Analyzing 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 »
Uber Adds AirPlus as Payment Option
Uber now is accepting AirPlus Company Accounts as a form of payment, the company announced. AirPlus is integrating with Uber… Read More »
Travelport Joins Travalyst Sustainability Coalition
Travelport has joined the Travalyst sustainable travel coalition, with plans to implement the organization’s methodology for reporting travel emissions. Founded… Read More »
Choice: Q3 Corp. Travel, Midweek Occupancy Up
Choice Hotels International’s third-quarter business travel demand again improved and now is approaching its traditional pre-pandemic share of the hotel… Read More »
U.S. Extended Stay Q3 Occupancy Dips as Rates Rise
Third-quarter demand and revenue per available room reached record highs for the U.S. extended-stay hotel sector, while occupancy fell for… Read More »
Amadeus: Q3 Revenue Per Booking Up
Amadeus’ booking recovery rate dipped slightly in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter, although revenue recovery continued an… Read More »
GSA Readies Bidding Process for Consolidated ETS
The U.S. General Services Administration next year will submit a final request for proposals for the next generation of its… Read More »
Hyatt: Sept. Corp. Travel Momentum ‘Encouraging’
Business travel revenue “significantly improved” at Hyatt Hotels Corp.’s full-service properties, the company announced Thursday during its third-quarter earnings call,… Read More »
Clarity, World Travel Pulling Together New TMC ‘Community’
Travel management companies World Travel and Clarity Business Travel in October announced that they had created a new joint venture… Read More »
BTP, Thrust Carbon Partner on Hotel Sustainability Index
Hotel sourcing solution Business Travel Performance Automation has launched a technology platform in partnership with sustainability tech firm Thrust Carbon,… Read More »
Marriott Plans 30 Hotels in Africa
Marriott International will extend its operations in Africa with more than 30 new hotels by the end of 2024, the… Read More »
Marriott: Q3 Large-Account Corp. Demand Recovery Moderates
Business travel demand from small and midsize accounts has fully recovered to 2019 levels, Marriott International executives said Thursday during… Read More »
Sabre Reports Air Bookings Recovery Throughout Q3
Sabre reported its best quarter of recovery since the Covid-19 pandemic began, with net air bookings nearing 60 percent of… Read More »
BCD Inks New Long-Term Agreement with Sabre
BCD Travel has signed an expanded technology agreement with Sabre Corp. that will deepen technology development collaboration between the companies… Read More »
FCM Creates Buyer Relationship, Tech Strategy Roles
FCM has appointed executives to two new positions within the travel management company, one focusing on buyer relationships and the… Read More »
Q3 U.S. Hotel Pipeline Grows, Dallas Leads
The total number of projects in the U.S. hotel development pipeline at the end of the third quarter was up… Read More »
Best Western Launches Midscale Ext.-Stay Brand
Best Western is launching a new extended-stay option, Home by BWH, the company this weekend announced during its annual convention… Read More »
Loews Hotels Names Alex Tisch CEO
Loews Hotels & Co. will promote Alex Tisch to president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2023, the company announced Monday…. Read More »
STR: September U.S. Hotel Rates Rise Again
Average September U.S. hotel daily rates and revenue per available room were up last month from 2019 and from August,… Read More »
HQ, Bolt Business Partner in Europe
Corporate mobility platform HQ and the corporate division of ride-hailing app Bolt have partnered with the aim of offering ride-hailing… Read More »
Charter Bus Booking Platform CharterUp Raises $60M
Corporate charted bus marketplace CharterUp has raised $60 million in funding, which it said it will use to grow its… Read More »
Payment/Expense Platform Center Adds $15M in Funding
Corporate card and expense platform provider Center has raised $15 million in its latest funding round, bringing its total funding… Read More »
Hilton: Q3 Corp. Transient RevPAR Reaches ’19 Level
Hilton Hotels Corp.’s third-quarter business transient revenue per available room exceeded 2019 levels for the first time since the pandemic,… Read More »
Wyndham: Q3 Occupancy Recovery Lags, RevPAR Rises
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in the third quarter broke records for quarterly revenue per available room and pipeline growth, but… Read More »
Accor: Outside of Asia, Revenue at Pre-Pandemic Level
Accor in the third quarter posted record revenue per available room levels, which exceeded 2019 levels, the company announced… Read More »
Malaysia Airlines to Provide NDC Content Via Travelport Plus
Malaysia Airlines will distribute New Distribution Capability content via the Travelport Plus global distribution system, per a multi-year renewal agreement… Read More »