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News / Online

AirDNA acquired by Alpine Investors

By Jill Menze | March 14, 2022

The acquisition partnership will help fuel the short-term rental data provider’s growth. Read More

News / Distribution

Direct bookings rise, but cruise execs still want travel advisors' business

By Johanna Jainchill - Travel Weekly | March 14, 2022

The shift is due to passengers becoming more comfortable booking digitally with cruise lines and because some travel agencies didn't survive the last two years. Read More

News / Technology

VIDEO: Bringing the digital touch to hotels for a more efficient future

By PhocusWire | March 14, 2022

We talk to consultant and tech strategist Max Starkov about the need for hotels to automate now, during our recent PhocusWire Pulse: A New Traveler Experience event. Read More

Interview / Online

Sounding Off: Business travel needs a lot of stars to align right now

By PhocusWire | March 11, 2022

A swift resolution to the Ukraine crisis will be extremely welcome from a humanitarian perspective, most importantly, but a prolonged conflict will not be what a recovering industry -... Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: PhocusWire Flash - Crisis In Ukraine

By PhocusWire | March 11, 2022

Executives from the World Travel & Tourism Council, Tripadvisor and Road.travel join PhocusWire for a discussion of the war in Ukraine and its implications from both a humanitarian and economic... Read More

News / Online

Google pauses “vast majority” of commercial activity in Russia, adds tools for hotels

By Jill Menze | March 10, 2022

In addition to pausing commercial activity in Russia, Google will allow hotels in countries neighboring Ukraine to indicate if they’re offering free or discounted accommodations. Read More

News / Technology

The wider trends driving business travel recovery

By Linda Fox | March 10, 2022

Many large companies now say they will continue to offer more flexible working going forward enabling employees to choose whether they work from home or the office or both. Read More

News / Distribution

OTA Insight buys Transparent in bid to cover full accommodation sector

By Kevin May | March 10, 2022

The combination of the two brands is being positioned as a way of giving hotels and rental properties the opportunity to access data and business intel on their markets and competition. Read More

Interview / Technology

In The Big Chair - Michele Fitzpatrick of Eviivo

By Mitra Sorrells | March 10, 2022

Since 2012, Michele Fitzpatrick has been CEO of U.K.-based Eviivo, which provides a cloud-based booking and property management platform. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Four ways to help women win in STEM

By Sharon Doyle - Travelport | March 9, 2022

Despite the push for gender equality in STEM careers, women are still the minority in these fields. Change doesn’t happen overnight, but there are actions we can all take to balance the scales. Read More

News / Online

Airbnb "closely evaluating" new host applications in Ukraine

By Mitra Sorrells | March 9, 2022

With at least $2 million already paid to hosts of properties in Ukraine via Airbnb, the company says it is evaluating inquiries from new hosts more closely than it normally would. Read More

News / Online

Black representation in hospitality leadership not making gains

By Jill Menze | March 9, 2022

According to a Castell Project report, Black representation in leadership for the public face of the hospitality is not making the gains necessary to show opportunity for Black employees. Read More

News / Distribution

Action speaks louder than data in diversity and inclusion

By Linda Fox | March 8, 2022

Collecting data on diversity and inclusion should not be something that ends up in a drawer, says GBTA's diversity vice chair. Read More

Opinion / Online

How women in tech can break through the leadership glass ceiling

By Jane Sun - Trip.com Group | March 8, 2022

As a female business executive and a working mother, striving for gender equality and ensuring women are offered the same opportunities as their male counterparts is really important to me. Read More