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Big Plans from IHG's New CEO

InterContinental Hotels Group CEO Keith Barr assumed his new role as head executive on July 1, stepping up from his prior position as chief commercial... KEEP READING

AccorHotels Bolstered by New Businesses in Q3By Julie Sickel

AccorHotels reported positive revenue growth during the third quarter, up 6.4 percent year over year to 504 million euros.... KEEP READING

IHG Sees Mild Growth in Americas in Q3By Julie Sickel

InterContinental Hotels Group reported tepid growth in both average daily rate and occupancy in the Americas during the third quarter.... KEEP READING

Kimpton & IHG Loyalty Programs Will MergeBy Julie Sickel

InterContinental Hotels Group in early 2018 will combine its IHG Rewards Club program with Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants' Kimpton Karma Rewards program... KEEP READING

AccorHotels Goes Live on TripLinkBy JoAnn DeLuna

AccorHotels has gone live on Concur TripLink, which means that customers who link their Concur and AccorHotels Le Club loyalty program accounts can... KEEP READING

STR: U.S. Hotel Pipeline Marked Almost 7 Percent YOY Growth in SeptemberBy Julie Sickel

The U.S. hotel pipeline for September was 6.6 percent greater than in September 2016, according to STR. Rooms reached 585,248 across 4,886 projects... KEEP READING

Hyatt Reports Credit Card BreachBy Julie Sickel

Hyatt Hotels Corp. has notified its customers of a payment card breach that occurred at a number of its hotels between March 18 and July 2. The... KEEP READING

AccorHotels Will Buy Australia's Mantra GroupBy Julie Sickel

AccorHotels will acquire Australian hotel and resort operator Mantra Group in a transaction that will significantly increase Accor's already strong... KEEP READING

Serko & Gullivers Travel Partner for Hotel ContentBy Julie Sickel

Booking and expense tool Serko has formed a hotel content partnership with Gullivers Travel Associates that will grow Serko into "one of the single... KEEP READING

Autodesk's Finch Finds Savings Outside His Comfort ZoneBy Michael B. Baker

When Autodesk director of global travel and meeting services Bruce Finch began to explore using Airbnb's corporate portal, "I went into it kicking and... KEEP READING

How Some of the Major Hotel Companies Stack Up for AIBy Julie Sickel

Artificial intelligence software app company Noodle.ai has ranked a number of major hotel companies on AI adoption versus stock value. "There are really... KEEP READING

NYU Study Projects 2018 Corporate Hotel Rate Increases Will Be More ModestBy Julie Sickel

With the 2018 hotel RFP season underway for many in the corporate travel buying community, an analysis from New York University's Bjorn Hanson pegs the... KEEP READING

AccorHotels Buys Parent of HCorpo and Teldar TravelBy Julie Sickel

AccorHotels will acquire France-based business travel solutions and distribution company Gekko Group.... KEEP READING

Promising Q4 Outlook for North American HotelsBy Julie Sickel

The outlook for the North American hotel industry is looking up for the fourth quarter, according to TravelClick. Overall bookings for those three... KEEP READING

Airbnb Bookings Feed into Travel Risk Manager AnvilBy Amanda Metcalf

Airbnb bookings now flow directly into travel risk management provider Anvil's Employee Travel Monitoring System. "Corporate travelers and those booking... KEEP READING

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