Travel Technology Digest – September news round-up
Phil Davies - Sep 29, 2026
11 September - HRG develops ‘one stop shop’ business travel portal 12 September - Lonely Planet website gets flight search…
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‘Pipeline of potential acquisitions remains strong’ – W&O
Phil Davies - Sep 29, 2026
Expanding luxury tour operating group Western & Oriental is continuing to look at further growth on the back of five…
Travelport shake-up sees Wilson head Galileo
Phil Davies - Sep 29, 2026
Travelport's EMEA Asia and Pacific business group president and CEO Gordon Wilson is to become president and CEO of Galileo. He…
Online start-up offers New York apartments to rent
Phil Davies - Sep 29, 2026
Internet start-up company NewYorkProperties.co.uk is offering UK travellers to the city the ability to rent apartments. Fully furnished studio apartments…
BCD wins two accounts
Phil Davies - Sep 29, 2026
Travel management company BCD Travel has won the business travel accounts of American Standard and Kodak. Manufacturing firm American Standard…
Flight delays most irritating aspect of business travel
Phil Davies - Sep 28, 2026
A third of people take up to three business trips a year, with 10% travelling ten or more times for…
ABTA’s Betton lands new PR role
Phil Davies - Sep 28, 2026
ABTA head of corporate affairs Keith Betton is to become an associate director of public relations company Siren PR. He…
Dubai move for SuperClubs
Phil Davies - Sep 28, 2026
All-inclusive gotel group SuperClubs is planning a move into the Middle East. The company, which runs the Grand Lido Resorts…
Hotel du Vin to open in Tyneside
Bev - Sep 28, 2026
Malmaison has acquired an historic building in Newcastle which it plans to convert into a Hotel Du Vin. Allan House…
Hotel boom in Atlanta with 38 new properties
David - Sep 28, 2026
Atlanta has finally taken off with this statistic as proof: by 2010, the city will have at least 38 new…
Hyatt, Ritz come on top for well-to-do travelers
David - Sep 28, 2026
Affluent travelers on business like Hyatt but for leisure prefer Ritz-Carlton, according to a 2006 “Portrait of Affluent Travelers” survey.…
Small Rhode Island looking at larger meetings
David - Sep 28, 2026
Larger conventions are expected to be attracted to Providence, R.I., with completion this month of a connection between the Dunkin’…
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