The hotel industry is ramping up its Washington profile as it looks to counter the online home-sharing service, Airbnb. The industry’s political action committee, HotelPAC, spent money in 225 congressional races during the 2016 election, a record for the group. During the election cycle, they raised $1.5 million and gave out $1.3 million to congressional candidates, breaking their own fundraising and spending records.
Blueground enters Dubai’s hospitality market
Blueground, a hospitality company offering high quality accommodation to business executivesÊand expats, has made its entry into Dubai’s hospitality industry. Based in Greece, Blueground’s business model operates by leasing existing high-end residential properties in the most sought after areas, upgrading and converting them into best-in-class rentals, thus avoiding the lengthy and capital intensive construction process of traditional hotel operators.
Google package move Ôwill boost innovationÕ
Trade experts do not see GoogleÕs impending entry into the package holiday market as a threat and say it will boost innovation. GoogleÕs package product will search for combined flight and hotel deals and has been available to a proportion of users since the beginning of the year.
Live! On Air: W Fort Lauderdale debuted new look during first-ever hotel drone dash relay race
W Hotels and M Live brought high-tech, high-speed drone dash to Fort Lauderdale and Facebook Live Broadcast to celebrate the completed $55 million hotel renovation.
Hyatt to offer in-room streaming entertainment worldwide
Soon enough, you can start streaming Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, and more when you check into a Hyatt property around the world. The hospitality company is the latest to offer personalized in-room streaming entertainment, following in the footsteps of Marriott International.
New hotel brand Journal Hotels wrangles six historicÊproperties
A chic new hotel brand is getting launched, and itÕs set to attach itself to a half-dozen historic properties right off the bat. Journal Hotels Ñ a new label created by veteran hotelier Stephen Brandman along with the owners of the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel Ñ will soon begin managing six venues in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palm Springs, California and Chicago.
Carnival Cruise LineÕs new Vista-class ship to be named Carnival Panorama
Carnival Panorama has been chosen as the name of Carnival Cruise LineÕs new 133,500-ton ship scheduled to debut in fall 2019.
IBPC to honour top UAE nationals as part of the UAE National Day celebration
Indian Business and Professional Council (IBPC), announces that it will honour a number of UAE Nationals in their respective fields as part of its ongoing National Day celebrations at a formal ceremony that will be held at 18:30 hours on Monday, December 04, 2017, at the Le Meridien Hotel Dubai.
Air Canada inaugurates the only non-stop flights from Canada
Boeing 787 Dreamliner seasonal service from Vancouver operates Dec-Feb; becomes year-round in June 2018.
First ÔExpedia Innovation LabÕ is launched in Asia Pacific
The Expedia group has unveiled its first ÔExpedia Innovation LabÕ in Asia, with a view to using its proprietary scientific methods to capture consumer online and app travel search and booking behaviour, and to inform future innovation and technology development globally.
