Business Travel By the NumbersSTR and Tourism Economics’ latest 2020 U.S. hotel forecast, issued in mid-May, offers a stark look at the catastrophic effect of the Covid-19 crisis on... KEEP READING
Former Travelport, Amex GBT Exec Campana Joins LodgeLinkBy Chris DavisFormer Travelport and American Express Global Business Travel executive Vincent Campana has joined LodgeLink as vice president and chief commercial... KEEP READING
SilverDoor Integrates Booking Tool with ConcurBy Molly DysonServiced apartment agency SilverDoor has integrated its Orbi booking technology with expense management system SAP Concur through a new app developed in... KEEP READING
Red Lion Removes Interim Tag from CEO RussellBy Adam PerrottaRed Lion Hotels Corp. has named John Russell Jr. as permanent CEO, the company announced Tuesday. Russell had been serving as Red Lion's interim CEO... KEEP READING
Paycheck Protection Program Enhancements Can Help Travel IndustryBy Donna M. AiroldiThe United States Senate this week passed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 that eases rules around how small businesses can use... KEEP READING
MYSA Launches Serviced Apartment Sourcing and Booking PlatformsBy Molly DysonU.K. firm MYSA, formerly called My Serviced Apartment Consultancy, is releasing new sourcing and booking platforms to allow corporates to control and... KEEP READING
Hyatt Extends Cancellation Policy Through July 2021By Donna M. AiroldiHyatt Hotels Corp. has updated its cancellation policy and now will allow reservations booked directly through Hyatt for stays through July 31, 2021, to... KEEP READING
Oyo Hotels Launches 'Scrubbed Clean' Program in U.S.By Donna M. AiroldiJoining all the major hotel companies, Oyo Hotels has rolled out a new cleaning initiative for its more than 300 properties in the United States, the... KEEP READING
Hotel CEOs See Domestic Starts to Years-Long RecoveryBy Donna M. AiroldiThe global hotel industry over the next 12 to 24 months will look different, but in three years will recover and "it will look like it did three to four... KEEP READING
IHG Introduces Dynamic Reward NightsBy Donna M. AiroldiInterContinental Hotels Group's IHG Rewards Club has introduced dynamic pricing for reward nights at its hotels, the company announced. ... KEEP READING
Marriott Occupancy Level Cracks 20 Percent in U.S., 40 Percent in ChinaBy Donna M. AiroldiDuring the past five weeks, Marriott International's U.S. occupancy level incrementally has ticked up a percentage point and a half per week, and has... KEEP READING
CWT Expands Hotel-Sourcing Integration With ConcurBy Donna M. AiroldiCWT clients using Concur Travel now can source all their hotel content through Roomit by CWT, the travel management company's hotel distribution... KEEP READING
PwC 2020 U.S. Hotel Forecast Revised Sharply DownBy Donna M. AiroldiNoting that "never in the 29-year history of this publication has the industry been in a comparable situation," PricewaterhouseCoopers in its latest... KEEP READING
Marriott Extends Furloughs to October, Anticipates Further Staff ReductionsBy Donna M. AiroldiMarriott International on Wednesday announced that the furloughs and reduced work schedules announced in March and implemented in April because of the... KEEP READING
CBRE: U.S. Hotel Occupancy Won't Fully Recover Until Late 2022By Donna M. AiroldiAfter registering the steepest declines on record in 2020 during the pandemic, the U.S. lodging industry should turn around rapidly in 2021 and 2022,... KEEP READING
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