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 »
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 »