Extended Stay America Launches ‘Premium’ Brand
Extended-stay hotel company Extended Stay America has assigned 25 “new or completely renovated” U.S. properties to a new higher-end brand… Read More »
TravelPerk Partners to Offer to Divvy Clients Travel Services
TravelPerk will provide travel booking and management services for U.S. clients of small and midsize business and expense specialist Divvy… Read More »
Amex GBT Unveils Travel Survey, Covid Tools for Managers, Travelers
American Express Global Business Travel has rolled out new measures designed to give travel managers actionable insights regarding resumed travel… Read More »
Why airlines are canceling hundreds of flights
It’s a tough time to be an airline social media manager. This month, both American Airlines and Southwest Airlines made headlines for… Read More »
Spain, Malta and Portugal restrict non-vaccinated travelers
Portugal and Malta have introduced measures to restrict UK travellers who are not fully vaccinated. The Portuguese government says travellers… Read More »
U.S. Extended-Stay Occupancy Nearly Reaches ’19 Level
Occupancy at U.S. extended-stay hotels in April returned almost entirely to April 2019 levels, recovering from the effects of the… Read More »
Kazakhstan’s SCAT Airlines Moves to Sabre Res Platform
Kazakhstani carrier SCAT Airlines is moving to Sabre’s passenger reservations system SabreSonic and its commercial platform per a new agreement… Read More »
Tripbam: Corp. Hotel Rates Set to Hit 2019 Levels by Year-End
Current business travel volume is about 30 percent of 2019 levels, and average daily hotel rates remain lower as well… Read More »
Bezos’ 2021 Space Odyssey a risk too far for insurers
Launching one of the richest individuals on earth into orbit has proved a leap too far for insurers, who are… Read More »
AmTrav, Emburse Join Forces for Travel Expense
Booking and travel management provider AmTrav and corporate expense management and payment specialist Emburse have partnered on an automated receipt… Read More »
CWT Enhances Travel Guidance Tool
CWT has added new features to its Travel Essentials guidance platform, a publicly accessible database providing information on Covid-19-related travel… Read More »
U.S. Commerce Secretary Calls Corp. Travel Restart ‘Top Priority’
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on Wednesday said that restarting business and international travel was a “top priority” of… Read More »
AHLA Relaxes Mask Guidance for U.S. Hotel Employees
The American Hotel & Lodging Association has eased its Safe Stay guidelines regarding mask wearing for U.S. hotel employees In… Read More »
Unesco report says Great Barrier Reef should be listed as ‘in danger’
Australia’s government has lashed out after a United Nations report claimed it had not done enough to protect the Great… Read More »
Turkmenistan’s capital tops list of most expensive cities for expats
The capital of Turkmenistan in Central Asia has been named as the world’s most expensive city for foreign workers. Ashgabat,… Read More »
CTM Restructures, Debuts New Global Business Units
Australia-based travel management company Corporate Travel Management has unveiled an organizational restructuring following its 2020 acquisitions of U.S-headquartered TMC Travel… Read More »
FCM to Launch New Platform in China
FCM will roll out a new proprietary travel technology platform in China, with plans to begin piloting the system with… Read More »
STR: U.S. Hotel Recovery Accelerates in May
All three key performance metrics for the U.S. hotel industry—occupancy, average daily rate and revenue per available room—improved from April… Read More »
Travel industry anger as Germans flock to Majorca
The bosses of Jet2, Easyjet and Manchester Airport have criticised the government for not putting the Balearic Islands, including Majorca,… Read More »
Ryanair sues UK over curbs on summer international travel
Irish airline Ryanair is launching a legal challenge against Britain over its “traffic light” system for international travel, hoping to… Read More »
Flight Centre Partners with HotelHub
Flight Centre Travel Group has signed a deal with aggregator technology specialist HotelHub to provide booking content for Flight Centre’s… Read More »
Egencia Adds Rail Option Alert to Booking Display
Egencia has developed a new display tool to show business travelers and agents the availability of rail options when booking… Read More »
New HRS Payments Growth Chief Knackstedt Sees Opportunity In Recovery
When corporate travel industry veteran Kurt Knackstedt recently took over as chief growth officer for HRS’s Payment Solutions business unit, it became… Read More »
Sabre Partners with Risk Scoring Provider Gopass
Sabre Corp. has added travel health risk management specialist Gopass Global to its Developer Partner platform, enabling travel agents to… Read More »
Amex GBT Adds WhatsApp Support
American Express Global Business Travel has added WhatsApp as a support channel, enabling travelers to communicate with agents via the… Read More »
Cvent, Encore Partner to Offer ‘End-to-End’ Digital Meeting Solution
Meetings management technology provider Cvent and event production company Encore have partnered to offer clients an “end-to-end virtual and hybrid… Read More »