It's been a particularly frustrating summer at the airport. The NY Times called it "a summer marked by widespread flight cancellations and delays, and the most crowded planes in the history of jet travel." Flights were so overbooked and the aging air-traffic control system so overburdened that when severe weather...
NEW YORK -- Business travelers book more trips online than ever before and look for sites where they can easily determine the total price of travel booked, according to a survey released today by Accenture (NYSE: ACN).
Most Europe-bound business travelers aren't able to take advantage of the deep discounts usually offered to vacation travelers. That's because low transatlantic fares must be booked far in advance and carry penalties for changes or refunds--restrictions business travelers find hard to live with.
Fast and fancy trains: Amtrak's Acela Express goes after the business traveler with first and business Class perks such as reclining seats, electrical outlets, adjustable lighting, meals, conference tables, a cafe car and even a "quiet" car Fast and fancy trains: Amtrak's Acela Express goes after...
SAN JOSE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 9, 1998--San Jose business travelers en route to Los Angeles or Washington, D.C., have more options starting today as United Airlines expands service from San Jose International Airport.
According to an American Express survey, 91% of business travelers around the world expect to maintain or increase their pace of travel this year despite the global ... According to an American Express survey, 91% of business travelers around the world expect to maintain or increase...
* The majority of business travelers are equally or more cost conscious when it comes to saving their companies money during 2004, according to The Orbitz Business Travel Survey. Of the 2,272 people surveyed, 30 percent feel more obligated to save money this year, and 53 percent felt as obligated...
Byline: JULIE PAVELICH When it comes to attracting - and pleasing - business travelers in Northeast Ohio, low-fare carriers including AirTran and Southwest are flying high. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that these airlines face pres Byline: JULIE PAVELICH...
NEW YORK -- American Express today announced the unveiling of a state-of-the-art business center at LaGuardia's historic Marine Air Terminal, offering business travelers a truly useful experience when traveling on the Delta Shuttle. PowerStop was created with the comfort and convenience of today's business traveler in mind, providing a number...
* Carlson Hotels Worldwide, Choice Hotels International and Hilton Hotels Corp. partnered with MasterCard International to simplify business travel expense-management processes for corporations and their business travelers. Corporations, whose business travelers use MasterCard corporate payment cards while staying at one of more than 6,000 participating properties, can have enhanced hotel...
The U.S. airline industry is facing a marketing and public relations emergency as business travelers, the ones who pay the premium rates, are quite simply afraid to fly. The U.S. airline industry is facing a marketing and public relations emergency as business travelers, the...
For David Cohn, who heads the San Diego-based Colin Restaurant Group, which opened its first eatery in Maui recently, a projected hike in airfares is a double-edged sword. As a business traveler, he's subject to higher airfares. But as the owner o For...
For marketers, business travelers may be both the toughest and most desirable audience to reach. They watch TV infrequently yet tend to be high-income-earners with control over the purse strings of companies. For marketers, business travelers may be both the toughest and most...
* Travelocity Business, a full-service corporate travel agency, is continuing to expand its special hotel rates tailored to business travelers by offering discounted corporate rates from Best Western International. The discounted rates offer more flexibility than those created for leisure travelers, giving businesses the ability to save money without the...
GERMANTOWN, Md. -- Telkonet, Inc. (Amex:TKO), the leader in commercial powerline communications PLC, today unveiled two high-speed Internet packages designed to help smaller hotels build their business with business travelers. "In the hospitality world, the business traveler is a high-value commodity who represents repeat revenue and extended stays, which drive...
Byline: KEVIN DAVIS The major airlines are discounting business fares with the steepest reductions seen in a decade as they struggle to reverse the stubborn slump in ticket sales and defections to discount rivals. Fares on popular flights out of Byline:...
Business travelers at some Hilton hotels can now request that a treadmill be brought to their rooms through the chain's Get Fit With Hilton In-Room Fitness Program... Among many other ... Business travelers at some Hilton hotels can now request that a treadmill be brought to...
Feb. 11--In a move that could be copied industrywide, Northwest Airlines on Thursday unveiled a new kind of airfare -- without the dreaded Saturday night stay requirement -- aimed at business travelers. Feb. 11--In a move that could be copied industrywide, Northwest Airlines on...
Apr. 25--The battle for high-paying business travelers at Love Field will pit torte Florentine against omelets and buttermilk pancakes. Apr. 25--The battle for high-paying business travelers at Love Field will pit torte Florentine against omelets and buttermilk pancakes.
Alaska Airlines is slashing its highest fares by nearly 50 percent in a variety of markets as part of a test to see if a simplified fare structure will lure business travelers back to the skies. "We're going to test the theory that the convolu...
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