Travel News: Airlines, Tourism and Airfares

Almost overnight, group business disappeared when the worst economic times of our life time coincided with the public exposure of AIG and other companies spending lavishly on group business while accepting government bail-outs.

Fasten your seatbelts - a lot has changed in consumer behavior in all market segments during the past 18 months! As Chris Anderson predicted in his article ‘The Long Tail’, consumers will fracture into ‘niches’ based upon their special interests and behavior. In this era of the customer in control, this becomes more pronounced as customers demand travel experiences tailored to the changes in their behaviors and desires as consumers.

Leading Hospitality Trade Publication Taps Knowland Group CEO for Editorial Leadership

Demonstrating its resurgent strength in major center-city markets, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts today announced that the 1,011-room Parc 55 Hotel San Francisco, located near Union Square in the heart of San Francisco’s shopping, dinner and theater districts, will be branded as a Wyndham® hotel in late April.

Hotels will manage rates, availability, inventory and reservations directly from the MICROS OPERA Property Management System or from MICROS OPERA Central System and myfidelio.net

PKF Consulting (PKF-C), a management consulting firm specializing in the hospitality industry, has announced the hiring of Tom Lewerenz as Vice President.

Fixed-Price Bookings Grow Abroad, Where Name-Your-Own Price Doesn't Fly

As Apple's iPad joins the Amazon Kindle and an expanding universe of electronic reading devices, media companies continue to struggle with evolving models to maintain their relationship with readers across the rapidly changing digital landscape.

With so much money at stake, it’s hard to understand why so many companies neglect pricing, leave it to the sales force, or rely on lower level analysts instead of moving it onto the CEO’s agenda. If your company’s view of pricing isn’t high-level and cross-functional, we believe it’s wrong.

Denise Hill checked in at Clarendon Hotel in Phoenix with her 18-month-old grandson on a recent evening and asked for a bellhop to carry her luggage to her room.