Coronavirus and Travel

Marking the first major German exhibition of 2022, the ISM and ProSweets Cologne show has wrapped. Is it a sign that in-person trade shows are on a reliable path to recovery?

Omni's strategy for convention hotels is stuffing the ground floor with local restaurants and bars, offering a revenue lift in tough times. But it also costs a lot of money to develop. If you build it, it better be cool enough to motivate local residents to show up.

It was an unexpected sign of hiring strength for U.S. hotels at the beginning of 2022, but the industry still needs to find ways to close a labor shortage gap before the busy summer travel season.

Travelport is certainly firming up a lot of the themes alluded to in its rebranding. And it's good timing, as the travel tech giant's reincarnation may well coincide with the business travel sector's delayed recovery.

While some of us barely know how to keep a potted plant alive, Valerio Morano Sagliocco and his team make sure many hotels, residential developments, and other businesses never have to worry about leaves losing their green — or whatever color they’re supposed to be — luster.

The pandemic skewed the line between where we work and where we play — and it’s likely to stay that way indefinitely. Hotels need to prioritize the balance of crucial technology with the comforts of home more than ever before.

It won’t be an easy task, but Choice Hotels moving beyond the sectors that gave it durability during the pandemic makes sense for the recovery — if it manages to build the right upscale portfolio.

Airlines, hotels, taxi firms and travel management companies owe more than half a trillion dollars. Here's how companies can offset price surges as their suppliers look to pay off mounting debts.

Millions more essential workers could be hitting the road in the coming years, thanks to Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. And that’s a lot of bookings for all travel companies, if they're prepared to do their homework early on.

Disruption is the name of the game coming out of a downturn, and it's only natural some hotel owners will migrate to a lower-cost tech platform. But Keith Barr is pretty comfortable with where his global hotel operation stands on the tech front to keep owners within the IHG family.