Short-Term Rental Co. Zeus Living Scores $55M in New Funding
Apartment and home rental company Zeus Living has gained $55 million in a Series C round of funding, bringing the… Read More »
Report: 2022 Negotiated U.S. Hotel Rates Could Rise 15 Percent
Much like the 2021 hotel request-for-proposals cycle, this year’s negotiation season differs greatly from pre-pandemic ones. Many hotel companies have… Read More »
DigiTravel, Partners Launch Hotel Program Analysis Tool
DigiTravel Consulting, Business Travel Performance Automation and About Partners Luxury Brands Collection have joined forces to create a new tool… Read More »
Loews Breaks Ground on Texas Development Project
Loews Hotels & Co. broke ground Tuesday on the $550 million Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center in Arlington, Texas,… Read More »
Rosewood Appoints Werner to Head Global Sales
Rosewood Hotel Group has appointed Google executive Lucy Werner to the newly created role of SVP of commercial, overseeing global… Read More »
Accor to Offer Groups360 Instant Meeting-Booking Solution
Accor will replace its current digital meetings requests-for-proposals website with Groups360’s GroupSync platform by year-end, the companies announced Tuesday. Afterward,… Read More »
Capital One Nabs Lola’s Team, Tech
Weeks after announcing it was ceasing operations and touting “new things to come,” corporate travel management startup Lola has revealed… Read More »
Best Western Names Cuculic to Succeed Kong as CEO
BWH Hotel Group named SVP and general counsel Lawrence Cuculic its next president and CEO Thursday at the company’s annual… Read More »
Tripbam: Corp. Hotel Volume Recovering After August Dip
Despite a blip in the recovery during August, when market-rate growth flattened and pricing volatility increased, hotel booking volume again… Read More »
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 »
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 »