2022 Archives

Kyte wants to simplify car rentals, while yet another short-term rental platform, this time in Germany, raises millions.

The agency’s third-quarter results generally point in the right direction, as the public listing and acquisitions bed in. But the tech sector’s widespread layoffs, and that impact on the number of business trips that will be taken in the future, just can’t be ignored.

No, you weren't just imagining your social media timelines full of all your friends posting from Istanbul and Turkey this summer. It happened to be true.

The short booking travel booking windows that became the predominant mode of booking in the pandemic -- for obvious reasons with lots of uncertainty around Covid & travel plan --…

Some hotels that temporarily closed their pools during the pandemic are permanently replacing them with more profitable event space. Yet not all guests will like the trend.

Marriott International is debuting an extended-stay brand in the U.S. and Canada. Why buy a startup like Placemakr or Limehome when you can build your own brand?

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn will reduce travel times between Munich and Stuttgart to under two hours when a new high-speed rail line opens in December.

Most hospitality brands consider revenue per available room (RevPAR) as their primary success metric, but this measurement is limited to occupancy and rates. To generate greater revenue and increase guest satisfaction, hoteliers need to focus on total revenue, which includes experiences that go beyond the room.

In contrast to some other newbie CEOs, Rob Greyber articulated a clear vision about a new strategy during his first earnings call at the helm of Vacasa. If his focus on execution becomes reality, then the company could get turned around in earnest.

The sweet sound of "profit" seems to be making a slow and steady return in the earnings calls of travel companies in the Middle East.