Lodging

Benchmark Hospitality International promoted Greg Champion to president and COO. Champion has been with The Woodlands, Texas-based Benchmark since 2009... KEEP READING

Hogg Robinson Group booked more hotel room nights between January and June 2015 than during the same period last year, according to the travel... KEEP READING

La Quinta Holdings president and CEO Wayne Goldberg resigned by mutual agreement with La Quinta's board. CFO Keith Cline will step in as interim... KEEP READING

Global airfares will remain flat year over year in 2016, while hotel rates will rise between 3 percent and 5 percent, BCD Travel’s Advito consultancy... KEEP READING

BCD Travel signed a long-term agreement with tripBAM and plans to offer the tool to its clients.... KEEP READING

“We’ve really been negotiating the same way since about 1937,” Cisco Systems global travel procurement director Susan Lichtenstein said of travel... KEEP READING

The Federal Trade Commission can proceed with its data breach lawsuit against Wyndham Worldwide Corp. after an appeals court this week denied Wyndham’s... KEEP READING

U.S. hotels will collect a record $2.47 billion in fees and surcharges during 2015, according to New York University hospitality clinical professor... KEEP READING

Airbnb for Business signed 500 companies within 24 hours of launching its global travel management suite, the company announced. Airbnb reported that... KEEP READING

In the wake of a 2014 joint-venture deal with Singapore-based real estate developer Mapletree Group that was designed to facilitate aggressive global... KEEP READING

The average daily rate at U.S. hotels in July increased 5.9 percent year over year to $124.32, according to STR. Occupancy rose 2.3 percent to 75.3... KEEP READING

Travel technology firm Lanyon this month added a new feature to its Rate Integrity Suite to combat rate squatting. The company's Reverse Audit program... KEEP READING

In February, a handful of DHL board members traveled to Miami, some from out of the country. Weeks in advance of the meeting, the CEO's executive... KEEP READING

The number of available rooms in U.S. hotels surpassed 5 million for the first time, according to STR. The company’s most recent hotel census, for June,... KEEP READING

The Trump Hotel Collection appointed Eric Danziger its first CEO, the company announced Tuesday. Danziger most recently served as CEO of Hampshire... KEEP READING