| | Runzheimer: 2005 Vacation Expenses To Rise Ten Percent<BR clear="none" /><BR clear="none" />Runzheimer International last month estimate overall travel expenditures will be up 10 % in 2005, with air, lodging, meal and car expenses all expected to increase. The travel supervision consulting and benchmarking business said overall air flow spend will be in place 5 percent. "We expect traveling by plane volume to rise through 10 percent, but the rates impact of low-cost carrier fares as well as rivalry between the major service providers will result in only a Five percent expense increase ," the firm expressed. Lodging is expected to find out the biggest hike as spend is expected being 13 percent higher than this year, given likely higher prices and more occupancy. Meanwhile, the firm said car rental commit will be up 6 percent and meals can spike by 10 percent.<BR clear="none" /><BR clear="none" />Demand Strengthens Hotels' Hand On Negotiating Table<BR clear="none" /><BR clear="none" />Citigroup Smith Barney professional Michael Rietbrock said a rise in corporate transient require over the summer possesses resulted in hotels beginning to see more profits via rate hikes than merely occupancy gains. On the group meetings side, higher-paying groups are replacing lower-rated ones, stated JP Morgan Chase's Harry Curtis. Deluxe plus upper upscale resorts are the beneficiaries of the shift as are downward spiral versus suburban destinations. Among hotel firms, this mostly gains Marriott International, Hilton Hotels Corp. along with Starwood Hotels & Resorts World-wide, the multi-brand majors with which consumers are most likely to negotiate chainwide deals. In rate dialogue, buyers also are prone to face more amount of resistance in bargaining with the property level together with airport hotels. The actual jump in corporate take a trip has translated into more demand during these mostly midprice accommodations, driving late-August revenue each available room upwards almost 10 percent more than a year ago. <BR clear="none" /><BR clear="none" />CWT Rolls Out Global Reporting Application, Thins Hierarchy<BR clear="none" /><BR clear="none" />Carlson Wagonlit Travel is deploying its Discovery confirming tool so that by way of the beginning of next year it provides a common global coverage tool. Such world wide integration is a major focus of Hubert Joly, chief executive and CEO associated with Carlson Wagonlit Travel Worldwide given that July. Late recently, Joly and Jack O'Neill, primary operating officer regarding North America, took for new duties following resignation of Robin Schleien as president of Carlson Wagonlit Journey North America. Schleien will serve for a consultant until he leaves at the end of July. "It was Robin's decision in order to step down," O'Neill said. "He got Carlson Wagonlit Travel back from the verge. Personally, I traveled to CWT with the complete expectations that we'd possibly be partners." Currently O'Neill is responsible for all You actually.S. and Canada customers and staff. Joly, who plans to invest about half of their time in the United States, presumes the rest of Schleien's duties. "With Robin's journeying, we have the opportunity to skinny out the organization and maintain it lean," O'Neill said, "while globalizing the company a lot more, and pulling collectively 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 as well as PlanSoft Inc. last week amalgamated into a new company called OnVantage, headquartered throughout Santa Clara, Calif. The new firm is split into two sectors. One, operating from SeeUthere's Santa Clara base, will probably focus on serving commercial clients. The other will certainly concentrate on the supplier market and operate out of PlanSoft's Twinsburg, Ohio, home. The all-stock transaction was recharged as a merger with equals. SeeUthere CEO as well as president John Modifi will serve as President. SeeUthere COO Stanley Chin will lead the corporate team. <BR clear="none" /><BR clear="none" />Radius Taps Amadeus In Pursuit Of Worldwide Business<BR clear="none" /><BR clear="none" />Global travel management organization Radius last week stated it had selected Amadeus use a common technology podium for its Business Progression group. Member agencies, which in the United States include Northwestern Travel Management, Travel & Transport and TraveLeaders, "can at this point compete for big corporate customers, throughout the world," said Radius president and Chief executive officer Tony Hughes. "Shared worldwide business for Radius shareholders will have leading office booking instrument, the Radius Tire quality-control (BTN, Aug. 16), mid-office in addition to reporting all on a common GDS." Gillian Gibson, v . p . of the Amadeus multinational client group, said this company customized certain applications "to be specific to Radius' processes" and that the platform can integrate mid-office technology by either TRX suspension trainer幼urrently used by Radius熔r Amadeus' unique product, Global Utmost. TQ3 Navigant last month said it picked Global Max for additional back-office consolidation, doubling the process of the current contract backward and forward companies and improving Navigant acquisition Sato Travel to the most recent version of Global Potential.
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