Marriott Int’l Reveals Robust Strategy for Vietnam
Marriott International announced on Monday its plans to quadruple its Vietnam presence with a pipeline of 30 hotels and nearly… Read More »
Travelodge U.K. Upgrades to “Budget-Luxe”
Modeled on its TravelodgePLUS format, Travelodge U.K. announced this week that it is evolving its core brand into a “budget-luxe”… Read More »
Groups360 Raises $35M, Plans GroupSync Acceleration
Group travel booking platform Groups360 has completed a $35 million funding round, the company announced Wednesday. The round was led… Read More »
Amadeus, MeetingPackage Partner for Hotel Booking
Finland-based group booking provider MeetingPackage has partnered with Amadeus to enable online group and meeting booking for Amadeus’ hotel clients,… Read More »
Roadmap Ready to Widen its Lanes with New Emburse Go App
With a new name and new ownership, the travel management app developer formerly known as Roadmap is ready to target… Read More »
Australian Travelodges to Convert to Accor Brands
Australian hotel management company Salter Brothers will rebrand 11 Travelodge properties as under Accor’s Ibis Styles, Mercure and Novotel brands… Read More »
Accor to Deploy Its D-Edge Tech as CRS
Accor will deploy its wholly owned D-Edge Hospitality Solutions subsidiary as the central reservation system for its 5,300 hotels throughout… Read More »
Hyatt Launches Corp. Retreat Package
Hyatt Hotels Corp. launched a variety of corporate retreat packages available for up to 40 attendees at more than 30… Read More »
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 »