The Power of Momentum: Companies That Build Their Wave and Ride It
How can a company deliver continuous, exceptional growth, year after year? J. C. Larreche, a professor of marketing at INSEAD, answers that question in his book, The Momentum Effect: How to Ignite Exceptional Growth. According to the author's research, momentum-powered firms delivered 80% more shareholder value than their slower rivals. ...more

What have you done for me lately? - By J. Ragsdale Hendrie
The Oregon Tourism Commission has answered that question for their Stakeholders with the 'Q Care Program'. ...more

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Capacity Cuts - Squeezing Every Last Dollar Out of the Traveling Public
While still an unfamiliar term to most, travelers will soon face the effects of the airline industry's latest way of trying to make money: capacity cuts. This is when an airline cuts the number of daily flights on a route or replaces a big plane with a smaller one, thereby reducing the number of available seats, which then affects travelers and their wallets in a myriad of different ways. ...more

Nearly Three-Fourths of Business Travelers Offsetting Vacation Costs With Work Footing Part of the Bill
Orbitz for Business Quarterly Indicators Show No Let-Up on Business Travel ...more

U.S. Business Travelers are 'Hyper-Connected' While French are Most 'Experience-Hungry' and Brits Watch Their Company's Bottom-Line
Egencia unveils the results of the first ever worldwide survey exploring the DNA of today's business traveler ...more

Should Marketers Pay for Travelers' Gas?
Fuel rebates and green issues are consumer hits. ...more

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Heathrow Express first air-rail link to be available worldwide to travel agencies using Amadeus
Travel agents can now book Heathrow Express as standalone tickets through the Amadeus distribution system using locator code 9G ...more

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Virgin America and Expedia Announce Multi-Year Partnership
Virgin America and Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPE) , today announced a new multi-year strategic partnership, under which Expedia(R) (http://www.expedia.com/) is now offering all of Virgin America's published fares, schedules, and inventory to leisure and unmanaged business travelers in the U.S. ...more

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Hitwise August 2008 Travel Category Report
The Hitwise Travel Report provides marketers an understanding of the competitive online travel landscape in terms of competitive clickstream, including traffic sources and referred destinations. ...more

Online travel companies sued for multi-million hotel taxes
Online travel companies are facing a flurry of lawsuits from upset city officials who say they were bilked out of tens of millions of dollars in hotel and occupancy taxes. ...more

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United Airlines Increases the Fee to Check a Second Bag
In a challenging economic environment where fuel prices continue to be volatile and are more than 50 percent higher than last year, United is increasing the service fee to check a second bag on a domestic flight from $25 to $50 one way. ...more

Frontier Airlines Announces Fee for First Checked Bag
EarlyReturns(R) Summit and Ascent members exempt from fee ...more

Business Travel Association Lauds Watchlist Hearing
The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) commends the U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection for its efforts to ensure national security through effective maintenance and use of terrorist watchlists. ...more

NBTA to Offer Strategic Meetings Management Certification
The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) -- the leading provider of corporate travel education and professional development -- is developing an industry-first certification program in strategic meetings management. The Strategic Meetings Management Certified (SMMC) program is currently under development by a task force comprised of thought leaders in this emerging practice and is slated to launch within a year. ...more

ASTA Releases 2008 Travel Agent Usage and Fee Sensitivity Study
ASTA announced today that it will release the 2008 Travel Agent Usage and Fee Sensitivity Study for Travel Agent and Premium Members on ASTA.org. ...more

Deluxe designer hotels
Lay your head at these haute couture-inspired luxury hotels ...more

Continental Airlines Announces Fee for First Checked Bag on Domestic Flights
EliteAccess customers are exempt, OnePass program changes also announced ...more

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