With southwest Florida reeling from Hurricane Ian’s destruction, hotels and resorts across Fort Myers, Sanibel and Captiva took to social media to provide limited updates. The situation on the Sanibel and Captiva islands appears particularly dire. According to reports, the Sanibel Causeway, which connects both islands to the Florida mainland, has partially collapsed. In a…
Hotels in beautiful Buenos Aires will be 30% more expensive next year. getty A new report from American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) predicts that hotel rates will rise across the board in 2023. That should surprise nobody, given high inflation rates around the world and the continued pent-up demand for travel in this…
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GET THE TRAVEL DISPATCH NEWSLETTER Essential news on the changing travel landscape, expert tips and inspiration for your future trips. Get it sent to your inbox. The Asia travel pause at Kensington Tours, where monthly sales figures were recently up 80 percent over the same period in 2019, is officially over. Travelers are going to Thailand…
In the months before March 2020, the food sellers in Kyoto’s Nishiki market often wished for an end to the seemingly endless stream of photo-hungry visitors from abroad who always seemed to be underfoot. “We weren’t used to foreign tourists,” said Nobuyuki Hatsuda, who leads a business alliance promoting the shopping street in the city…
While a week does not make a trend and the road to recovery for business and group travel will likely have many ups and downs, the latest weekly performance data from STR shows that demand for hotels is coming back, particularly in the U.S. top 25 markets, where its absence has been very apparent. The…
Sanjay is a Technologist and founder of Vervotech, a SaaS-based accommodation data provider. He also founded techspian. getty Every online travel business leader understands how critical it is to have a great partnership with hotel wholesellers. From offering the latest hotel products, rates and inventory, delivering hotel content and providing travel agents with incentives and…
Space exploration leader Voyager Space announced Hilton would be the official hotel partner of Starlab, the company’s planned free-flying commercial space station. Hilton will bring its renowned hospitality expertise to support the design and development of crew suites aboard Starlab, helping to reimagine the human experience in space and making extended stays more comfortable. ADVERTISING…
As was recently announced, AAA Corporate Travel will become Purdue University’s full-service travel agency on Tuesday (Sept. 20). Although Concur remains the University’s preferred method to book travel, AAA Corporate Travel will provide faculty, staff and students traveling on University business with comprehensive travel management and booking services. They can help arrange and book flights, ground…
Many travelers try to save money by searching the internet for cheaper hotel rates. But a new study suggests it may not be worth the time — at least in some places. The travel insurance comparison site InsureMyTrip compared rates for 950 hotels in 19 global cities on three popular booking websites as well as…