Travel News: Airlines, Tourism and Airfares

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American Express Business Travel Launches Online Travel Management Scorecard - Interactive Platform Offers Companies a Way to Gauge Program Preparedness in the New Normal

Considered the only conference dedicated solely to sustainable hospitality design, Hospitality Design Green Day (HD Green Day) will be presented by Hospitality Design (HD) magazine at the Sands Expo & Convention Center and Venetian Conference Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 18, 2010. HD Green Day is the industry's leading event focused on idea exchange, education and trends related to sustainable design and operations. Co-located with Hospitality Design Exposition & Conference (HD Expo), the event will take place from noon to 4:15 p.m.

Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc. (NYSE: WEN), the third largest quick-service restaurant company in the United States, today announced that its Board of Directors increased the Company’s stock repurchase authorization by $50 million to a total of $250 million.

The new restaurant, opened by CPK franchise partner Gourmet Gulf Company, is located in Dubai at the new Mirdif City Centre.

UFood Restaurant Group (OTCBB: UFFC) announced today that its location at Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport marks a new franchise relationship with industry leader Robinson Hill Hospitality Group of Chicago, Illinois.

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) and US Airways (NYSE: LCC) today announced an agreement to transfer to four airlines 12 percent of the takeoff and landing slots involved in a previously announced transaction between the carriers at New York’s LaGuardia and Washington’s Reagan National airports. The transfers are contingent upon Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval and the subsequent closing of the originally proposed Delta-US Airways transaction.

Turkey is set to take a significant slice of summer tourists from rival Greece following a recent spate of negative publicity after strikes and rioting hit the troubled country.

Leading global market research firm Harris Interactive continues to examine the results of its 2010 results of EquiTrend® study, today focusing on the travel and tourism sector. The annual brand equity study measures over 1,000 brands across 42 categories, five of which focus on travel and tourism.

Same-store sales and customer traffic levels slip; Expectations Index tops 100 for the first time in 9 months