Investors in Marks & Spencer will be hoping for further evidence of a return of consumer confidence when the retailer updates next Wednesday

BP has been hit by a record fine after the US government accused the oil giant of failing to address life-threatening safety issues at its Texas City refinery

News that the US has dragged itself out of recession gave a boost to Wall Street but failed to pull the FTSE 100 up over the trading week

Lloyds could be forced to pay a £2.5bn fee before it's allowed to quit the government's toxic debt insurance programme

It's very difficult to make decision to buy ATV trailers, when you see many choices. This article gives you guidance to select a perfect one that fulfill your requirements. There is misconception to use terms trailer, wagon and cart interchangeably.

If you drive a car then you know that in every car there is a thing called the instrument cluster that is situated right in front of you so that you can look at it as needed as you drive

I have this year joined in a new scheme that my entire family has voted for unanimously. Rather than face the pressures attached to buying Christmas gifts of some value, we are all buying on the principle than no adult

Brussels, 22 October 2009 - The Federal Public Service Finance has selected IBM Lotus Notes as its new e-mail platform. The 30,000 federal civil servants working in the department also have access to a range of new capabilities in the

Installation of new two-tier racks doubles cycle parking spaces at the station.

The Canadian hotel industry posted declines in all three key performance measurements during the week of 18-24 October, according to data from STR. In year-over-year measurements, the industry's occupancy decreased 5.9 percent to end the week at 67.4 percent. Average

In the old days, last room availability (LRA) was mainly a function of revenue management, nowadays it is becoming increasingly a key driver in the negotiations with the major online travel agents (OTAs). Last week we asked our readers for

Choice Hotels International and Expedia are at the bargaining table looking to hammer out an agreement that would get the room inventories at Choice's more than 5,000 hotels listed again on the Web sites that Expedia operates. Those Web sites,

Comment from the CEO: "The third quarter has not witnessed any major change in the trading conditions for Rezidor. A weak demand from business clients has been partly offset by lower yield leisure travelers.

The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is ranked no. 2 in the world among academic institutions in hospitality and tourism based on total research output in the 11 leading hospitality and

Expedia Inc.'s third-quarter earnings rose 23% amid higher bookings and increases in hotel and car rental revenue. A prolonged travel slump has hurt online travel-booking companies like Expedia. The industry has been dropping booking fees to capture more business from

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:BEE) , today announced that the company closed on its disposition of the Four Seasons Mexico City hotel to an affiliate of Meridia Capital for a purchase price of $54.0 million.

Two years after installing one of the cleanest power generating technologies available on its roof high above Avenue of the Americas, one New York hotel is now dissolving food waste with microorganisms to reduce garbage volume. Hilton New York's innovative

Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) and the GUESTROOM 20X Task Force, a group of hospitality technology leaders and experts, are searching for the latest and near-future technologies for the newest version of GUESTROOM 20X. The 2010 version of GUESTROOM

The Lexington Lansing Hotel celebrated its grand opening as a Lexington brand hotel last month in style and with flair. Accentuating Michigan's seasonal beauty, ballrooms were decorated in one of the four seasons and offered local culinary delights and libations.

When a hotel is listed on Expedia.com or Travelocity.com, it receives reservations not only through that channel, but it also gains reservations through other channels, such as its own website or telephone reservations. According to a hotel internet marketing study