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Hotels

Premier Inn to Grow Hotel Room Count by 25% Before 2030

Premier Inn hotels are like shoeboxes, but their beds have comfy mattresses that come with a "good sleep" guarantee. The profitable brand anticipates strong growth in the UK and Germany.

Sean O'Neill | 1 hour ago

Premier Inn to Grow Hotel Room Count by 25% Before 2030

Airlines

Clear Becomes an Enrollment Provider for TSA Pre-Check

Clear, which rose to popularity by allowing flyers to speed through long security lines with its use of biometrics, will now be the third enrollment provider for TSA Pre-Check.

Meghna Maharishi | 3 hours ago

Clear Becomes an Enrollment Provider for TSA Pre-Check

Airlines

IndiGo’s Global Ambitions Take Shape: New Details From CEO Pieter Elbers

IndiGo isn't happy just being the largest airline in India. The carrier wants to be taken seriously as a global aviation player.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 4 hours ago

IndiGo’s Global Ambitions Take Shape: New Details From CEO Pieter Elbers

Airlines

Dubai Airports CEO Suggests Current Hub Could Become Obsolete

With a new $35 billion facility on the way, Paul Griffiths says the city doesn't need two airports.

Josh Corder | 8 hours ago

Dubai Airports CEO Suggests Current Hub Could Become Obsolete

Hotels

Oyo Plans to Add 250 Hotels in U.S. This Year

While Oyo may look to go upscale in India its growth strategy in the U.S. primarily relies on its budget hotel segment.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 9 hours ago

Oyo Plans to Add 250 Hotels in U.S. This Year

Daily Lodging Report

Hotel Franchising Doubles in Southeast Asia

A new report says that hotel franchising is rapidly expanding in Southeast Asia, providing local hotel owners significant growth opportunities despite market challenges.

9 hours ago

Airlines

Australian Airline Bonza Cancels All Flights Leaving Thousands of Passengers Stranded

Bonza sought to shake-up the establishment by bringing low-cost travel to smaller towns and cities across Australia.

Gordon Smith | 10 hours ago

Australian Airline Bonza Cancels All Flights Leaving Thousands of Passengers Stranded

Airlines

Volotea: The Biggest Low-Cost Airline You’ve Never Heard Of

Volotea is something of a maverick among European budget carriers. It's strategy according to CEO Carlos Muñoz? Don't chase the big guys and get the basics right.

Gordon Smith | 12 hours ago

Volotea: The Biggest Low-Cost Airline You’ve Never Heard Of

Airlines

Spain’s Tourism Protests Are Also About Affordable Housing

Today's podcast looks at China's domestic planes, protests in the Canary Islands, and genuine luxury travel.

Rashaad Jorden | 13 hours ago

Spain’s Tourism Protests Are Also About Affordable Housing

Business Travel

State Bank of India Launches Its First Travel Credit Card – India Report

While there are several co-branded credit cards offered by airlines and hotels, banks releasing travel-focused core credit cards indicates a shift in consumer preference and the rising popularity of travel credit cards in India.

Bulbul Dhawan | 16 hours ago

State Bank of India Launches Its First Travel Credit Card – India Report

Daily Lodging Report

Hotels See a Rebound in Business Travel 

A new report points to a resurgence in business travel, with group travel boosting hotels and companies increasingly sending employees on trips, challenging earlier predictions that virtual meetings would replace in-person business interactions permanently.

23 hours ago