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Air France Quits Offering Customer Support Via Twitter

Blaming Twitter for changing its terms and conditions, Air France said on Friday it would stop offering customer support via the social media platform's direct messages for its accounts worldwide. KLM, a sister brand, has yet to make a similar move. Update: 4pm ET: An Air France spokesperson clarified, "Twitter's recent change in access to…

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

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Yelp Taps Turbocharged AI to Improve Online Search

Yelp has for months been testing how it could use the latest generation of artificial intelligence (AI) without undermining the trust of the consumers who use it to find business listings. On Wednesday, the U.S.-based user-generated reviews company released an updated search interface based on these advances. For instance, a search for places serving "breakfast"…

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

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Ad Age Bestows Hilton With Award for Best Rebrand

When Ad Age announced its "2023 Creativity Awards" on Monday, it handed one to Hilton for having the year's "best rebrand." The hotel giant's brand platform, “It Matters Where You Stay,” helped the U.S.-based hotel giant differentiate itself from competitors, the trade publication said. Ad Age praised Hilton's campaign — created by agency TBWA\Chiat\Day New…

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

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Foreigners Are Investing in Japan’s Hotels at an Above-Average Pace

Overseas buyers have made up nearly half of the recent investment in Japanese hotels because of the yen's relative weakness to other currencies, Japan's lower interest rates compared to rates in many other major countries, and a rebound in international tourism. Bloomberg News reported the following striking statement: "Overseas buyers were responsible for 47% of…

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

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IHG Doesn’t Rule Out Public Listing Move From London to New York

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG Hotels & Resorts) CEO Keith Barr told the Financial Times this week that "several shareholders" had asked his team at an investor roadshow last month if it would consider a switch away from listing on the London stock market to New York's exchanges. Barr told FT reporter Oliver Barnes: "There’s no…

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

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Ennismore to Tap Investment Firm Cain to Fuel Delano Hotels Growth

Ennismore, the lifestyle hospitality group, said on Thursday it's in exclusive talks for "a long-term partnership" with Cain, a privately held investment firm, to scale the hotel brand Delano worldwide. The companies didn't disclose the terms of the proposed deal. French giant Accor has a majority shareholding in Ennismore. Under the plan, Cain — which…

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

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Travel Agency Pangea to Double Revenue on Retail Store Model

The conventional wisdom back in 2015 was that travel agencies were a shrinking business. But that year, Spanish entrepreneur David Hernández thought he saw a whitespace for creating a fast-growing travel agency business, and he launched plans to create Pangea. Fast forward to 2022, and his "travel store" invoiced close to 50 million euros in…

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

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Hilton to Add Peloton Bikes to Hotels in Germany, Canada, and Britain by July

Hilton Worldwide said on Wednesday it was expanding its partnership with connected fitness-equipment maker Peloton to add its bikes to hotels in three new overseas markets: Germany, Britain, and "participating properties" in Canada. Hilton had already added at least one Peloton bike to each of its 5,400 U.S.-based hotels by last December. Hilton sees partnerships…

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

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Ennismore’s Mondrian Singapore to Open by June 2023

Mondrian Singapore Duxton, a 302-room luxury hotel, has seen its opening delayed by a couple of months. The Straits Times has a fun profile by Louisa Lim of all the frenzy behind-the-scenes in how the joint venture by hotel group Accor and lifestyle brand builder Ennismore aims to get the five-star hotel just right. An…

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

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Marriott Gets Mexico’s Approval to Move Forward on Midscale Push

Marriott International said on Friday it had received an okay from Mexico's competition watchdog for its acquisition of the City Express brand portfolio from Hoteles City Express. The news clears the path for the $100 million deal, first announced in October, and which may now close before June. The hotel group seeks entry into the…

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago