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Shangri-La Hotels Will Distribute on CtripBy Amanda Metcalf

As luxury hotelier Shangri-La Group expands from Asia, it will distribute its content on Chinese travel conglomerate Ctrip, which, according to... KEEP READING

STR & Tourism Economics Downgrade 2019 U.S. Hotel Industry ForecastBy Dawit Habtemariam

Heading into 2019, group and corporate travel stays will be a consistent source of demand growth for hotel rooms in the U.S., according to STR VP Vail... KEEP READING

Long-Term Stay Provider BridgeStreet Adds 60,000 Units

Business travel extended-stay specialist BridgeStreet Global Hospitality is growing its inventory with more than 60,000 of what the company is calling... KEEP READING

Marriott Hit by Shutdown & D.C. Hotel Biz CratersBy Elizabeth West

Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson told Bloomberg Television today that the U.S. government shutdown is wreaking havoc on business in the Maryland-based... KEEP READING

U.S. Hotel Demand Growth Outpaced Supply Growth in 2018By Dawit Habtemariam

Demand for U.S. hotel room nights grew 2.5 percent year over year in 2018, compared with 2 percent growth in supply, according to STR. In raw numbers,... KEEP READING

Marriott Christens Consolidated Loyalty BrandBy Adam Perrotta

Marriott International will roll out Marriott Bonvoy next month to replace Marriott Rewards, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest. The... KEEP READING

RoomIt Pilot Accesses Independent-Hotel ContentBy Dawit Habtemariam

RoomIt, Carlson Wagonlit Travel's hotel distribution division, has partnered with SiteMinder, which helps hotels reach customers, including by pushing... KEEP READING

Marriott Updates on Passports, Payment Cards Involved in Data BreachBy Adam Perrotta

Marriott International has revised the number of guests affected by a major data breach of the Starwood reservations system announced in November,... KEEP READING

Homelike Enters NetherlandsBy Dawit Habtemariam

Homelike, a B2B platform for furnished apartments, launched in the Netherlands, listing 1,000 furnished apartments in Amsterdam for minimum rental... KEEP READING

Starwood Data Breach Boosts Case for Security Contract Terms & for Virtual CardsBy Adam Perrotta

Against the rising tide of data breaches, corporate travel managers are seeking ways to help protect the personal and financial information of their... KEEP READING

Tripbam in Reverse: Strategic Share ShiftBy Amon Cohen

Hotel rate assurance specialist Tripbam has launched a feature that automatically requests travelers to switch their hotel reservation to a nearby... KEEP READING

Marriott Discloses Starwood Data Breach Impacting Up to 500M GuestsBy Julie Sickel

Marriott International early Friday morning disclosed a massive breach of customer data in the Starwood guest reservation database. An investigation... KEEP READING

Business Travel by the Numbers

North American hotel outlook for August 2018 to July 2019; year-over-year changes in average daily rate and occupancy across the globe in July, August... KEEP READING

Hyatt Commission Reduction No Surprise to Meetings ProsBy Elizabeth West

A letter from Hyatt Hotels Corp.'s global head of sales and revenue Jack Horne announcing the hotel company's decision to cut meetings commissions from... KEEP READING

Groupize Takes Aim at Integrated Transient Travel & MeetingsBy Elizabeth West

Groupize debuted this week an enhanced capability that will allow meeting and travel managers to pool their resources with transient and simple meetings... KEEP READING

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