Cyprus, Turkey and Thailand are the top holiday spots feeling fallout from Ukraine-Russian war
Russians are not the biggest holiday planners, says Mikhail Ilyin, a priest and tour business owner in Pattaya, Thailand. Where… Read More »
BTP Automation Adds Chief Revenue Officer
Hotel sourcing technology platform Business Travel Performance Automation in recent weeks hired travel management and technology veteran Annette Cumming as… Read More »
Cvent Attendee Hub to Replace CrowdCompass
Cvent will sunset the CrowdCompass mobile event app at the end of 2022 in favor of Attendee Hub, which the… Read More »
STR: Q1 U.S. Hotel Construction Dips, Planning Up
While the total U.S. hotels under construction and in the final planning stages at the end of March 2022 were… Read More »
Hilton to Open 10 Lifestyle Properties by 2025
Hilton Worldwide has signed to add 10 new properties of lifestyle brands Canopy, Tempo and Motto in the U.S., Latin… Read More »
Cvent Embraces Marketplace Concept
Cvent CEO Reggie Aggarwal during the company’s Connect 2022 event in Las Vegas this week announced the company’s new marketplace… Read More »
India-Based T&E Startup Itilite Scores $29M in Funding
Bengaluru-based travel and expense management platform Itilite has raised $29 million in its latest fundraising round, which the company plans… Read More »
Saint Lucia Records Highest Post-Outbreak Visitor Month
Saint Lucia hosted 32,110 overnight, land-based visitors in March, the Caribbean destination’s highest monthly arrivals total since the destination’s July… Read More »
Brex Launches New Spend Mgmt. Tool with Software Platform
Financial services and technology company Brex has unveiled a new software platform, Brex Empower, that will launch with a new… Read More »
IHG Rolls Out New Loyalty Program
IHG Hotels & Resorts on Wednesday implemented its updated loyalty program, IHG One Rewards, details of which it teased in… Read More »
Kurt Alexander to Take President Role at Omni
Omni Hotels and Resorts has named Kurt Alexander to serve as the company’s president. Alexander joined the company in 2014… Read More »
Philadelphia Masks Up Again
In a fight to reduce a recent rise in Covid-19 cases in the city, Philadelphia health officials yesterday announced the… Read More »
American Airlines Expands Partnership With Expedia Group
American Airlines announced an expanded partnership with the Expedia Group that will include more customization options for travelers booking the… Read More »
Online Spending for Domestic Flight Bookings on the Rise
A new study found that domestic flight bookings in March drove $8.8 billion in online spending, a 28 percent increase… Read More »
TravelX Builds Protocols for NFT-Based Air Tickets
Blockchain-based distribution provider TravelX this week is putting up for sale what it’s calling the “world’s first non-fungible token flight… Read More »
White House Says Extending Mask Mandate Beyond April 18 Is a Possibility
Anyone hoping that the month-long extension of the federal transportation mask mandate would end on its April 18 expiration date… Read More »
Uber to Add Flights, Rail, Car Rental Bookings to App in U.K.
Uber plans to add bookings for intercity trains, buses and car rentals to its app in the United Kingdom as… Read More »
Marriott Int’l Reveals Robust Strategy for Vietnam
Marriott International announced on Monday its plans to quadruple its Vietnam presence with a pipeline of 30 hotels and nearly… Read More »
Travelodge U.K. Upgrades to “Budget-Luxe”
Modeled on its TravelodgePLUS format, Travelodge U.K. announced this week that it is evolving its core brand into a “budget-luxe”… Read More »
American Airlines Reduces Need for Regional Flights With New Bus Service
American Airlines announced a new partnership with Landline that will offer bus service between Philadelphia and two nearby airports, eliminating… Read More »
Groups360 Raises $35M, Plans GroupSync Acceleration
Group travel booking platform Groups360 has completed a $35 million funding round, the company announced Wednesday. The round was led… Read More »
Amadeus, MeetingPackage Partner for Hotel Booking
Finland-based group booking provider MeetingPackage has partnered with Amadeus to enable online group and meeting booking for Amadeus’ hotel clients,… Read More »
Roadmap Ready to Widen its Lanes with New Emburse Go App
With a new name and new ownership, the travel management app developer formerly known as Roadmap is ready to target… Read More »
Australian Travelodges to Convert to Accor Brands
Australian hotel management company Salter Brothers will rebrand 11 Travelodge properties as under Accor’s Ibis Styles, Mercure and Novotel brands… Read More »
Accor to Deploy Its D-Edge Tech as CRS
Accor will deploy its wholly owned D-Edge Hospitality Solutions subsidiary as the central reservation system for its 5,300 hotels throughout… Read More »
Hyatt Launches Corp. Retreat Package
Hyatt Hotels Corp. launched a variety of corporate retreat packages available for up to 40 attendees at more than 30… Read More »