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. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:31:02 -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 United Airlines' corporate customer revenue in February increased 13 percent year over, according to a presentation by CFO Kathryn Mikells.... http://www.Procurement.travel/United-Airlines-corporate-revenue.2010030901 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:36:28 -0400 [$$] United Joins AA In Clamping Down On ARC Number 'Trend' http://www.TheBeat.travel/news.php?adate=mar_10&cid=UAL-ARC United Airlines on Feb. 26 joined American Airlines in laying into unnamed travel agencies that acquired ARC numbers of other travel agencies, but not the companies themselves, to build volumes and... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:33:00 -0400 Marriott International starting May 7 will offer elite-level loyalty program members free Internet access at 450 U.S. and Canadian hotels.... http://www.Management.travel/Marriott-free-Internet.2010030801 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:49:57 -0400 NBTA created and filled three "executive-level" positions related to technology, finance and research.... http://www.Management.travel/NBTA-appointments.2010030503 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:23:07 -0400 According to FlightStats, US Airways in February had the highest cancellation rate among major U.S. carriers at 6.24 percent... http://www.Management.travel/cancellations-FlightStats-US-Airways.2010030502 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:00:32 -0400 Alaska Airlines in February was the most punctual major U.S. carrier, with an on-time performance of 85 percent, according to FlightStats.... http://www.Management.travel/on-time-performance-FlightStats-Alaska.2010030501 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:56:16 -0400 [$$] BA Plans Major Change In Agency Deals http://www.TheBeat.travel/news.php?adate=mar_10&cid=BA-agency-deals British Airways plans next month to recreate financial relationships with corporate travel agencies in the United States, moving from traditional commission incentives to net fares which agencies are... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:43:00 -0400 5Q With ATPI's Graham Ramsey http://www.TheTransnational.travel/news.php?cid=Graham-Ramsey-ATPI-CorpTrav.Mar-10.03 After leaving the GlobalStar Travel Management group last summer, U.K.-based Advanced Travel Partner International last month announced an alliance with Chicago-area firm CorpTrav... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:31:43 +0000 BT Streamlines Hotel Negotiations With Bidders' Conference http://www.TheTransnational.travel/news.php?cid=BT-Group-hotel-negotiations-bidders-conference.Mar-10.03 Anticipating that hotel rates this year will jump 8 percent to 18 percent worldwide even as travel budgets remain pressured, BT Group global category manager Jan Tucker Jones... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:31:35 +0000 CWT Rolling Out New Agent Desktop, Explores Outsourcing With Amadeus http://www.TheTransnational.travel/news.php?cid=CWT-new-agent-desktop-outsourcing-Amadeus-Carlson-Wagonlit.Mar-10.03 CWT president for suppliers, products and technology Andrew Winterton told The Beat that the desktop product is "built and working in production on two global distribution... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:31:26 +0000 Feds, USTA Plan Travel Promotion Act Implementation http://www.TheTransnational.travel/news.php?cid=Travel-Promotion-Act-implementation-USTA-Fed.Mar-10.03 Expecting President Barack Obama to sign the Travel Promotion Act into law Thursday, the U.S. Travel Association planned this week to meet with Commerce Department executives to... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:30:54 +0000 Continental Airlines said beginning March 17 it would offer an option at check-in to buy "premium seat assignments for unreserved economy-class seats that feature extra legroom," such as exit-row seats... http://www.Management.travel/Continental-extra-legroom.2010030301 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:51:34 -0400 Global distribution system hotel bookings in January 2010 increased 5 percent while average daily rate declined 1.2 percent to $155.19 versus January 2009... http://www.Procurement.travel/gds-hotel-bookings-increased.2010030301 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:38:34 -0400