More live entertainment, sports events for Accor’s customers in group’s expanded deal with AEG
Members of Accor’s new guest loyalty programme ALL (Accor Live Limitless) will get to enjoy more concerts and sports events with the extension of the French hospitality group’s partnership with leading sports and live entertainment company AEG.
In announcing the partnership’s expansion Acc [...]
JAYRIDE oils its wheels with new fund injection
JAYRIDE, the online global marketplace for airport transfers, has raised $5 million via an initial $3.2 million placement to new investors announced on 14 November then upscaled with a further $1.8m from existing shareholders.
Rod Bishop (pictured left), its managing director, said the additiona [...]
Top 3 Lessons of 2019, Part 2
We continue our series of Top 3 Lessons learnt in 2019 as travel industry leaders share their reflections on the pivotal year that was, and how they will prepare for the year ahead. What are yours?
Greg Schulze, senior vice president, Expedia Group
1. Success requires us to operate under [...]
YTL Hotels’ Luke Hurford on the hotel owners’ perspective on distribution and branding
As general manager of Niseko Village from 2007 to 2009, Luke Hurford used to look after family members of YTL Hotels when they stayed at the integrated resort, then managed by Hilton.
So when YTL Hotels acquired the resort from Citigroup Principle, which in turn bought it from Prince Hotels in [...]
These are the trends that will shape travel experiences in the next decade
This is the time of the year when predictions and trends in almost every sector are being made or revealed by businesses worldwide. Joining in is Travelport unveiling the 2020 Trends that “will shape travel experiences” at the start of the next decade.
The independent research carried out [...]
Top 3 Lessons of 2019, Part 1
It being such a pivotal year, we asked industry
leaders to reflect on the 12 months past and share their top three lessons with
which to enter 2020. What are yours?
Stephan Ekbergh, CEO, Travelstart
1. No Guts No Glory
Barry Diller fired
Mark Okerstrom due to different views on the fut [...]
From online gaming to car rentals, Barry makes focus his big bet at CarTrawler
For the last 18 years, prior to taking up the reins at CarTrawler in April 2018, Cormac Barry worked in online gaming, being part of the team that set up paddypower.com, the Irish bookmaker which offers sports betting, online poker, online bingo, online casino and online games.
His first impres [...]
Expedia’s Bhogaraju envisions a future in hospitality when “everybody can be a revenue manager”
Vivek Bhogaraju
is on a mission – he wants to democratise revenue management so that “everybody
can be a revenue manager”.
The director of revenue management platform for Expedia Group believes that with advances in AI, overall data processing power and data sets – “there are over 20, [...]
The Wrap: Travelstart takes over management of Jumia Travel’s operations across Africa
News Roundup: South African OTA Travelstart’s new distribution and commercial agreement with pan-African online travel booking portal Jumia Travel, Dubai Airports’ sustainable initiative in banning single-use plastics starting in the new year.
OTA: Travelstart takes over management of Jumia [...]
Paco Rüter on why Amadeus’ hospitality quest is more daunting than a hike in the Arctic
For leisure, Francisco (Paco) Pérez-Lozao Rüter, president, hospitality, Amadeus IT Group, goes on hikes across the Arctic, above the Circle. He’s trudged through thick layers of snow, scaled mountains with deep crevasses and has encountered real dangers including being caught in an avalanche w [...]
