September 15, 2003
NEW YORK -- Icahn Associates awarded its corporate travel account -- estimated to be in the $25 million range -- to American Express.
NEW YORK -- In a nod to the growing popularity of all-in-one pricing, the sister properties of the Westin and Sheraton at Our Lucaya Beach and Golf Resort on Grand Bahama Island introduced additional
WASHINGTON -- A new, all-first-class U.S. airline planning to launch early next year is signing up agents to be marketing representatives, implementing what a senior executive called a "new paradigm"
September 15, 2003 by Arnie Weissmann
American Express was affected in its every aspect by the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Eleven employees -- corporate agents working in the World Trade Center -- were killed.
The headline brightened my mood: "BA returns to commissions for U.K. agents." I knew that some major airline would see the light one of these days, reverse its course and start paying commissions again.
September 15, 2003 by Laura Del Rosso
SAN FRANCISCO -- The opening of Moscone West, a 300,000-square-foot annex to San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center, is a bright spot during an otherwise dreary time for this city's travel and
oodies in search of an authentic Mexican culinary experience might want to consider a trip to Oaxaca during the Food of the Gods Festival, Oct. 4 to 11.
British Airways could yank certain fare classes out of the GDSs if the systems don't play ball on lowering distribution costs. Think of it as a reversal of how the Web-fare scenario has played out in
We keep a short list of "Government Programs That We Like" and, for as long as we can remember, that list has included the Visa Waiver Program. This is the eminently sensible arrangement whereby the
September 15, 2003 by Mark Pestronk
Q: Is it true Worldspan is aggressively coercing Orbitz into limiting its so-called supplier-link business; i.e., the direct connections that bypass the GDS?