Vacations To Go

Wyndham | August 04, 2020

With a focus on finding impactful ways to drive more corporate business for its hotels, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts a hotel franchising company with more than 9,000 hotels across 90 countries—today announced the expansion of Wyndham Direct, a unique booking, billing and business solution. The service, formerly unique to its La Quinta by Wyndham brand, is now immediately available at Super 8 by Wyndham and Days Inn by Wyndham hotels in the U.S., with plans to expand further across Wyndham&...

U.S. Travel Association | June 11, 2020

One of the ways the tourism industry wants to get travel back on track is to encourage people to take vacations with a new tax incentive. The “Explore America” Tax Credit is a new plan circulating around Congress and the White House that could give Americans up to $4,000 in tax breaks for vacation expenses at hotels, theme parks and other tourism businesses through the end of 2021....

Travel Technology

CLEAR | June 09, 2021

Biometrics are poised to make the leap beyond airports and act as a passport to any number of environments where crowds gather in post-COVID reopening. To that end, biometric security firm CLEAR filed its S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), paving the way for an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange. CLEAR may arguably be best known for its origin that ties into creating “a frictionless travel experience while enhancin...

Industry Outlook

Holisto. | June 15, 2022

On June 13, Holisto Ltd, a leading technology-based online travel booking platform, and Moringa Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, announced that they entered a business combination agreement that would get Holisto publicly listed on the Nasdaq. Holisto Ltd’s expected pro forma equity value will be approximately $405 million, thanks to this business combination. Moringa’s non-redeeming public shareholders can receive a pro-rata portion of a bonus ...