This summer, Trip.com, an international online travel brand and a Ctrip Group company, sent volunteers abroad for the first time, to participate in a week-long charity program in the West African nation of Sierra Leone.
IHG extends #We’re there, offers 10,000 free night stays around the world
IHG Hotels & Resorts builds upon We’re there, its global marketing campaign launched in June for Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express by surprising travelers with 10,000 free nights for stays at properties around the world.
Four underrated destinations to visit this year
WorldHotels proposes four underrated, yet charming destinations that offer enough art, culture, history, food and wine to satisfy.
VisitEngland wooing young Brits to holiday at home
VisitEngland has launched the next phase of its campaign to get more young Brits to take a short break at home with a series of new short films and images.
Prince Harry launches global sustainable travel initiative, Travalyst
Booking.com, Ctrip, Skyscanner, TripAdvisor and Visa join forces with the Duke of Sussex in first-of-its-kind industry-wide initiative dedicated to exploring and promoting solutions to make all travel more sustainable
Flight Centre launches The Travel Junction to service B2B market
Flight Centre Travel Group announced it had created a new division within the global product business designed to service the B2B travel market with direct access to the travel company’s unique and highly valued broad range of contracted products.
How investors are finding value in obsolete buildings
In an increasingly tight real estate market, more and more investors are finding value in adapting obsolete buildings.
China’s hotel construction pipeline hits all-time high
Analysts at Lodging Econometrics report that at the end of the first half of 2019, China’s total construction pipeline swelled to 2,991 projects/592,884 rooms, up 19% by projects and 7% by rooms year-over-year (YOY), both at all-time highs, amidst an economic slowdown.
Aimbridge Hospitality and Interstate Hotels & Resorts to merge
The combined company will manage a portfolio of more than 1,400 branded and independent properties in 49 states and 20 countries.
Tmall Culture aims to connect worldwide museums with one billion Chinese tourist
Tmall Culture fascinated Paris with the Summer Palace and the Old Summer Palace, aiming to be a bridge connecting worldwide museums with one billion Chinese customers
