Thoughts for the week
- Jun 02, 2026
You can fall in love at first sight with a place as with a person. ~Alec WaughSome places speak distinctly. …
Categories: Hotel
TTD: Galileo Leisure gears up for World Cup
Phil Davies - Jun 02, 2026
Galileo Leisure claims to be offering agents access to "unrivalled" hotel accommodation during the World Cup in Germany. In advance…
TTD: ‘Wrong kind of guests’ attracted by internet to top hotels
Phil Davies - Jun 02, 2026
Europe’s best hotels must prevent the internet from filling them with ‘the wrong kind of guests’.The call came from Supranational…
TTD: US travel search giant set for major European push
Bev - Jun 02, 2026
US travel search engine Kayak.com is poised to break into the European market after securing a financing deal from a…
TTD: Date set for TravelMole Web Awards
Phil Davies - Jun 02, 2026
The 2006 TravelMole Web Awards are to be presented on June 22 in London. More than 400 nominations for…
TTD: Gohop.com inventory deal with PlacesToStay
Phil Davies - Jun 02, 2026
Irish online travel site Gohop.com has signed an inventory agreement with FEXCO’s PlacesToStay hotel reservation programme. PlacesToStay provides travel…
TTD: Expedia partners with Amadeus
Phil Davies - Jun 02, 2026
Expedia has forged a long-term technology partnership with Amadeus as part of a multiple GDS strategy. Connectivity with Amadeus…
TTD: TravelMole Q&A with David Roche, hotels.com
Phil Davies - Jun 02, 2026
David Roche, vice president and managing director, hotels.com and Expedia Private Label, Europe, Middle East and Africa, answers questions posed…
TTD: Amadeus expands hotel offering
Bev - Jun 02, 2026
Amadeus has added 4,000 European hotels to its system after signing agreements with hotel.de and HotelAG. Hotel.de has 2,000 hotels,…
TTD: Bedbank.net in white-label venture with Kwik Travel
Phil Davies - Jun 02, 2026
Bedbank.net is to become sole provider of accommodation-only inventory to Kwik Travel’s home-working network. The deal is expected to boost…
TTD: Web accounts for under 10% of travel marketing budgets
Phil Davies - Jun 02, 2026
Under 10% of annual marketing budgets are being spent by travel companies on their websites, a new survey shows. …
TTD: Galileo is ‘shocked’ by report of £20 million unclaimed hotel commissions
Bev - Jun 02, 2026
Galileo had admitted it was shocked by a report out last week claiming UK agents are failing to chase around…
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