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Hospitality Trends

businesswire | August 16, 2023

Bleisure travel has been deemed a pandemic silver lining, according to The Year of “New” Traveler report from the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA), published in 2022. Although combining leisure and business travel wasn’t a new concept before 2020, such arrangements have become more commonplace as multi-day bleisure trips are a new travel norm. Further, today’s traveler wants it all from their lodging and travel provider. While cleanliness and...

Commercial Travel

Despegar | May 09, 2022

Despegar.com, Corp. (NYSE: DESP) (“Despegar”), the leading online travel company in Latin America, announced that it has agreed to acquire TVLX Viagens e Turismo S.A (“Viajanet”), one of the leading online travel agencies in Brazil, for a total consideration of approximately US$15 million and subject to customary closing conditions. Under the terms of the agreement, 60% of the purchase price will be payable at closing, 20% in 24 months and the remaining 20% in 36 months.V...

Buying Business Travel | January 21, 2020

Business travel management platform Arbitrip has announced a rebrand that includes updates to its user interface and a new logo. Platform updates include a new user interface the company said makes it easier to search and navigate to book hotels using tailored preferences. It has also added the ability for users to search for rooms that can accommodate families with children for those looking to mix business and leisure during trips. The company also said the platform is now 19 per cent faster t...

Travel Technology, Hospitality Trends

Optii | September 29, 2022

Optii Solutions, the leading cloud-based hotel operations software, announced an integration with the Opera Hospitality Integration Platform (OHIP). The new integration will make it easier, faster, and more cost-effective for hoteliers to manage their integration between Optii and Oracle Cloud PMS.When implementing a modern technology solution like Optii, that is powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), integrations matter. When seeking to use hotel operations technolog...