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5Q With ATPI's Graham Ramsey BT Streamlines Hotel Negotiations With Bidders' Conference CWT Rolling Out New Agent Desktop, Explores Outsourcing With Amadeus Feds, USTA Plan Travel Promotion Act Implementation 5Q With CWT's Doug Anderson

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Egencia in December launched automated trip plan synchronization with Outlook and Lotus Notes calendars... Travelport will provide travel agents with "fully automated" hotel commission processing through Galileo and Worldspan... Hilton Garden Inn guests now can print documents from their mobile devices to printers located in hotel business centers... Marriott International starting May 7 will offer elite-level loyalty program members free Internet access at 450 U.S. and Canadian hotels.... NBTA created and filled three "executive-level" positions related to technology, finance and research....

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Republic Airways Holdings' James Reichart will oversee agency and corporate sales, and distribution across the Midwest and Frontier brands.... United Airlines' corporate customer revenue in February increased 13 percent year over, according to a presentation by CFO Kathryn Mikells.... 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... Hyatt Hotels Corp. reported a net loss in fourth quarter 2009 of $12 million compared with a net loss of $142 million the year before... Hertz Global Holdings reported adjusted fourth-quarter net income of $23 million compared with an adjusted net loss of $73 million the year before...

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Reporter Mary Ann McNulty has covered the travel industry for almost 20 years, including significant contributions to Business Travel News, Corporate Travel magazine and Meeting News. A highly respected journalist and speaker, Mary Ann in 2000 received the Association of Corporate Travel Executives' Professionalism Award. Mary Ann also serves as content director for ProMedia.travel.

Staff writer Lauren Darson covers the lodging sector for ProMedia.travel. She joined ProMedia.travel in February 2008 after internships with The New York Daily News, The Queens Courier and The Legislative Gazette. Lauren is a native New Yorker and graduate of CUNY Brooklyn College.

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