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Zendure | February 23, 2022

At nine o'clock Tuesday morning, Palo Alto-based Zendure launched their new travel adapter and "everything charger", Passport III, on Kickstarter. They achieved their fundraising goal of $5,000 USD within the first sixty seconds. By 1:30, over 1,500 backers had pre-ordered the 65W GaN charger, to the tune of $100,000. Currently the campaign is edging toward doubling those figures in the next 24 hours.COVID-19 and the travel industry have not been getting along these past two years....

HOSPITALITY TRENDS

Highgate | December 19, 2022

An affiliate of the Principals of Highgate announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Viceroy Hotels & Resorts (Viceroy). The LA-based, award-winning hospitality group is known for its highly individual modern luxury hotels and resorts throughout the world, and was voted one of the top 10 hotel brands globally in the 2022 Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards. The Viceroy brand debuted in 2000 with the launch of Viceroy Santa Monica and has evolved into a ...

Buying Business Travel | February 03, 2020

Traveleads has become a member of business consortium Focus Travel Partnership. Its membership of Focus comes after the company joined Advantage Business Travel, part of Advantage Travel Partnership, last month. With more than 100 staff based at offices in Leeds, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Southampton, Traveleads was established nearly 50 years ago and organises travel for clients across the corporate, sports, media and production, offshore and marine, and education sectors....

HOSPITALITY TRENDS

AirDNA | November 15, 2022

A new joint report from hospitality data supplier STR and short-term rental analytics provider AirDNA shows that competition between short-term rentals and hotels has accelerated in the fight for leisure guests, with the price gap tightening and rental supply falling behind in urban markets.During the pandemic, the U.S. short-term rental sector used its supply flexibility to recover faster than hotels, especially in coastal and mountain destinations, pushing rentals' market share to a record...