Qantas has announced the first of a series of dedicated Frequent Flyer redemption flights across its network with seats only available to members redeeming Qantas Points.
Hoteliers in atypical destinations cash in with Airbnb
At the PATA Annual Summit in the Philippines, Airbnb announced new data that highlights how the Airbnb community is growing tourism in off-the-beaten-track destinations across Asia Pacific, and helping to disperse the benefits of tourism beyond big cities and major tourism hotspots.
New SkyTouch and iHotelier now integrated to help optimize revenue
The integration enables properties to use the iHotelier® Central Reservation System (CRS) and the SkyTouch Hotel Operations Platform collectively, enabling hoteliers to maximize revenue and maintain guest relationships.
New travel rules for New Zealand
Immigration New Zealand is introducing a new travel requirement for some visitors and transit passengers, which is expected to affect around 1.5 million travellers each year. It’s called the NZeTA (New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority) and is required for travel from 1 October 2019.
NZ Tourism launches new growth framework around sustainability
Sustainability – of our communities, our environment, our economy and our visitors – has been placed firmly at the heart of the New Zealand tourism industry’s updated growth framework, released today at TRENZ 2019.
Marriott boosts quarterly cash dividends
Marriott announced that a quarterly cash dividend of 48 cents per share of common stock, which represents a 17 percent increase over the previous quarterly dividend amount of 41 cents per share.
Where are luxury travellers spending their summer?
Luxury travellers are setting their sights for summer travel on emerging destinations all over the world, according to a new analysis from global luxury travel network Virtuoso
Europe, a happy medium for vacation rentals and hotels
Significantly, rather than affecting overall hotel performance, the analysis of room rates suggests that the rise in importance of vacation rentals actually complements traditional accommodation
Leading markets in the US hotel construction pipeline
Analysts at Lodging Econometrics report on the top five markets with the largest hotel construction pipelines.
Tough group business market for US hotels
Cvent data shows U.S. hotels may face a more difficult group business environment. Looking out into time, group booking pace is down across all eight quarters year-over-year.
