Category: News

January 6, 2023

High Travel Prices Costly to Travel Morale For the last several months, we have been wondering if and when Americans’ patience with the high costs of travel will run thin. This may be coming to fruition. Currently 45% of Americans […]

January 6, 2023

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — DECEMBER 2022 Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 223,000 in December, and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Notable job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, […]

January 5, 2023

1) Revenge travel took off The introduction of vaccines and the softening of restrictions brought about a surge in demand, and for destinations that were quick to open up, a booming era of travel. This meant that relative to 2020, […]

January 4, 2023

Ignore it if you want: the metaverse of 2022 is just like the internet of the early 1990s. It could change everything. Picture this: it’s 2030 and you’re going on a date. You scour reviews for the best restaurant and […]

January 3, 2023

Jeni Mundy, global head of merchant sales and acquiring at Visa As cross-border travel continues to climb, digital payment methods will lead the way for travelers who want to avoid currency exchanges or hunting down the nearest ATM to withdraw […]

December 30, 2022

Fasten Your Seat Belts Our October cover story was a deep dive into the issues that plagued meeting planners and their traveling attendees this summer: delays, cancellations and other issues that made even quick flights a challenge. In an exclusive […]

December 28, 2022

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and the Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals Association (HFTP) announced today a 10-year agreement to jointly produce the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry (USALI). The USALI is used all over […]

December 28, 2022

The United States will impose mandatory COVID-19 tests on travelers from China, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday, joining India, Italy, Japan and Taiwan in taking new measures after Beijing’s decision to lift stringent zero-COVID policies. The officials told reporters […]

December 27, 2022

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and the Saudi-based Sustainable Tourism Global Center have unveiled revolutionary new data detailing the climate footprint of the Travel & Tourism sector in the Asia Pacific region (APAC). According to the data, between […]

December 16, 2022

The BBC reports that a massive hotel lobby aquarium has exploded in a Berlin Radisson Blu hotel. The lobby design feature was called the “Aqua Dom” and was claimed to be the largest free-standing cylindrical aquarium in the world. It […]

November 30, 2022

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) launched its Cities Economic Impact Report (EIR) at the 22nd Global Summit in Riyadh today. Sponsored by Visa, the report shows cities remain the powerhouses of global tourism and will drive the recovery […]

November 29, 2022

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has today unveiled groundbreaking new data detailing the climate footprint of the global Travel & Tourism sector. The findings were launched today at the global tourism body’s 22nd Global Summit in Riyadh by […]

November 23, 2022

Few people start their workday expecting an emergency to happen, but according to American Aerospace Engineer Edward Murphy Jr. who worked on safety-critical systems: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” If you’re not a believer in “Murphy’s Law,” […]

November 18, 2022

Summit Hotel Properties (NYSE: INN) has announced a partnership with Onera Escapes starting with the acquisition of a 90 percent joint venture interest in Onera Fredericksburg, a premium landscape hotel (glamping) asset located in Texas wine country, as well as […]

November 10, 2022

The European tourism sector successfully endured another challenging summer as worsening inflation and staff shortages threatened recovery. European airlines held up well, with August flight volumes down just 11% relative to 2019. Encouraging data suggests a positive outlook for 2022, […]

November 9, 2022

A former concierge doctor providing on-call services to patients, Jonathan Leary is attuned to the impact of the built environment on minds and bodies. So it’s no surprise to him that many people are averse to typical spaces focused on […]

November 9, 2022

In a joint letter to Mel Stride MP, UKHospitality, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), the Institute of Hospitality and charity Springboard, have called on the Minister to support a new industry-wide recruitment campaign, […]

November 8, 2022

From theme park destinations to bustling metropolitan areas, Americans are crisscrossing the country this Thanksgiving. AAA has compiled a list of the top domestic destinations based on flight, hotel, and rental car bookings for Thanksgiving week. Orlando and Anaheim top […]

November 7, 2022

The share of holiday travelers who plan to stay in hotels is up this year, and hotels are the top lodging choice among those certain to travel for leisure in the next three months, according to a new national Hotel […]

November 2, 2022

Jimmy Wales once said, “If it isn’t on Google, it doesn’t exist.” In many ways, Wales was correct – Google is, after all, often viewed as the ultimate gatekeeper of the internet. If we want to know the answer to […]