Choice Sets July SoCal Debut for First Everhome Suites
Choice Hotels expects its first Everhome Suites, the company’s latest entry into the midprice extended-stay category, to debut around July… Read More »
Deem to Integrate Uber for Business Bookings in Etta Platform
Deem is partnering with Uber for Business to enable on-demand and scheduled ride bookings to be made through the Etta… Read More »
Egencia Adds Amex GBT Negotiated Airfares to Booking Platform
Egencia has added American Express Global Business Travel’s special negotiated airfares to the Egencia Preferred Rate program, Egencia announced. The… Read More »
Accelya Promotes Davidson to CEO
Air technology provider Accelya has promoted former Farelogix chief Jim Davidson to CEO, effective immediately, the company announced Wednesday. Davidson… Read More »
TravelPerk Unveils Emissions Data API
Global travel management platform TravelPerk has launched an open API to help companies measure their travel carbon footprint and manage… Read More »
Highland Group: Smaller Markets Leading Extended-Stay Recovery
U.S. extended-stay lodging continued its strong performance in 2021, according to a report released Thursday by The Highland Group. Compiled… Read More »
Amadeus: Steady Air Booking Improvement Back on Track as Omicron Recedes
Total air bookings by travel agencies on the Amadeus platform in 2021 were down 64.4 percent compared with 2019, though… Read More »
Accor: 20 Percent Decline in Int’l Biz Travel “Could Probably Last Forever”
After a nearly €2 billion net loss in 2020, the Accor Group recovered for an €85 million net profit for… Read More »
New Travelport, Qatar Airways Deal to Include NDC
Global distribution system provider Travelport and Qatar Airways have signed a new multi-year distribution agreement, the carriers announced Thursday. The… Read More »
Amadeus Adds TestFwrd Covid-19 testing option at booking
Amadeus is partnering to distribute through its booking channels Vienna-based Covid-19 testing and certification platform provider TestFwrd’s self-testing solution. TestFwrd… Read More »
STR: Omicron stings U.S. Hotels’ January performance
The three key U.S. hotel industry performance metrics in January each declined sharply from December 2021 levels as the omicron… Read More »
IHG eyes Biz Travel through lens of workplace changes
IHG Hotels & Resorts on Tuesday posted global group operating profit of $494 million for full-year 2021, swinging into the… Read More »
Ramp launches travel solution and partner program
Corporate spend management startup Ramp has released a travel-specific solution designed to help companies enforce policies, ease expense reporting and… Read More »
Amtrak joins TripLink platform
Concur is adding Amtrak to its TripLink direct-booking capture platform, giving travel managers visibility to their travelers’ bookings made via… Read More »
Citi, HRS Report ‘Big Pipeline’ For New Partnership
Corporate lodging platform HRS in recent months announced a global partnership to integrate Citi’s virtual payment product into its travel… Read More »
Former Amadeus Exec to Lead Flight Centre Corp. Brands’ Tech
Flight Centre Travel Group has named former Amadeus executive Roy Goldschmitt as global chief technology officer for its corporate brands…. Read More »
Infrastructure Business Travel Boosts Wyndham
Solid demand from Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’ “everyday business travelers” even amid the Covid-19 omicron variant’s U.S. spread helped boost… Read More »
World Travel to Offer Deem’s Etta Platform
Travel management company World Travel is partnering to make Deem’s Etta corporate travel booking and management platform available to its… Read More »
Hilton: Resilient SME Business Travel Lifts Q4
Despite headwinds from the Covid-19 omicron variant that impeded corporate travel momentum late in the period, Hilton Worldwide’s fourth-quarter business… Read More »
Sunny Outlook Opens Horizon for Choice Hotels to Invest
Fourth-quarter earnings were upbeat for Choice Hotels, and executives during a Wednesday earnings call said the company is reaping the… Read More »
Ride-Hailing Provider Bolt Adds Expensify Integration
Mobility provider Bolt Business has integrated corporate payments and expense management provider Expensify into its platform, Bolt announced Tuesday. Mutual… Read More »
ATPI Elevates Amadeus to ‘Primary Global Technology Partner’
U.K.-based travel management company ATPI has renewed its agreement with Amadeus, making Amadeus its “primary global technology partner” and the… Read More »