent year over year, the highest such increase since January 2007... http://www.Management.travel/travel-agency-air-sales-ARC.2010031201 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:18:38 -0400 To win approval from European regulators for a joint venture, AA, BA and Iberia agreed to give up slots at London and/or New York airports... http://www.TheTransnational.travel/AA-BA-Iberia-joint-venture.2010031101 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:56:37 +0000 [$$] TMC Travizon Building Mobile Security App http://www.TheBeat.travel/news.php?adate=mar_10&cid=Travizon-app Boston-area travel management company Travizon is allocating development resources for its own BlackBerry and iPhone mobile applications, including a "mini security" tool allowing travel managers to... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:02:00 -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 Greece became a member of the U.S. Visa Waiver program.... http://www.TheTransnational.travel/Greece-Visa-Waiver-Program.2010031001 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:01:52 +0000 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 Marriott International by 2015 plans to open 30 new properties in Europe, doubling to 80,000 its room count in the region.... http://www.TheTransnational.travel/Marriott-Europe.2010030901 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:51:56 +0000 [$$] ASTA Asks BA To Delay Agency Net Fare Program http://www.TheBeat.travel/news.php?adate=mar_10&cid=ASTA-BA-agency-deals The American Society of Travel Agents asked British Airways to delay by six months its plan to next month implement new financial arrangements with U.S. travel agencies. As first reported by The... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:06:00 -0400 [$$] Sabre Socializing Itineraries For The (Midmarket) Enterprise http://www.TheBeat.travel/news.php?adate=mar_10&cid=Sabre-GetThere-cubeless-midmarket Sabre's planned integration of itineraries from the GetThere corporate self-booking tool with the firm's cubeless enterprise social network service, hinted at last year, is "most imminent" for... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:04:00 -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 Republic Airways Holdings' James Reichart will oversee agency and corporate sales, and distribution across the Midwest and Frontier brands.... http://www.Procurement.travel/Republic-James-Reichart.2010030902 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:15:56 -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