Accor Leans on Lifestyle, Apts. In Oceania Opening Plans
Accor plans to add several more properties in Australia and New Zealand in 2023, including new furnished apartments the company… Read More »
American Tells TMCs to Be NDC-Ready by April or Lose Some Content Access
American Airlines on Monday alerted travel agencies that they need to be connected to the carrier’s New Distribution Capability technology… Read More »
TripStax to Add Hotel Booking Capabilities with Hotelzon Acquisition
Travel management technology company TripStax has acquired hotel booking platform Hotelzon from Travelport, with plans to use the platform to… Read More »
AHLA Launches Member Sustainability Initiative
The American Hotel & Lodging Association has launched an initiative for members that aims to make operations, meetings and amenities… Read More »
Hilton Opens First Motto Properties in Europe, Mexico
Hilton Worldwide has opened its first Motto by Hilton properties in Europe and Mexico, the company announced Thursday. Motto by… Read More »
Hyatt Agrees to Acquire Dream Hotels for $300M
Hyatt Hotels Corp. has agreed to acquire Dream Hotel Group and its lifestyle hotel brands for upwards of $300 million,… Read More »
Mastercard Agrees to Take Stake in Conferma
Mastercard is partnering with Sabre Corp. and Conferma Pay to build new capabilities for virtual cards, and Mastercard will take… Read More »
Temporary Housing Provider Streamlines Hotel Bookings with Conferma
Temporary housing provider National Corporate Housing reports that it has significantly reduced hotel booking times with the implementation of a… Read More »
Guests’ Personal Records Exposed in Sonder Data Breach
Short-term accommodation provider Sonder Holdings on Wednesday confirmed some of its systems, including “certain” guest records that may include driver’s… Read More »
Guests’ Personal Records Exposed in Sonder Data Breach
Short-term accommodation provider Sonder Holdings on Wednesday confirmed some of its systems, including “certain” guest records that may include driver’s… Read More »
Innovate Faceoff Notebook: Troop Tops, TripBam People’s Choice
Judges at the BTN Group’s 9th annual Innovate conference gave top honors to meetings management travel platform Troop, while inaugural… Read More »
Qantas Expands NDC Content Available Via Travelport Plus
Qantas now is distributing New Distribution Capability-piped content in 52 countries, including Australia, to agency customers via the Travelport Plus… Read More »
TravelPerk Integrates with Fintech Provider Pleo
Travel management platform TravelPerk and payment and expense provider Pleo have integrated via application programming interface, the companies announced. With… Read More »
PwC: ‘Headwinds’ Threaten 2023 U.S. Hotel Recovery Pace
U.S. average daily hotel rates and revenue per available room in 2023 will continue to climb, but at a slower… Read More »
STR: October U.S. Hotel Rates Rise as Corp. Demand Up
Average U.S. hotel daily rates and revenue per available room were up again in October—month over month and over 2019—according… Read More »
Blueground Agrees to Acquire Brazil-Based Tabas
Furnished apartment rental provider Blueground has agreed to acquire Brazilian real-estate startup Tabas, the companies announced Thursday. The deal, Blueground’s… Read More »
Vendry Uses Venture Investment on New Platform
Event-management startup The Vendry will launch its new venue and vendor sourcing platform The Vendry Pro on Nov. 30, the… Read More »
Amadeus Signs Agreements with Fareportal, Simplenight and HotelPlanner
Amadeus on Tuesday announced new distribution agreements with both Fareportal and commerce platform Simplenight as well as a new technology… Read More »
Marriott Will Open 30 More Hotels in Greater China in 2023
Marriott International will add 30 hotels in Greater China by the end of 2023, the company announced Tuesday. The regional… Read More »
Amadeus to Launch Wholly Owned Payments Business in 2023
Amadeus next year plans to launch a new payments-focused business, with a prepaid virtual card on tap to be its… Read More »
Accelya Names Gilliland CEO
Travel technology supplier Accelya has named former Sabre CEO Sam Gilliland as its new CEO, as current CEO Jim Davidson… Read More »
ATPCO Sets Course to Dynamic Air Offers
When Alex Zoghlin took the reins of ATPCO as CEO in January 2021, he set a goal of simplifying processesat… Read More »
Sonder: Corporate Travel Upside Still on P&L Horizon
Sonder continues to focus on its corporate travel potential but is falling short on pipeline development due to supply chain… Read More »
Analyzing More Hot Topics in Payment
With both regulatory and consumer-focused changes on the horizon in the payments industry, BTN sought opinions from four senior executives… Read More »
Marriott Launches Apartment-Style Brand
Marriott International will launch a new extended-stay brand with residential-style accommodations in the U.S. and Canada, the company announced Wednesday…. Read More »
Hubli Adds Diversity Module to Booking Platform
Event booking platform Hubli has added a diversity module to its Where to Meet booking platform, the company announced Tuesday…. Read More »