Qatar Airways Taps TPConnects for NDC Distribution
Qatar Airways has partnered with TPConnects Technologies to enable travel sellers the ability to offer the airline’s New Distribution Capability… Read More »
GlobalData: Payment Networks to Lose More Than $2B After Russian Suspension
The major payment networks will lose about $2.4 billion as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to data… Read More »
Pohl to Take BWH Hotel Group Dual Role
Ron Pohl will become Best Western parent BWH Hotel Group’s first president of international operations as well as president of… Read More »
Grapevine Adds National Travel as First U.S. TMC Partner
AI technology provider Grapevine has signed a partnership agreement with Charleston, W.V.-based National Travel, its first travel management company partner… Read More »
TravelPerk, Soldo Partner to Integrate Card, Travel Data
TravelPerk is partnering with European spend automation platform Soldo to integrate payment and expense management functions of the two suppliers,… Read More »
Deem’s Work Fource to Depart Travel Landscape
Deem will sunset its Work Fource tool on April 1, at which point the tool will be removed from the… Read More »
IHG Opens First Ext.-Stay Atwell Suites in Miami
IHG Hotels & Resorts has opened the first property of its new extended-stay Atwell Suites brand in Miami, the company… Read More »
Housing Platform AltoVita Adds Exec to Steer Expansion
London-based corporate accommodation booking platform provider AltoVita has appointed former BridgeStreet exec Jessica Land head of client partnerships, the company… Read More »
Amadeus to Make Cytric Capabilities Available in Microsoft Tools
Amadeus has partnered to embed its Cytric booking and expense platform into the Microsoft 365 suite of tools. With the… Read More »
Mint House Unveils Mtg., Long-Term Stay Programs
Apartment-style lodging provider Mint House unveiled two programs designed to serve corporate clients’ meeting and long-term stay needs, the company… Read More »
CWT Adds Point-of-Booking Carbon Indicators
CWT has partnered with Thrust Carbon to add carbon footprint indicators at the point of sale in its myCWT web… Read More »
Accor Plans to Open 300 Properties in 2022
Accor plans to open this year about 300 properties—or about a quarter of its global pipeline—the company announced this month…. Read More »
Hotels Hold Rates High Amid Elevated Labor Costs
Business travel volume may be on the comeback trail but still remains below 2019 levels, and hoteliers in the meantime… Read More »
Kyte to Provide NDC Content to App in the Air
Frequent traveler “personal travel assistant” App in the Air has partnered with airline distribution platform Kyte to access airline content… Read More »
Uber to List NYC Taxis on Its App
After vowing to “disrupt” the traditional taxi business, Uber soon will list New York City taxis on its app after… Read More »
Hyatt Plans Americas Hyatt Place, House Expansion
Hyatt Hotels Corp. plans to open 47 Hyatt Place and Hyatt House hotels across the Americas in 2022 and 2023,… Read More »
Best Western Unveils New Vib Prototype
Five years after the first Vib hotel opened in Antalya, Turkey, Best Western Hotels & Resorts is relaunching the urban,… Read More »
Radisson Plans New Upper-Midscale U.S. Brand
Radisson Hotel Group Americas on Wednesday announced the launch of Radisson Inn & Suites, a new upper-midscale, limited-service brand. The… Read More »
DRCT to Add United Airlines NDC Content for Travel Sellers
Travel technology provider and International Air Transport Association-certified New Distribution Capability aggregator DRCT is launching United Airlines NDC content for… Read More »
Echo to Be Wyndham’s First Economy Extended Stay
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts today announced it had awarded contracts to develop 50 properties for its new economy extended-stay hotel… Read More »
Castell Project Merges with AHLA Foundation
The American Hotel & Lodging Association, the AHLA Foundation and the Castell Project today announced a merger in which Castell… Read More »
Most Corp. Travelers See Culture Cost in Virtual
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. business traveler respondents suggest virtual work conditions have taken a toll on work productivity and workplace… Read More »
STR: February U.S. Hotel Performance Bounces Back
February U.S. hotel performance rebounded from January’s slump, according to STR. The three key U.S. hotel industry performance metrics in… Read More »
Ramp Takes Travel Plunge with Managed and Unmanaged Offering
Corporate spend management startup Ramp last month leapt into the travel management space with the launch of the Ramp for… Read More »
CBRE Again Boosts Hotel Forecast, Sees Rate Recovery in ’22
Thanks to what it called stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter performance, CBRE Hotels Research again has upgraded its 2022 U.S. lodging forecast and… Read More »
TAMS to Open New Round of Incubator Applications
The Travel and Meeting Society incubator committee plans to open applications on March 21 for its second cohort of startups,… Read More »