Luxury Link and Lexus Go Green

Eco-friendly packages offering luxury accommodations and use of the Lexus LS Hybrid sedan now available on Luxury Link. ...more

Cornell Study of Hotel Internet Marketing Tactics Quantifies 'Billboard Effect' of Online Travel Agents

Travel Research Says Hotels Gain Reservations Over and Above the Online Agent Volume ...more

Luxury Link Partners with Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

Award-winning luxury hotel collection now featured on LuxuryLink.com. ...more

World's Largest Online Travel Company Expands Presence in Brazil

Expedia grows its Brazilian operations to help hoteliers reach the world's largest audience of travelers ...more

NBTA Successfully Fends Off Another Travel Fee Hike

Association Praises Pro-Business Move by U.S. Department of Agriculture ...more

NTA and UMA to Co-locate in 2013

The National Tour Association and the United Motorcoach Association announce their plan to co-locate their two annual business events-the NTA Convention and the UMA Motorcoach Expo. NTA and UMA will introduce the first collaborative event in the first quarter of 2013. ...more

Webinar: Outlooks for Successful Online Merchandising in 2010

Complimentary webinar on what smart hoteliers are doing to extract more value out of their hotel's presence online in the year ahead with speakers Henry Harteveldt from Forrester Research and Edward Perry from WORLDHOTELS. ...more

12 Rules for 2010 Planning & Budgeting

Wanderlust outlines the new criteria for successful planning ...more

New on VTV Channel: The Integration of Revenue Management and Marketing

VFM Leonardo, the leader in online visual content distribution for hotels, has launched a new video on VTV Channel featuring Laurence Bernstein, Managing Director of The Bay Charles Consulting Company. In this episode, Laurence explains where revenue management and marketing are disconnected and what these two functions can learn from one another. ...more

Tack to Judge Tourism Advertising Awards

Wanderlust EVP selected to Adrian Awards panel again ...more

Triptelevision Goes Home for the Holidays With 'Family Legacy Videos' - Book Your Date Now!

TripTelevision has created a special Holiday offering for its partners and friends in the travel industry to help make this holiday a truly special and memorable one! For a limited time, TripTelevision is offering Family Legacy Videos! ...more

At the Negotiating Table for Next Year's Rates

Travel management companies are in the midst of negotiating next year's hotel and airline rates on behalf of their corporate clients, an annual ritual that was thrown into turmoil last fall when the economy collapsed, dragging down business travel with it. ...more

Virgin Atlantic Releases iPhone App for People Afraid of Flying

Virgin Atlantic, the award-winning long-haul airline, today announced its highly acclaimed Flying Without Fear course -- with a success rate in excess of 98% -- is now available as an app for the iPhone and iPod touch from the App Store -- the first of its kind. ...more

Destination 2010: Top Travel Trends to Watch

Scene Advisor takes a look at the progression and salient characteristics of the hospitality industry ...more

Positive trends for Asia Pacific tourism

Latest figures released by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) show that the numbers of international visitors to the Asia Pacific region improved by a marginal 0.5 percent during the month of August 2009 compared to August 2008. ...more

Egencia Releases 2010 Forecast and Annual Hotel Negotiability Index for Corporate Travel

Index Shows Corporations to Retain Hotel Buying Power into 2010 ...more

Corporate Lay-Offs: Did They Get Rid Of The Wrong People? - By Alan E. Young, Apical Resource Group

It has been more than a year since companies began the react to the downturn in the economy. The unfortunate aspect of the economic downturn was that is has affected people and people are what makes an economy or a country great. People build our cars, people build houses, people serve breakfasts lunches and dinners in restaurants and hotels all over North America, people sell products and services, basically, people, try their best to get the job done. ...more