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Hyatt Hotels Corporation | August 16, 2021

Hyatt Hotels Corporation today announced that Hyatt has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Apple Leisure Group (ALG), a leading luxury resort-management services, travel and hospitality group, from affiliates of each of KKR and KSL Capital Partners, LLC for $2.7 billion in cash. The transaction is anticipated to close in the fourth quarter of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions. ALG’s resort brand management platform AMResorts® provides management s...

Airlines and Airports

prnewswire | March 30, 2023

AMTRAV, the one connected platform for business travel, today announced upgrades to its corporate booking solution to continue delivering travelers and corporate travel customers the full selection of American Airlines' flights and lowest fares, even as American changes how the carrier's flights can be booked through third party corporate booking platforms beginning in April. In an effort to modernize the shopping experience for travelers, American Airlines recently mandat...

Buying Business Travel | February 14, 2020

Travel and Transport has revealed a new brand identity to unite its businesses under a global entity with a new logo. Following a third-party brand study including surveys and interviews with customers, travellers, partners and employee-owners, the TMC has taken the decision to retire the Ultramar, Statesman and France variations of the brand. Chairman and CEO Kevin O’Malley commented: “We discovered that embracing our foundation of being authentic, consultative, caring and empowered...

Travel Technology

Agoda and Alipay+ | August 09, 2022

Agoda and Alipay+ announced a new partnership that will leverage Alipay+ solutions on the Agoda platform for better customer benefits and rewards. This is in addition to the existing integration of multiple digital wallets, namely the AlipayHK, GCash and TrueMoney, through Alipay+ on Agoda’s platforms.With this new partnership, multiple Alipay+ marketing solutions, including Alipay+ Rewards and its in-cashier marketing services, can be used for discounts distribution and redemption o...