Business travel is booming back - Business travel spending may reach or even top pre-pandemic levels by the end of the year, a new Deloitte report finds.

Jul 18, 2024 • Travel

CBRE on AI's impact on hotels - Technological advances are likely to significantly change the relationships between hotel brands, third-party management companies, hotel owners, and OTAs and metasearch platforms.

Jul 18, 2024 • Hospitality

Hoteliers accuse Booking.com of ‘unfair business practices’ - Hotrec members accuse the OTA of withholding guest data from hotel partners and preventing hotels from offering better rates on their own websites.

Jul 18, 2024 • Hospitality

Accor repositions Pullman for blended travel - Pre-pandemic, “bleisure” travel typically meant extending a business trip into the weekend. Now, blended travel is more about mindset, integration, and purpose.

Jul 18, 2024 • Hospitality

Lower volume, more satisfaction: Insights on Guest Experience 2nd Quarter 2024 - Guest satisfaction has surpassed pre-COVID levels, but despite higher satisfaction, there was a slight 2.9% drop in review volume compared to Q2 2023.

Jul 18, 2024 • Hospitality

IHG debuts ‘low carbon’ hotels - The company's Low Carbon Pioneers program brings together energy efficient hotels that have no fossil fuels combusted on-site and are backed by renewable energy.

Jul 17, 2024 • Hospitality

U.S. travel prices decline - For the second month in a row, prices throughout the travel sector have fallen, and at a steeper rate than the overall economy.

Jul 17, 2024 • Travel

Expedia launches new One Key credit cards - Designed to complement Expedia's One Key loyalty program, the new cards offer more flexibility, savings and rewards for U.S. travelers.

Jul 17, 2024 • Hospitality