Australia to Launch Huge Ad Campaign to Lure Tourists Back
Have you heard the news, mate? Australia is reopening its borders to international visitors next week for the first time… Read More »
Psngr1 Establishes Connections with Seven Carriers
Travel booking and management platform Psngr1 has announced direct-connect partnerships with seven airlines: Air Canada, American Airlines, British Airways, Copa… Read More »
HotelPlanner.com SPAC Merger Called Off
HotelPlanner.com and the special purpose acquisition company with which it planned to merge as a method of going public have… Read More »
US Travel Association applauds White House Electric Vehicle plan
The U.S. Travel Association on Friday welcomed a plan by the Biden Administration to invest $5 billion in a new… Read More »
UATP Stays Focused on Unused Ticket Management, Adds Full PSP Offering
As travel buyers continue to grapple with unused flight credits lingering from the early days of the pandemic, UATP has… Read More »
CWT Sets Priorities for $100M Platform Investment
Sustainable travel initiatives, improving connectivity and increasing content top CWT’s list of goals for the $100 million investment that stemmed… Read More »
CDC’s highest travel risk level is jam-packed with nearly 135 destinations
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added even more destinations on Feb. 7 to its ever-growing list of… Read More »
Gett Names Guo Info Security Chief
Ground transportation booking platform firm Gett has appointed Runli Guo as its chief information security officer, the company announced. Guo,… Read More »
Amtrak Debuts new national network locomotives
Amtrak began the debut of its new, faster and more energy-efficient locomotives yesterday in Chicago, when one of them pulled… Read More »
Agents Weigh In On Crystal Cruises’ Shutdown
There is no official confirmation regarding Crystal Cruises shutting down its operations, but travel advisors are assuming the worst. “There… Read More »
New Data Suggests Domestic Travel Spending Could Reach $1.1 Trillion in 2022
A new study from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) found that travel’s recovery in the United States could… Read More »
Amex launches rewards checking to its U.S. customers
American Express, known for its array of perks-laden cards, is jumping into the highly competitive arena of digital-checking accounts. The… Read More »
Visa Specialist CIBT Acquires Tech Platform
CIBT has acquired a software platform from a Switzerland-based technology firm that will help the McLean, Va.-based visa and passport… Read More »
AmTrav Tackles Guest Travel with Gather Tool
Travel booking and management provider AmTrav has launched a new tool for guest travel bookings, enabling them to be booked… Read More »
Study: Accommodation Wages Rising Amid Worker Shortage
Wages in 2021 rose in the accommodation sector while employment figures declined, and the gap between the two is larger… Read More »
Harvard medical professor says “It’s time to move on from the pandemic”
It’s time to let the young, healthy and “anyone who wants to move on” from the pandemic do so, said… Read More »
Egencia Develops AI-Powered Tool for Trip-Approval Policies
Egencia has launched a new AI recommendation tool designed to help companies set up and manage trip-approval processes. The tool… Read More »
Survey Shows Incremental Rise of Women to Hospitality C-Suites
Women still have a long way to advance in the C-suite, according to the Castell Project’s latest Women in Hospitality… Read More »
Report: Q4 Continued Boom Time for U.S. Extended-Stay
The U.S. extended-stay lodging sector set more than a dozen performance records in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to… Read More »
Dubai Welcomed More Than 7 Million Visitors in 2021
Dubai is celebrating good news on the tourism front. The city welcomed more than 7 million visitors in 2021, representing… Read More »
Grapevine Partners with Travelogix to Spur Hotel Attachment Rates
Travel trip experience startup Grapevine is partnering with Travelogix, a supplier of data solutions for travel management companies, in an… Read More »
New Zealand border re-opening
Christchurch Airport will welcome home Kiwis first, with other nationalities to follow The New Zealand Government has announced a staged… Read More »
Car Rental Giant Hertz Names New CEO
Car rental company Hertz announced on Friday it had named Stephen M. Scherr as Chief Executive Officer. Scherr will assume… Read More »
Celestyal Debuts New Travel Agent Reservations Platform
Celestyal Cruises unveiled the new Seaware Reservations Platform, a dedicated reservations system for travel advisers, which was created in conjunction… Read More »
Adtrav Adds Deem’s Etta to Tech Offerings
Travel management company Adtrav has partnered to make Deem’s Etta corporate travel booking and management platform available to clients as… Read More »
U.S. Airlines and travel groups ask Biden to drop Covid testing before international flights
Airlines and other travel-industry groups asked the Biden administration on Feb. 2 to drop Covid test requirements for vaccinated passengers… Read More »