http://www.btnonline.com Latest Corporate Travel News from the print edition of Business Travel News en-us 2006 VNUeMedia, Inc. ONLINE DISPLAY,NEWS 2008-10-13 http://www.btnonline.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/frontpage_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003873475 http://www.btnonline.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/frontpage_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003873475 The Asia/Pacific region should see 828 new hotels with 134,673 rooms open this year, with an additional 1,304 hotels with 311,203 rooms to open in the following two years, according to a pipeline report for the region that research firm Lodging Econometrics released today. 2008-10-09 http://www.btnonline.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/frontpage_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003872807 http://www.btnonline.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/frontpage_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003872807 Carlson Wagonlit Travel today announced the purchase of Spanish corporate travel agency Viajes Lepanto, the latest in a string of acquisitions in the United States and Europe. 2008-10-09 http://www.btnonline.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/frontpage_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003872688 http://www.btnonline.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/frontpage_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003872688 To the dismay of airlines, the U.S. Department of Transportation said it would proceed with its plan to auction some slots at the three major New York City-area airports, according to a final rule released today. 2008-10-08 http://www.btnonline.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/frontpage_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003871721 http://www.btnonline.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/frontpage_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003871721 The domestic airline market will lose nearly 11 percent of its flights and 9 percent of its available seats in the last three months of this year, compared with the same period last year, OAG said today in a revised capacity analysis for the quarter. 2008-10-06 http://www.btnonline.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/frontpage_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003870542 http://www.btnonline.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/frontpage_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003870542 Business Travel News named Intel global strategic sourcing mobility manager Megan Stowe the 2008 International Travel Manager of the Year yesterday during the opening session of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives global conference in Rome. 2008-10-06 http://www.btnonline.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/frontpage_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003870237 http://www.btnonline.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/frontpage_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003870237 Merrill Lynch this month began migrating the Asia/Pacific part of its travel program onto a follow-the-sun platform, with after-hours Hong Kong calls being routed through the United Kingdom. By year-end, vice president of global travel services Karen Hutchings expects some after-hours U.S. calls to be processed through a service center in Asia/Pacific, most likely Australia, pending the arrival of new telephony in the United States, which is planned for Dec. 1.