If you ask business travelers, they are not optimistic
The cost savings realized by companies in 2020, and the success of using video technology as a substitute for face-to-face meetings are significant reasons for this lack of optimism.
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Rising fares and inflation could impact travel spending
New data showed inflation in the United States has risen at the fastest rate since 1981, and the travel and tourism industries have already felt the force of the changes.
So far, the company operated pretty quietly within Airbnb
Coming out of the pandemic there will be a larger desire for “spontaneous travel,” which was an initial guiding principle of HotelTonight.
Three quarters of Europeans plan to travel this spring and summer. Spain is the most favoured destination, followed by Italy, France, Greece and Portugal.
Tipping point for transportation. A quarter of U.S. travelers say they chose to travel to a destination closer to home to reduce their carbon footprint, new research from Booking.com suggests.
Is direct hotel booking becoming a "boomer thing"? New research data suggests that 41% prefer OTAs, 29% book direct and another 29% like to book trips with travel agents or tour operators.
Tech is powering the new look of hotel loyalty programs. New apps offer personalization, and allow members to check in faster and stay better connected to the hotel.
Design Hotels taps Marriott engines. The company is launching a new Affiliation Model this summer, which will fully connect member hotels to its parent company’s distribution and loyalty programs.
How hotel marketers use entity search for SEO. A step further beyond keyword optimization, entity search focuses more on the context around search terms.
Cendyn: Data-driven strategies for mastering your marketing in 2022. Performance marketing may be defined by its access to data but it’s also limited by the marketer’s ability to wrangle the data firehose into a usable feed.
OTA Insight acquires Kriya RevGEN. A hotel revenue intelligence platform that integrates and normalizes disparate data sources across hotel systems to provide a consistent view of hotel performance.