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PhocusWire | March 06, 2020

Online travel giants Expedia Group and Booking Holdings disbursed a record $11 billion on marketing in 2019, up from $10.6 billion the year before. The difference is that one company grew its marketing spend in 2019 and the other company essentially remained flat. Under its “selling and marketing” line item, Expedia Group reported a 6% increase from $5.567 billion in 2018 to $6.03 billion in 2019. The Seattle-based online travel agency spent $5.22 billion under that category in 2017....

TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY

Skytours | December 10, 2020

RocketFuel Blockchain, Inc., a developer of blockchain-based payment registration technologies, today declared that Skytours and Militaryfares, two significant travel organizations, have picked RocketFuel's troublesome blockchain-based payment technology for usage of its one-click check-out payment solution. The first segment of the usage will empower Skytours and Militaryfares to acknowledge digital currencies from its clients, consistently and frictionless. Their customers w...

TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY

MyHotels | October 01, 2021

MyHotels® announced it had received final approval from the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah in Saudi Arabia to serve as an official Umrah OTA. MyHotels® is a Saudi leading online travel agency revolutionizing the world of travel and tourism by using an integrated multi-service platform to enable customers to make international tourist reservations at premium prices. MyHotels® provides a wide variety of services, including accommodations (hotels, villas, apartments); transportation (air, b...

BUSINESS TRAVEL

LBA Hospitality | June 13, 2022

LBA Hospitality, an Alabama–based hotel management company, announced that it has recently taken over the management contract for the 101-suite Best Western New Smyrna Beach Hotel & Suites. The beachfront hotel located at 1401 South Atlantic Avenue is owned by Key International.The eight-story property is situated 15 miles from Daytona Beach International Airport, and just a short drive from Disneyland and Cape Canaveral and the Cape Canaveral National Seashore. The hotel offers guests...