MacNair Travel Management, a privately owned American Express Representative Office in the Washington, DC area, announced today a complimentary Webinar titled “Travel Management Solutions for Association Staff, Committees and Members” scheduled for Thursday, July 22nd at 12pm EST.
UAL Corp. chairman and CEO Glenn Tilton spoke at the airline industry's Wings Club in New York Thursday, and focused his
prepared comments on familiar topics: taxes are excessive, infrastructure is inadequate, regulation is outdated and industry behavior is dysfunctional. He talked about
possible industry consolidation, but was reluctant to answer analysts' and reporters' questions about the
JAL saga beyond saying he hopes it continues to be a distraction for his two primary competitors. Tilton also answered a few questions of mine on corporate accounts and information technology.
We are down in Austin this week at
The Beat Live conference - a great event focused on the corporate travel market.
Re:
Survey: 'OTAs' Unable To Meet Many Firms' Needs
Monday's article about a survey of corporate travel managers by UBS Investment Research drew immediate and opposing responses from two former managers of (online) travel (agencies) management companies ...
While oil consumers' pain is the oil producers' gain, the relationship is providing some benefit in the other direction, at least for one airline.
Two interesting discussions on LinkedIn
here and
here about why people travel for business. Why do you?
Forty percent of Marriott International's bookings are for transient business travelers, 40 percent related to group meetings and 20 percent for leisure travel, according to senior vice president of investor relations Laura Paugh. Speaking during a JMP Securities conference this week, Paugh said it's the 20 percent that is generating concerns.
