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American Express | November 03, 2022

American Express Travel, , published the 2023 Trending Destinations list1, featuring the ten most popular destinations for travel next year, identified by global American Express Card® Member travel reservations. For each of these destinations, American Express Travel Consultants also created three-day itineraries, providing inspiration on the top places to stay, eat, shop and explore the local culture, including how Platinum Card® Members can spend the “bonus vacation day” t...

BUSINESS TRAVEL

Trivago | January 15, 2021

Trivago acquires Weekend.com, a Germany-based startup - and online travel service - focusing on travelers who are searching for short breaks. Explicit terms of deal - a 100% share takeover - have not been unveiled. It is the first acquisition for convenience search site Trivago since it purchased TripBuddy, an AI-led personalization engine, in May 2018. The arrangement is being heralded as a chance for Trivago to put its "marketing and product ex...

G Adventures | June 10, 2020

As the tourism industry looks to the future of travel following the COVID-19 pandemic, G Adventures has unveiled a new ‘Travel with Confidence’ policy, which introduces new safety procedures across all future G Adventures trips. Designed to ensure the safety and wellbeing of both travellers and employees, while continuing to deliver the adventure of a lifetime, the policy includes new social distancing and hygiene measures, which will be in place from the moment travellers join a tri...

TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY

Hopper | February 15, 2022

Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), a leading software and technology company powering the global travel industry, and Hopper, one of the world's fastest growing online travel agencies, today announced the renewal and expansion of their long-term strategic technology partnership. Since 2012, Sabre has been a strategic partner of Hopper's, helping the company deliver on its promise to save users time and money and make travel planning easier. Given their strong historical per...