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 »
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 »