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Travelport extended its agreement to provide electronic ticketing capabilities to Chinese global distribution system TravelSky... Surveys Detail Focus On Travel Cost Savings Concur Eyes The Globe With Amex, Amadeus Deals Amadeus In Europe, Sabre In Latin America Secure Airline Participation 5Q With GTMC's Anne Godfrey

	Management.travel
HRG Consulting will announce an "ROI offering." Separately, HRG added taxi and limo bookings and hotel billing options to its booking tool.... Sabre's GetThere added Japanese and Chinese language options, and improved overall system speed and development... Amadeus signed Austrian Airlines to a "full content" agreement good through 2014.... TRX's upgraded Resx booking tool offers "more seamless booking and reporting capabilities" for direct Air Canada and Southwest channels... According to FlightStats, American Airlines in January had the highest cancellation rate among major U.S. carriers at 2.49 percent...

	Procurement.travel
U.S. air volume booked through corporate travel agents in January grew 11 percent year over year, according to UBS analysts.... Starwood Hotels & Resorts posted a fourth quarter 2009 net loss of $107 million compared with a $79 million profit the year before... Moscow for the fifth consecutive year had the world's highest average daily hotel rate among major business markets, according to HRG.... Average daily hotel rate growth in Africa last year outpaced growth in other regions at 11 percent year over year, according to HRG... "Hotels are opening up availability on corporate rates once more," according to HRG global hotel relations director Margaret Bowler....