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Hospitality Trends

Holiday Inn | April 23, 2021

Ken Hamlet, the former CEO of Holiday Inn, intends to use a $500 million war chest to acquire limited-service hotels (those without facilities such as a restaurant or spa) and reposition them as properties with a more upscale customer experience. Consider it adding more of the Four Seasons experience to roadside hotels, as Hamlet put it. He was CEO of Holiday Inn for nine years in the 1980s and early 1990s, and during that time the business was purchased by IHG and ...

GlobalData | July 04, 2020

A new survey conducted by GlobalData suggests that younger and wealthier traveler groups will be the first to resume international leisure tourism, once restrictions are lifted. And, while people’s desire to travel post-pandemic is in no short supply, consumer confidence in the safety of actually taking a vacation right now could use a boost. The report revealed that, even among the younger segments of today’s travelers, anxieties remain high 48 percent of Millennials (a.k.a. ...

PhocusWire | February 07, 2020

Tripkicks, a technology solution that gives business travelers rewards for choosing policy-compliant and budget-conscious options for their trips, is adding a sustainability-based redemption option. Called Tripkicks Green Initiative, the new offering allows travelers to use their rewards to purchase carbon offsets. Companies can also purchase offsets using the net savings generated by their employees using the Tripkicks platform....

Airlines and Airports

Wheels Up | March 31, 2022

Wheels Up announced a new strategic partnership and a minority investment in Tropic Ocean Airways. Tropic Ocean Airways is the world's largest amphibious airline and leading provider of last-mile private charter and scheduled service in Florida, the North-eastern United States, the Bahamas, the Caribbean and beyond. Wheels Up's multiyear commercial arrangement is the next move in its attempts to grow the addressable market for its product offerings and provide a seamless f...