HotelPlanner.com To Go Public Via SPAC
HotelPlanner.com, which is the parent company of Meetings.com, will go public through a merger with online travel agency Reservations.com and… Read More »
STR, Tourism Economics Upgrade 2021 U.S. Hotel Forecast on Demand Surge
STR and Tourism Economics have upgraded their 2021 U.S. hotel forecast for the second time in three months, citing a… Read More »
Emirates Adds Routehappy Content to NDC Platform
Emirates has integrated Routehappy content into its direct connect New Distribution Capability API platform, ATPCO announced. The integration enables Emirates… Read More »
HotelPlanner.com To Go Public Via SPAC
HotelPlanner.com, which is the parent company of Meetings.com, will go public through a merger with online travel agency Reservations.com and… Read More »
Emirates Adds Routehappy Content to NDC Platform
Emirates has integrated Routehappy content into its direct connect New Distribution Capability API platform, ATPCO announced. The integration enables Emirates… Read More »
IHG Hotels & Resorts: U.S., China Continue Demand Momentum
Leisure demand continued to boost IHG Hotels & Resorts’ recovery during the first half of 2021, but “we are now… Read More »
SAP Concur Adds Meetings Solution Powered by Groupize
SAP Concur has partnered with meetings management company Groupize to offer what the companies call an end-to-end self-service meetings management… Read More »
Emirates Joins Aeronology NDC Direct Connect Platform
Emirates has agreed to provide its New Distribution Capability inventory to Melbourne-based Aeronology’s platform via Aeronology’s NDC Direct Connect technology…. Read More »
Choice: June, July RevPAR Exceeds Pre-Pandemic Levels
Choice Hotels’ second-quarter domestic systemwide revenue per available room declined 1.1 percent compared with the same period in 2019, with… Read More »
Hyatt ‘Encouraged’ by Business Transient, Group Demand
Hyatt Hotels Corp. is encouraged by the steady recent improvement in its business transient and group segments, president and CEO… Read More »
Emirates Joins Aeronology NDC Direct Connect Platform
Emirates has agreed to provide its New Distribution Capability inventory to Melbourne-based Aeronology’s platform via Aeronology’s NDC Direct Connect technology…. Read More »
Marriott ‘Turns the Corner’ with Improving Corp. Demand
Marriott International during the second quarter and in July experienced what it called a widespread rebound in business travel bookings,… Read More »
Concur Expense Integrates with Amazon Procurement Platform
SAP Concur has launched a new integration capability that enables purchases made via Amazon Business to flow directly into Concur… Read More »
Cvent Launches Video and Production Solution for Virtual Events
Meetings technology provider Cvent has launched Cvent Studio, a video capture and production solution built for virtual and hybrid events,… Read More »
Hilton: Business Transient, Led by SMEs, Increased Throughout Q2
Hilton Worldwide’s business transient segment improved throughout the second quarter, with June revenue per available room increasing 20 percentage points… Read More »
Accor: First Half of 2021 Profitable, Recovery Varied
Accor during the second quarter continued to see sequential monthly key performance indicator improvements, but the recovery “remains heterogeneous,” according… Read More »
Wyndham: Blue-Collar Business Travel Solid in Q2
Business travel demand related to logistics and infrastructure, including trucking, in the second quarter increased from levels in the second… Read More »
Singapore to Provide NDC Content Through Aeronology Connection
Singapore Airlines has joined Melbourne-based Aeronology’s travel distribution platform, providing its New Distribution Capability inventory to Aeronology’s NDC Direct Connect… Read More »
Sonder Targets Corporate Travel with GDS, TMC Deals
Apartment-style accommodation provider Sonder now offers its inventory on the three major global distribution systems via a third-party provider and… Read More »
Sonder Targets Corporate Travel with GDS, TMC Deals
Apartment-style accommodation provider Sonder now offers its inventory on the three major global distribution systems via a third-party provider and… Read More »
Marriott to Launch Enhanced Human Trafficking Awareness Training
Marriott International will launch an expanded version of its human trafficking awareness training on July 30, the United Nations’ World… Read More »
New U.S. Hotel Construction Projects Up 20 Percent Year Over Year in Q2
A total of 372 new U.S. hotel projects with 45,084 rooms were announced in the first half of 2021, with… Read More »
EasyJet Joins Duffel Platform
EasyJet is adding its content to London-based Duffel’s platform, which connects airlines to travel sellers via an API capable of… Read More »
Southwest Goes Live in Sabre
Southwest Airlines content is going live in the Sabre global distribution system on Monday, giving corporate travelers and travel management… Read More »
Amex GBT Brings SME-Focused Spend Tool to U.S.
American Express Global Business Travel is bringing its small and midsize enterprise-focused expense and purchasing management platform to the U.S.,… Read More »
Amex Corp. Card Spending Continues Resurgence in Q2
Total spending volume on American Express corporate cards increased to $119.9 billion during the second quarter, up from $104 billion… Read More »