The Travel Connection

TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY

TravelPulse | December 14, 2020

The year 2020 will be known for ended travel and major interruptions in the hospitality industry. One positive takeaway has been the diverse sort of disturbance the area has confronted – digital disruption. In an industry traditionally more slow to receive the most recent technologies, COVID-19 intensified the need to increase measures, upgrade tasks and move to smart technologies that address the new health and safety necessities for hotels. With news on vaccines and numero...

COMMERCIAL TRAVEL

Trip.com | June 08, 2022

On June 7, Trip.com launched its integrated carbon solution to promote sustainable travel to its users and address the CO2 emissions of their travel. The travel platform has partnered with climate-tech company CHOOOSE to give their users an option to calculate and offset their flight’s CO2 emissions to support the impactful climate solutions around the world. Whenever customers make a booking on Trip.com, they will have the opportunity to support projects that reduce, captur...

HOSPITALITY TRENDS

Chartwell Hospitality | June 23, 2022

Propst Development and Chartwell Hospitality announced they have finalized development of the Conrad Nashville hotel, located in the Broadwest city block in Midtown. The Conrad Nashville is Hilton’s first luxury branded hotel in Nashville and is scheduled to open on June 29, 2022. Additionally, the co-developers have completed the sale of the 234-room property to Northwood Investors, LLC, a premier owner and manager of luxury hotels around the world. “Our...

COMMERCIAL TRAVEL, AIRLINES AND AIRPORTS

Southwest Airlines | September 22, 2022

Southwest Airlines Co. ( NYSE: LUV) is rewarding its Rapid Rewards Members for their long-term support by giving them a limited-time incentive, making it easier to earn tier status through 2023. Starting today, Rapid Rewards® Members have more opportunities to maintain or accelerate their way to the highly coveted A-List or A-List Preferred tier status. "We're making it easier for our Members to either earn A-List or A-List Preferred tier status, or maintain i...