Jamaica Visitor Arrivals Rebounding Strongly
Jamaica hosted more than 1.54 million overnight visitors in 2021, Ministry of Tourism officials said Tuesday. The country’s 2021 visitor… Read More »
Qatar Airways Taps TPConnects for NDC Distribution
Qatar Airways has partnered with TPConnects Technologies to enable travel sellers the ability to offer the airline’s New Distribution Capability… Read More »
Hertz to Purchase Up to 65,000 Electric Vehicles
Hertz announced a new global partnership with Swedish electric car manufacturer Polestar that includes the purchase of up to 65,000… Read More »
Volkswagen to green light Audi and Porsche to enter Formula 1
Audi and Porsche owner Volkswagen is likely to give the green light for the two brands to make their entry… Read More »
Eurostar and Thalys is the merger will make it easier to travel by train between five countries
Two high-speed train companies are joining forces to create a rail giant that will serve five countries across the continent…. Read More »
GlobalData: Payment Networks to Lose More Than $2B After Russian Suspension
The major payment networks will lose about $2.4 billion as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to data… Read More »
Washington Governor signs minimum pay law for Uber and Lyft drivers
Washington Governor Jay Inslee on Thursday Mar. 31 signed into law a minimum pay standard for Uber and Lyft drivers,… Read More »
Pohl to Take BWH Hotel Group Dual Role
Ron Pohl will become Best Western parent BWH Hotel Group’s first president of international operations as well as president of… Read More »
Sales of new EV overtook petrol-powered cars in Q1 of 2022
Sales of new electrified vehicles in France overtook petrol-powered equivalents for the first time in the first quarter, a major… Read More »
Amtrak Unveils Interior Designs of Acela Trains
Amtrak announced the latest milestone in the development of the new Acela trains with the unveiling of interior designs. As… Read More »
Booking Holdings CEO says higher prices haven’t dented summer travel demand yet
A sharp uptick in inflation has so far not caused a slowdown in demand for travel in the spring… Read More »
Grapevine Adds National Travel as First U.S. TMC Partner
AI technology provider Grapevine has signed a partnership agreement with Charleston, W.V.-based National Travel, its first travel management company partner… Read More »
TravelPerk, Soldo Partner to Integrate Card, Travel Data
TravelPerk is partnering with European spend automation platform Soldo to integrate payment and expense management functions of the two suppliers,… Read More »
Deem’s Work Fource to Depart Travel Landscape
Deem will sunset its Work Fource tool on April 1, at which point the tool will be removed from the… Read More »
Housing Platform AltoVita Adds Exec to Steer Expansion
London-based corporate accommodation booking platform provider AltoVita has appointed former BridgeStreet exec Jessica Land head of client partnerships, the company… Read More »
Amadeus to Make Cytric Capabilities Available in Microsoft Tools
Amadeus has partnered to embed its Cytric booking and expense platform into the Microsoft 365 suite of tools. With the… Read More »
CWT Adds Point-of-Booking Carbon Indicators
CWT has partnered with Thrust Carbon to add carbon footprint indicators at the point of sale in its myCWT web… Read More »
FCCA Partners With US Virgin Islands on Strategic Development Agreement
The U.S. Virgin Islands and the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) have entered into a partnership for 2023 that includes strategic… Read More »
Accor Plans to Open 300 Properties in 2022
Accor plans to open this year about 300 properties—or about a quarter of its global pipeline—the company announced this month…. Read More »
Hotels Hold Rates High Amid Elevated Labor Costs
Business travel volume may be on the comeback trail but still remains below 2019 levels, and hoteliers in the meantime… Read More »
Kyte to Provide NDC Content to App in the Air
Frequent traveler “personal travel assistant” App in the Air has partnered with airline distribution platform Kyte to access airline content… Read More »
Uber to List NYC Taxis on Its App
After vowing to “disrupt” the traditional taxi business, Uber soon will list New York City taxis on its app after… Read More »
Hyatt Plans Americas Hyatt Place, House Expansion
Hyatt Hotels Corp. plans to open 47 Hyatt Place and Hyatt House hotels across the Americas in 2022 and 2023,… Read More »
Best Western Unveils New Vib Prototype
Five years after the first Vib hotel opened in Antalya, Turkey, Best Western Hotels & Resorts is relaunching the urban,… Read More »
Radisson Plans New Upper-Midscale U.S. Brand
Radisson Hotel Group Americas on Wednesday announced the launch of Radisson Inn & Suites, a new upper-midscale, limited-service brand. The… Read More »
P&O Ferries seems to have ‘broken the law’ by sacking 800 workers, says UK PM Boris Johnson
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that it looks like P&O Ferries broke the law by suddenly firing 800… Read More »