Hotel Engine to Offer Sonder Inventory

Hotel Engine has added short-term rental provider Sonder’s inventory to its offerings, the companies announced Tuesday. The inventory will be… Read More »
Grasp Links with Traxo to Capture Off-Channel Bookings

Corporate travel data and analytics provider Grasp Technologies has partnered with off-channel booking capture specialist Traxo to offer Grasp clients… Read More »
Marriott to Restart Select-Service Hot Breakfast

Marriott International will reintroduce hot breakfast buffets at some U.S. select-service brands in October and more widely roll it out… Read More »
Hotel Mgmt. Cos. Benchmark, Pyramid Merge

Hotel management companies Benchmark Global Hospitality and Pyramid Hotel Group have merged, the companies announced Thursday, and will be known… Read More »
Choice Unveils New Cambria Prototype

Choice Hotels International on Thursday announced a smaller prototype of its upscale Cambria brand, designed to launch the brand in… Read More »
Egencia Launches AI-Powered Hotel Rate Cap Feature

Travel management company Egencia launched a dynamic hotel rate cap feature Thursday at the Business Travel Show Europe in London…. Read More »
CTM Unveils Duty-Of-Care and Approval Workflows

Australia-based travel management company Corporate Travel Management unveiled a string of new technology features designed to help businesses safeguard travelers… Read More »
Meetings Tech Platform Troop Scores $8M in Funding

Meetings management platform Troop has raised $8 million in Series A funding, the company announced Thursday at the Business Travel… Read More »
UATP, Uber for Business Sign Acceptance Pact

Corporate travelers soon will be able to use UATP accounts for rides with Uber as well as orders through Uber… Read More »
New API Data Angel Seeks to Give Meetings Data Wings

One challenge meeting managers often face is ensuring data accuracy within their meetings reports. A new application programming interface, dubbed… Read More »
Amadeus: Bundles, Adoption Propelling NDC Progress

Amadeus this month published a report dubbing 2021 as “the year of scaling” for the International Air Transport Association’s New… Read More »
Expensify Touts Carbon Neutrality in 2021, Eyes Net-Zero by 2030

Corporate payments and expense management provider Expensify has achieved carbon neutrality for 2021 and plans to reach net-zero greenhouse gas… Read More »
Spotnana Exits Stealth Mode with Big Names—and Big Aims

Corporate travel startup Spotnana has just emerged from stealth mode with the backing of some major industry players, and the… Read More »
Marriott Sets 2050 Net-Zero Emissions Goal

Marriott International on Wednesday announced via a letter of intent to the Science Based Targets initiative a goal to reach… Read More »
In Ripe SME Market, Corporate Traveler Rolls Out Melon

Travel management provider Corporate Traveler, the division of Flight Centre Travel Group that focuses on small and midsize enterprises, has… Read More »
Lola Ceases Operations, Touts ‘Next Phase’

Small-and-midsize-enterprise-focused travel management provider Lola has shuttered its services, according to a notice on its website citing “new things to… Read More »
STR: U.S. Hotel Recovery Slows in August

After showing regular month-over-month increases since at least January, the three key U.S. hotel performance indicators each dipped in August… Read More »
BCD Debuts New Payment, Spend Management Platform

BCD Travel has launched a new corporate travel and expense platform designed to create what the travel management giant described… Read More »
AHLA: Hotels Set to See $59B Hole in 2021 Business Travel Revenue

The hotel industry in 2021 is projected to receive $59 billion less in business travel revenue compared with 2019, according… Read More »
Hilton Updates Loyalty Program Benefits, Status

requirements, the company announced Wednesday. Some changes are an extension of those made in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Hilton… Read More »
Voxel Nabs V-Pay Automation Provider Troovo

Australia-based virtual payments automation specialist Troovo has been acquired by Spain’s Voxel Group, which plans to integrate Troovo’s technology into… Read More »
Best Western President & CEO David Kong to Retire

BWH Hotel Group announced today that president and CEO David Kong will retire at the end of 2021. The industry’s… Read More »