HRG sets up marine travel division
A new service to help travellers in specialist areas such as marine, offshore and energy has been set up by Hogg Robinson Group. HRG Logistics aims to provide clients with round the clock “total...
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Travel managers are “gaining more control”
Travel managers are playing an increasingly influential role their company’s travel policy, a new survey has revealed. The increase in status for travel professionals has been fuelled by the growing...
Management shake up at Air France
Air France is restructuring its management as part of its drive to increase its competitiveness and return to profit. Under the new arrangements, the airline will be split into eight business...
Cameron hints at U-turn on third runway
David Cameron has given another hint that a third runway at Heathrow may be back on the agenda after 2015. In reply to a Commons question yesterday, the Prime Minister said: “We must not be blind to...
Sabre teams up with Chinese GDS
Sabre has formed an alliance with one of China’s main GDSs, TravelSky. The deal sees the US-based global GDS and travel technology company signing two new agreements on hotels with the Chinese. Each...
Airline profits predicted to drop
Airline post-tax profits for 2012 are likely to drop to $3bn compared to $7.9bn in 2011 according to the latest analysis from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). But the airline...
Portman signs Deutsche Bahn deal
Portman Travel, one of the UK’s leading independent agencies, has signed a deal with Germany’s national train operator Deutsche Bahn. The agreement gives the TMC access to the operator’s...
Phoenix team wins major Business Travel award
The two main drivers of Project Phoenix, a crisis management service to support travel professionals in emergencies, won the major prize at the Business Travel Awards this week. Jamies Hindhaugh,...
London hotels enjoy second year of profit growth
London hotels enjoyed a 7% rise in average room rate last year, according to new figures released today (January 27). The HotStats survey by hotel analysts TRI Hospitality Consulting found London...
Travel disruption expected as Belgian strike looms
A 24-hour strike in Belgium planned for Monday (January 30) is expected to hit train and planes servives to and within the country. Eurostar, the cross channel train company, has already made...
GBTA to launch in France
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) is to launch an association in France. GBTA France will be the global group’s first owned chapter in Europe where it is seeking to expand its presence....
Merger hits United Continental Q4 figures
United Continental Holdings today (January 26) announced a Q4 loss of $138m. The figure includes $247m “special items”, mainly relating to the merger of the two airlines. The holding company said...
Delta reports leap in Q4 profits
Delta Air Lines reported a major leap in its quarterly profits for the three months ending December to $379m. This represented a $221m year on year improvement, the US airline said. The...
Business travellers boost easyJet’s strong start to 2012
An increase of 200,000 business travellers in the three months to the end of December compared to the same period in 2010 helped easyJet make a strong start to 2012. The low cost carrier said today...
Rail ‘must embrace new technologies’
The rail industry must adopt the next generation of IT solutions if it is to meet rising customer expectations, a new report says. It says train operators to should accept the concept of a single,...
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