2007 was a good year for the UK hotel industry with double-digit growth in revenue per available room (REVPAR) in the capital and a healthy increase across the regions. Latest results from the HotelBenchmark Survey by Deloitte’ show that during 2007 REVPAR in London increased by 10.8 percent.

Although many in the airline trade believe the stars have aligned for mainline consolidation to occur, industry sources hint that a tie-up of Delta Air Lines and United Airlines may not be realized despite discussions between the carriers.

POWERi announces the opening of its new offices in St. John’s, Antigua. The decision to open offices on the island comes as the company expands its services and product lines deep into the Eastern Caribbean.

Continental Airlines reported a December consolidated (mainline plus regional) load factor of 78.7 percent, 0.8 points below the December 2006 consolidated load factor, and a mainline load factor of 78.8 percent, 1.1 points below the December 2006 mainline load factor.

Boeing on Thursday reported an industry record of 1,413 firm commercial plane orders for 2007, setting up a photo-finish with rival Airbus, which reports its annual order tally later this month.

Multi-Systems, Inc. (MSI) and Advanced Card Systems and Solutions, Inc. (ACS) staff recently demonstrated new integration between MSI’s property management system products and the card scanning products and software offered by ACS.