Choice launches price war against budget brands
Jeremy Skidmore - Aug 21, 2026
Choice Hotels has hit out at the growing number of budget ‘lodge’ properties and claims that it will match their…
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Travelodge sold for £675m
Phil Davies - Aug 21, 2026
Budget chain Travelodge has been acquired by a Dubai-based investment firm for £675 million. Dubai International Capital has purchased the…
UK launch for Hotel upSell
Phil Davies - Aug 21, 2026
Technology that enables hoteliers to automatically offer upgrades when travel agents book hotel rooms via Sabre has been introduced in…
Mulpha bids for control of Australia’s Grand Hotel Group
John Alwyn-Jones - Aug 21, 2026
Malaysian owned property group Mulpha International Bhd has made a bid to take control of publicly-traded Australian luxury hotel group…
Jasons Travel Media – new Chief Executive
Graham Muldoon - Aug 21, 2026
Travel publisher John Sandford is to step aside as Chief Executive and Publisher of Jasons Travel Media, the company he…
Excessive commissions will undermine struggling domestic tourism industry
Graham Muldoon - Aug 18, 2026
Excessive commissions on holiday units will further undermine Australia’s struggling domestic tourism industry, leading holiday destination website totaltravel.com has warned.…
Georgia, Alaska properties earn sustainability awards
David - Aug 17, 2026
Little St. Simons Island in Georgia and Sadie Cove Wilderness Lodge in Alaska were awarded “Benchmarked” certificates by Green Globe,…
Multi-million facelifts at Mexican resorts aimed towards five-star status
David - Aug 17, 2026
Cozumel is about to get its first five-star resort and Cancun has completed a $20 million beach improvement which could…
New company going after $45 billion meeting market niche
David - Aug 17, 2026
Groupology, LLC has signed with Pegasus Solutions to go after what it calls the “largely untapped” $45 billion small group…
Business travelers remain loyal to brand name hotels
David - Aug 14, 2026
Business travelers prefer branded, full-service lodging, according to a new study. The yearly National Business Travelers Monitor prepared by Yesawich,…
Luxury hotels looking at more in-room pampering
David - Aug 14, 2026
A growing trend among many luxury hotel and resort properties: offering in-room menus to allow guests to decide the comforts…
Canopy tours among creative meeting venues offered at Texas conference center
David - Aug 14, 2026
Canopy tours zipping through 100-year-old cypress trees are among the various unusual meeting venues being offered at Barton Creek Resort…
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