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	Management.travel
Total U.S. travel agency air sales processed through ARC in February rose 16.8 percent year over year, the highest such increase since January 2007... KesselRun Corporate Travel Solutions named former BCD Travel executive Dee Runyan as senior partner... The U.S. Travel Association created a "board member council" to "defend and promote" meetings, incentives and trade shows, co-chaired by Maritz Travel CEO Christine Duffy... Amadeus delayed the target date for general release of its Amadeus One agent desktop from the second half of this year to 2011... Continental Adjusts Thinking With New Exit Row Fees

	Procurement.travel
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...

Posted Mar 9, 2010

Internet Access At 4/5 Star Hotels: Getting Closer To Free (Finally)

For a long time, the hospitality industry has managed to convince business travelers that they should pay extra for high speed internet access (or HSIA in industry parlance) in four and five star hotels even though the same companies offer it for free in their lower tier brands.

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Tom Botts

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Posted Nov 11, 2009

Lodging Industry Discusses Its Future

The American Hotel & Lodging Association during the past few days produced interesting dialogue providing some insight into where the lodging industry is heading. Hotels are bracing for a tough 2010 that will see further rate declines; luxury properties will be the first to come back; business travel will remain weak; and hotels will continue to charge ancillary fees for amenities like high-speed Internet, according to comments made at AH&LA's fall conference here in New York.

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Lauren

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Posted Feb 20, 2009

Marriott: Free Internet At All Hotel Brands 'Inevitable'

To applause, Cornerstone Information Systems CEO Mat Orrego this week at The Masters Program said that as a traveler, he finds it annoying that all hotels don't offer free Internet access (we agree). David Marriott's take? It's still a money-maker but hoteliers will cave.