Thursday Nights shaping up as battleground between leisure and group
Group business is beginning to pick up slowly, but capturing wallets and loyalty from this potentially profitable sector comes with a few extra challenges.
Will political, economic and environmental pressures begin to tell?
Businesses are looking at how much they spend and how frequently they travel, and potentially that will create a long-term challenge.
Savvy hoteliers are using value-adds to seal the deal
A combination of inflation, economic uncertainty and fluctuating gas prices could be prompting hesitancy in late-summer leisure travelers.
U.S. hotel profitability reached 32-month high in June. Summer travel demand has helped the Top 25 Markets leading the way in GOPPAR recovery.
Marriott declares 'outstanding' Q2 results. The company had seen demand continue to increase across all customer segments, as global RevPAR exceeded 2019 levels in June.
Egencia and TripActions on business travel evolution. Creating a leisure travel booking experience for business travel has been the goal for some time, but it remains elusive.
Cheaper travel is finally making a comeback. Even as bigger price drops await in the fall, superheated summer prices are already starting to cool.
Why is JPMorgan Chase building a travel agency? It’s about new customer acquisition and changing the nature of competition in the credit card space.
Google sees uptick in travel search activity. Searches for places to visit in the summer were up in Q2 two times globally year-over-year and searches for last-minute hotel deals were up 50%.
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