| | Runzheimer: 2005 Journey Expenses To Rise 12 Percent<BR clear="none" /><BR clear="none" />Runzheimer International last month predict overall travel expenditures will be up 10 % in 2005, by using air, lodging, mealtime and car expenses all expected to raise. The travel management consulting and benchmarking agency said overall oxygen spend will be upwards 5 percent. "We expect flight volume to rise by way of 10 percent, but the prices impact of low-cost service fares as well as competition between the major insurers will result in only a 5 percent expense increase ,Inch the firm mentioned. Lodging is expected to find out the biggest hike since spend is expected being 13 percent higher than this year, given expected higher prices and more occupancy. Meanwhile, the company said car rental devote will be up 6 percent and meals is going to spike by 10 percent.<BR clear="none" /><BR clear="none" />Demand Strengthens Hotels' Hand With Negotiating Table<BR clear="none" /><BR clear="none" />Citigroup Smith Barney analyst Michael Rietbrock said a boost in corporate transient demand from customers over the summer possesses resulted in hotels seeing more profits coming from rate hikes than simply occupancy gains. On the meetings side, higher-paying groups will be replacing lower-rated ones, said JP Morgan Chase's Harry Curtis. Deluxe in addition to upper upscale accommodations are the beneficiaries on the shift as are slowdown versus suburban areas. Among hotel providers, this mostly advantages Marriott International, Hilton Hotels Corp. as well as Starwood Hotels & Resorts World-wide, the multi-brand majors with which potential buyers are most likely to negotiate chainwide bargains. In rate negotiations on terms, buyers also are gonna face more resistance in bargaining within the property level together with airport hotels. A jump in corporate take a trip has translated into more demand during these mostly midprice accommodations, driving late-August revenue every available room up almost 10 percent over a year ago. <BR clear="none" /><BR clear="none" />CWT Rolls Outside Global Reporting Application, Thins Hierarchy<BR clear="none" /><BR clear="none" />Carlson Wagonlit Travel is deploying its Discovery revealing tool so that by the beginning of next year it provides a common global confirming tool. Such world wide integration is a main focus of Hubert Joly, chief executive and CEO involving Carlson Wagonlit Travel Worldwide since July. Late a few weeks ago, Joly and Jack O'Neill, key operating officer for North America, took for new duties following the resignation of Robin Schleien because president of Carlson Wagonlit Go North America. Schleien will serve as being a consultant until he or she leaves at the end of March. "It was Robin's decision for you to step down," O'Neill said. "He got Carlson Wagonlit Go back from the verge. Personally, I visited CWT with the complete hope that we'd always be partners." Today O'Neill is responsible for all Anyone.S. and Canada customers and staff members. Joly, who plans to spend about half of his or her time in the United States, represents the rest of Schleien's duties. "With Robin's flying, we have the opportunity to lean out the organization and it lean,Inch O'Neill said, "while globalizing the company more, and pulling in concert the sensible embraced services."<BR clear="none" /><BR clear="none" />Meetings Tech Cos. PlanSoft, SeeUthere Merge<BR clear="none" /><BR clear="none" />Meetings technologies firms SeeUthere Technologies and PlanSoft Inc. last week merged into a new organization called OnVantage, headquartered around Santa Clara, Calif. The new firm is split into two divisions. One, operating beyond SeeUthere's Santa Clara base, will probably focus on serving business clients. The other will certainly concentrate on the supplier marketplace and operate away from PlanSoft's Twinsburg, Ohio, home. The all-stock transaction was priced as a merger connected with equals. SeeUthere CEO and also president John Modifi will serve as Founder. SeeUthere COO Stanley Chin will certainly lead the corporate office. <BR clear="none" /><BR clear="none" />Radius Taps Amadeus In Pursuit Of Worldwide Business<BR clear="none" /><BR clear="none" />Global travel management enterprise Radius last week said it had selected Amadeus use a common technology platform for its Business Development group. Member organizations, which in the United States include things like Northwestern Travel Management, Take a trip & Transport and TraveLeaders, "can now compete for significant corporate customers, around the globe," said Distance president and CEO Tony Hughes. "Shared worldwide business for Distance shareholders will have the front office booking tool, the Radius Controls quality-control (BTN, Aug. 16), mid-office as well as reporting all on a common GDS." Gillian Gibson, second in command of the Amadeus multinational buyer group, said the corporation customized certain tools "to be specific to help Radius' processes" and that the platform could integrate mid-office technology coming from either TRX workout幼urrently used by Radius熔r Amadeus' very own product, Global Max. TQ3 Navigant last month said it selected Global Max for further back-office consolidation, doubling the business of the current contract backward and forward companies and improving Navigant acquisition Sato Travel to up to date version of Global Maximum.
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