Flight Centre: New Corp. Business will Offset Lower Avg. Spending

	February 25, 2022

By Michael B. Baker

Flight Centre Travel Group expects February will be its best month since the pandemic began, including corporate travel recovery, following a "short-term omicron downturn," the travel management company said in its earnings report for the first half of the 2022 fiscal year. Keep Reading

Industry Reacts to Russian
Invasion of Ukraine

Days after the United States and dozens of other countries counseled their citizens to leave Ukraine immediately, Russia early Thursday launched an invasion of the country. Keep Reading

Accor: 20 Percent Decline in Int'l Biz Travel "Could Probably Last Forever"

CEO Sebastien Bazin set sights on domestic business travel and meetings—as well as leisure—to fill the gap expected to be left by terminally reduced international business travel. The European hotel giant posted 85 million net profit for 2021. Keep Reading

Virgin Atlantic to Resume
Remaining U.S. Service

Virgin Atlantic in the first week of March will resume flights between London Heathrow and Seattle and Washington, D.C., completing its "full roster" of U.S. destinations, the carrier announced Thursday. In addition, the airline will increase frequency on some other U.S. routes. Keep Reading

[Business travelers] tend to travel in the beginning of the week where utilization is low. That will improve our [revenue per unit] quite substantially."

- Hertz' Mark Fields

New Travelport, Qatar Airways Deal to Include NDC

Global distribution system provider Travelport and Qatar Airways have signed a new long-term multi-year distribution agreement, the carriers announced Thursday. Keep Reading

SITA Names Longtime Exec
Lavorel CEO

Airline industry technology provider SITA has named David Lavorel as its new CEO. Keep Reading