hotels

Flight, Hotel Travel Credits Set To Expire For Pandemic Cancellations
Flight, Hotel Travel Credits Set To Expire For Pandemic Cancellations
March 17, 2021  |  Travel Payments

Credits and IOUs for trips are poised to lapse in the near future, creating an upcoming conundrum for travelers, The Wall Street Journal reported. A...

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Long-Term Safety, Mobile Wallets Will Boost Post-Pandemic Cross Border Travel
Long-Term Safety, Mobile Wallets Will Boost Post-Pandemic Cross Border Travel
March 12, 2021  |  Travel Payments

The optimism in the travel industry is tangible but still tentative. Vaccines are being deployed. Vaccine passports are gaining traction. The pandemic, it seems, is...

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Google Makes Hotel Search Listings Free
Google Makes Hotel Search Listings Free
March 09, 2021  |  Google

Google has made it free for hotels and travel companies to appear in hotel booking links, according to a company blog post. Get the Full...

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Marriott Names New Top Officials Following CEO’s Death
Marriott Names New Top Officials Following CEO’s Death
February 23, 2021  |  Personnel

Marriott International, hard hit by the pandemic, has named company veteran Anthony “Tony” Capuano as CEO and Stephanie Linnartz as president. In a press release,...

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Oyo Hotels Cuts Staff In Latin America, Pivots To Other Markets
Oyo Hotels Cuts Staff In Latin America, Pivots To Other Markets
February 12, 2021  |  International

Oyo Hotels & Homes is taking a step back from its Latin America market as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to decimate travel across the globe,...

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Hoteliers’ Woes Help Address Affordable Housing Challenge
Hoteliers’ Woes Help Address Affordable Housing Challenge
February 04, 2021  |  Real Estate

Developers in parts of the country are buying distressed hotel properties at huge discounts and converting the buildings into relatively inexpensive housing, CNBC reported. Get...

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Best Western Australasia Sees Voice, Contactless Digital Identity Key To Reviving Hotel Industry
Best Western Australasia Sees Voice, Contactless Digital Identity Key To Reviving Hotel Industry
February 04, 2021  |  Authentication

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AHLA: Consider Hotels As Vaccine Distribution Sites
AHLA: Consider Hotels As Vaccine Distribution Sites
January 15, 2021  |  Healthcare

A letter from the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) says that America’s hotels, starved for work, want to be considered as vaccine distribution sites....

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Marriott Slashes Staff at NYC’s Times Square Hotel
Marriott Slashes Staff at NYC’s Times Square Hotel
December 15, 2020  |  Personnel

The pandemic has hammered the hotel industry right from the start. Marriott International, for example, furloughed “tens of thousands” of workers back in March as...

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