Lodging

Travel Leaders Adds Benchmarking, Automates Yapta Rebookings & Offers Bleisure Activity BookingsBy Amanda Metcalf

Travel Leaders Corporate now resells the automated version of Yapta's RoomIQ and FareIQ reshopping services, branding the offering as Price Optimizer.... KEEP READING

Marriott RevPAR Rises Year over Year in Q2 While Guidance DropsBy Donna M. Airoldi

Continuing a trend set by other hotel companies as they've released their second-quarter earnings, Marriott International has lowered its 2019 global... KEEP READING

Moving Human Trafficking Awareness Beyond the Travel Industry's Front LinesBy Donna M. Airoldi

At a Tacoma, Wash., hotel, a housekeeper standing in a hallway saw a man turn back into a hotel room and tell an unseen person: Keep the blinds closed;... KEEP READING

Airbnb Acquires UrbandoorBy Donna M. Airoldi

Airbnb has acquired Urbandoor, a platform of furnished and serviced apartments tailored for extended business trips and relocations. Founded in 2015,... KEEP READING

Tripbam Updates Hotel Intelligence SolutionBy Donna M. Airoldi

Hotel reshopping provider Tripbam has enhanced its Hotel Intelligence solution's benchmarking and analytics capabilities. The update allows travel... KEEP READING

Yapta Streamlines Recommendations on Hotel Analytics ToolBy Dawit Habtemariam

Yapta has launched a second version of its hotel analytics tool TravelAI Hotel, a year after the initial version. The tool complements Yapta's... KEEP READING

Hyatt Relaunches Mobile App for Loyalty MembersBy Donna M. Airoldi

Hyatt Hotels Corp. has released a new version of its World of Hyatt mobile app. The new and expanded features allow loyalty members to request items to... KEEP READING

Hyatt Revises Its 2019 Guidance on RevPAR, Room Growth & Net IncomeBy Donna M. Airoldi

Hyatt Hotels Corp. reported a 10.6 percent year-over-year increase in net income for the second quarter, to $86 million. "Strong transient demand drove... KEEP READING

Wyndham Will Open 500 Hotels in China in Next Three YearsBy Donna M. Airoldi

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts aims to open 500 hotels in China over the next three years. The company's Asia/Pacific region already includes more than... KEEP READING

What Makes for a Great Hotel Program? It's in the DataBy Tripbam CEO Steve Reynolds

As the hotel technology provider to hundreds of large, medium and small corporations, we get a unique perspective into what makes for a good hotel... KEEP READING

Accor RevPAR Growth Improved in Q2By Donna M. Airoldi

Accor's second-quarter and first-half 2019 earnings show the company is on track with its guidance for the year. Companywide revenue per available room... KEEP READING

Air & Hotel Rate Outlook for 2020, Region by RegionBy Dawit Habtemariam

Global hotel rates will rise modestly in 2020 compared with previous years, by 1.3 percent, according to CWT's 2020 Global Travel Forecast, as supply... KEEP READING

Hickory Global Partners Adds Serviced Apartment OfferingsBy Donna M. Airoldi

Clients of travel agency consortium Hickory Global Partners now have access to 1 million units from The Apartment Service, which offers serviced... KEEP READING

How Hotel Rates Will Change in 2020 & WhyBy Amanda Metcalf

The American Express Global Business Travel Hotel Monitor 2020 forecasts hotel rate changes, based on local currencies, from 2019 to 2020 for select... KEEP READING

Mathias Saleborn Joins BridgeStreetBy Donna M. Airoldi

Mathias Saleborn has joined extended-stay and corporate housing provider BridgeStreet as managing director of EMEA and Asia/Pacific, where he will... KEEP READING

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