AHLA Survey: Most U.S. Corp. Travelers Returning to Normalcy
Most American business travelers have reported a return to pre-pandemic “normalcy” around their work travel expectations, according to a new… Read More »
Loews Hotels Promotes Xuereb to CCO
Loews Hotels & Co. has promoted chief revenue officer Monica Xuereb to chief commercial officer, the company announced Tuesday. The… Read More »
Accor Restructures Leadership for Two-Division Setup
Accor has reorganized its executive leadership roles as part of its move to create two business divisions, effective immediately, the… Read More »
AHLA Appoints New Foundation President
The American Hotel & Lodging Association has appointed former United Nations Foundation executive Anna Blue president of AHLA Foundation, the… Read More »
IHG to Debut Voco in India
InterContinental Hotels Group Hotels & Resorts will debut its Voco brand in India through a new deal with Satyadeo Hospitality… Read More »
Sonesta Launches New Brand
Sonesta International Hotels Corp. has launched Sonesta Essential, a stripped-down brand offering properties with the “essentials,” the company announced Tuesday…. Read More »
DOT Extends Airline Ancillary Fee Proposal Comment Period
The U.S. Department of Transportation has extended to Jan. 23, 2023, the period for comments on its proposed rule on… Read More »
Atriis Enables Sales, Servicing of Air France-KLM NDC Bundle
Air France-KLM is making its New Distribution Capability-based dynamic seat bundle product available via travel platform Atriis, the companies announced…. Read More »
STR: November U.S. Hotel Occupancy, Rates Fall
Average U.S. hotel revenue per available room, daily rates and occupancy in November all were down month over month, while… Read More »
Marriott President to Depart, Join Under Armour as CEO
Marriott International president Stephanie Linnartz on Feb. 24, 2023, will step down from the company after 25 years to join… Read More »
Aeromexico Taps Accelya for NDC Offers
Aeromexico is partnering with Accelya to sell bundled offers using New Distribution Capability standards across multiple channels, Accelya announced. The… Read More »
Interactive Platform 22Miles, Zoom Partner on Mtg. Space Booking
Zoom Video Communications partnered with interactive SaaS platform 22Miles on a booking solution dubbed 22Miles Space Booking Marketplace, integrating an… Read More »
Acquisition to Take Coupa Private Next Year
Business spend management provider Coupa Software plans to go private next year via an $8 billion acquisition by software investment… Read More »
FairFly Automates Change Order Processing for TMCs
FairFly has developed a tool to automate miscellaneous change order processing for travel management companies, the travel technology provider announced…. Read More »
Acquisition to Take Coupa Private Next Year
Business spend management provider Coupa Software plans to go private next year via an $8 billion acquisition by software investment… Read More »
Accommodation Platform AltoVita Appoints CTO
London-based serviced apartment platform AltoVita has appointed former TravelPerk executive Ivan Peralta as chief technology officer, the company announced Tuesday…. Read More »
IHG Appoints Glover CFO
Michael Glover will take over as CFO for InterContinental Hotels Group, effective March 20, the company announced Tuesday. Glover will… Read More »
CBRE: U.S. Hotels’ F&B Revenue Trails Pre-Covid Levels
CBRE Hotels Research cites staffing shortages, cost control and straggling group travel through April 2022 among the top causes for… Read More »
EY Ready to Expand Blockchain Booking Experiment
About six months into an experimental project of providing a blockchain-based portal for U.S. employees to book leisure trips, EY’s… Read More »
Furnished Apt. Co. Blueground Leans into Corp. Market
Furnished apartment rental provider Blueground is increasing its focus on the business travel market through its Blueground for Business program,… Read More »
TripActions Secures $400M in Credit Facilities for Liquid Expansion
TripActions has secured $400 million in credit facilities, which it said it will use to accelerate customer growth, particularly with… Read More »
Egencia Launches Well-Being Dashboard
Egencia has developed a dashboard to help companies track metrics related to traveler well-being, including benchmarking data among other clients…. Read More »
Marriott to Double Edition Portfolio, Add Residences
Marriott International plans to double its Edition portfolio globally by 2027 to 30 properties, including the launch of standalone residences,… Read More »
Grapevine Adds Gant as Third U.S. TMC Client
Gant Travel has signed a partnership agreement with Grapevine to use its technology to boost sales and attachment rates, Grapevine… Read More »
Mondee Names Lowe as Chief Marketing Officer
Travel technology supplier Mondee has hired former Microsoft executive Kymber Lowe as its chief marketing officer, the company announced. Lowe… Read More »
Amex GBT, Traxo Pilot Off-Channel Booking Capture Service
American Express Global Business Travel and Traxo are piloting a collaboration to capture out-of-channel bookings with a large client and… Read More »