<?xml version="1.0"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>MeritBiz News</title><link>http://www.meritbiz.ca/meritbiz-news-rss.aspx</link><item><title>Sheraton Hotels rolls out signature ‘Sheraton Social Hour’ wine programme at 430 properties.</title><link>http://www.meritbiz.ca/News-Centre.aspx?LangType=1033</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Sheraton Hotels rolls out signature &lt;a title="‘Sheraton Social Hour’" href="http://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article71474Sheraton_Launches_Global_Wine_Programme.html"&gt;‘Sheraton Social Hour’&lt;/a&gt; wine programme at 430 properties.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><author /><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MeritBiz - GSM Weekly Global Risk Round Up - May 1 2013</title><link>http://www.meritbiz.ca/News-Centre.aspx?LangType=1033</link><description>&lt;span&gt;MeritBiz / GSM Weekly Global Risk Round Up - &lt;a href="/uploadedFiles/Main_Site/Content/News_Centre/News/MeritBiz-GSM Global Risk Round Up May 15 2013.pdf" title="May 15 2013"&gt;May 15 2013&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><author /><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2013 - Q1 Comparison of average hotel rates in North America.</title><link>http://www.meritbiz.ca/News-Centre.aspx?LangType=1033</link><description>2013 - Q1 comparisons of &lt;a href="http://www.thebeat.travel/post/2013/05/09/Q1-2013-North-America-Hotel-Rates.aspx" title="average hotel rates"&gt;average hotel rates&lt;/a&gt; in North America.</description><author /><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are you a frequent traveller to Taiwan? The country has approved an expedited entry pass to boost travel numbers.</title><link>http://www.meritbiz.ca/News-Centre.aspx?LangType=1033</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Are you a frequent traveller to Taiwan? The country has approved&lt;a href="http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/05/11/378326/Govt-launches.htm" title="an expedited entry pass"&gt;an expedited entry pass&lt;/a&gt; to boost arrival numbers. &lt;/p&gt;</description><author /><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>As hotel room rates go up, fewer guests are paying more for extra amenities.</title><link>http://www.meritbiz.ca/News-Centre.aspx?LangType=1033</link><description>&lt;p&gt;As hotel room rates go up, fewer guests are paying more for &lt;a title="extra amenities." href="http://www.internationalmeetingsreview.com/research-education/report-increased-room-rates-drive-down-purchases-hotel-extras-95626"&gt;extra amenities.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><author /><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MeritBiz - GSM Weekly Risk Management Round Up - May 8 2013</title><link>http://www.meritbiz.ca/News-Centre.aspx?LangType=1033</link><description>MeritBiz/GSM Weekly Risk Management Round Up - &lt;a href="/uploadedFiles/Main_Site/Content/News_Centre/News/MeritBiz - GSM Global Risk Round Up May 8 2013.pdf" title="May 8 2013"&gt;May 8 2013&lt;/a&gt;</description><author /><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 11:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Transport Canada approves fewer flight attendants with Canadian air carriers due to foreign pressures.</title><link>http://www.meritbiz.ca/News-Centre.aspx?LangType=1033</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Transport Canada approves fewer flight attendants to work per trip on Canadian air carriers &lt;a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/05/07/ottawa_clearing_way_for_canadian_airlines_to_use_fewer_flight_attendants.html" title="due to foreign pressures."&gt;due to foreign pressures.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><author /><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 11:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Air Canada welcomes automated passport control at Vancouver International Airport.</title><link>http://www.meritbiz.ca/News-Centre.aspx?LangType=1033</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Canada welcomes &lt;a href="http://aircanada.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&amp;amp;item=644" title="automated passport control"&gt;automated passport control&lt;/a&gt; at Vancouver International Airport (YVR ) to streamline travel to theUSA.      &lt;/p&gt;</description><author /><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Travel managers use this smart tactic to keep clients’ employees policy.</title><link>http://www.meritbiz.ca/News-Centre.aspx?LangType=1033</link><description>&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;Travel managers use smart tactic to keep clients’ employees within policy and &lt;a title="increase travel savings. " href="http://buyingbusinesstravel.com/news/0620680-buyers-bid-educate-travellers-savings"&gt;increase trave&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="increase travel savings. " href="http://buyingbusinesstravel.com/news/0620680-buyers-bid-educate-travellers-savings"&gt;l savings. &lt;/a&gt;</description><author /><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>1.5B initially invested to build Europe’s tallest (and space themed) hotel.</title><link>http://www.meritbiz.ca/News-Centre.aspx?LangType=1033</link><description>&lt;p&gt;$1.5 billion has been initially invested to build &lt;a title="Europe's tallest (and space themed) hotel." href="http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130502-920868.html"&gt;Europe's tallest (and space themed) hotel.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><author /><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>