AccorHotels Considers Buying Stake in Air France-KLM
AccorHotels is considering buying a minority stake in Air France-KLM, the hotel company confirmed Sunday.
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Russia Considers Ban of Booking.com Over U.S. Sanctions - themoscowtimes.com
Russia's Culture Ministry has ordered the federal tourism agency to look into banning the popular Booking.com website as part of countermeasures against the latest U.S. sanctions.
The best holiday experience with family and friends in Tenerife and Majorca
Only few islands can match the spectacular experiences available on a visit to Tenerife and the other popular islands of Spain. In Tenerife, for example, you can find a combination of beaches, gastronomy, architecture, volcanoes, and culture. It is the most visited island in the Canaries and the largest in the archipelago. Furthermore, it is the most populated island in Spain. The best hotels in Tenerife for families offer various packages to meet your specific need all year round. At Iberostar hotels, you can have weekend breaks, spa breaks, and also enjoy family holidays in Tenerife.
By Ismael González Serrano, Journalist, Into the Marketing (itmK)
Grace Hotels launches Strategic Labour Partnership
Grace Hotels has successfully launched its Strategic Labour Partnership, a new initiative to help retain talent at its seasonal hotels in Greece.
Evading Monopolies, Blockchain and Futuristic Journeys Headline EyeforTravel Europe
With a fighting attitude that tells the travel industry to not give up, EyeforTravel Summit 2018 covers real use cases, not just theory, including:
Eden Hotels & Resorts chooses IDeaS to maximise revenue for new JHotel
IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of revenue management software and advisory services, is pleased to announce that Italy's Eden Hotels & Resorts has chosen IDeaS G3 Revenue Management System (IDeaS G3 RMS) to maximise its revenue growth and competitiveness.
Italy's mermaid battle: Naples vs. Ventotene | cnn.com
In ancient times, sailors once lashed themselves to their masts to avoid being lured to death by seductive mermaids known as sirens.Today, on the sun-kissed western shores of Italy, mermaids are once again stirring up trouble as two rival destinations battle it out to lure tourists with claims of being home to the mythological fishy creatures.In one corner is Naples, with a glittering gulf that stretches to the Sorrento Peninsula. In the other is Ventotene, a tiny volcanic isle far out in the Tyrrhenian Sea west of Naples.Both of these Mediterranean magnets claim to be the "real" place where Greek hero and travel figure Odysseus, sailing home from burning Troy, encountered the seductive sirens.Legend has it that Odysseus escaped the fate of other doomed sailors by tying himself to the mast of his ship and telling his companions to plug their ears.Spurned, the creatures perished, but their pull is still felt every summer as curious tourists flock to learn more. But where should they go?
EyeforTravel Europe is 6 weeks away and what a show it’s going to be!
Mobile innovation and the internet's control of the consumer, integrating voice into your business, a smart customer journey, how the death of cash in travel will change the industry forever are just a handful of market opportunities you should be considering today… and this conference will help facilitate this change.
Booking.com and Web Summit Expand Commitment to Women in Tech
Today Booking.com, one of the world's largest travel e-commerce companies and a digital technology leader, announced a global partnership with Web Summit. Together they will host a dedicated 'Women in Tech' networking and mentoring program at the flagship Web Summit event, as well as initiatives at affiliated events Collison and RISE in 2018. This exclusive collaboration continues Booking.com and Web Summit's efforts to redress the under-representation of women in technology by creating more opportunities for women to enter, advance and thrive in the sector.
Protect your hotel brand from brandjacking
The neologism brandjacking was coined over a decade ago, by astutely combining the words branding and hijacking. In our industry, when we talk about brandjacking, we usually refer to all those activities whose lowest common denominator is the exploitation of another company brand's equity, such as the creation of fake social network profiles or mirror-websites. The most frequent use of brandjacking is, however, is the one that goes under the name of Affiliate Brand Bidding. This mischievous tactic consists in investing in search engines advertising campaigns and bidding on terms that are related targeted company. Ever googled your hotel's name and found Booking.com, Expedia, trivago and TripAdvisor before your official website? Well, that's ABB.
By Patrick Landman, CEO & Founder, Xotels
Germany to continue to lag other markets for mobile travel bookings
Although digital travel bookings made through mobile are rising, a number of factors will mean Germans continue to rely on their desktops and laptops to look and book their trips says EyeforTravel's new German Travel Consumer 2018 Report.
2nd World Conference on Smart Destinations announced
Madrid, Spain -- The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Government of Spain and the Principality of Asturias are organizing the 2nd UNWTO World Conference on Smart Destinations (Oviedo, 25-27 June 2018). The Conference will discuss the principles of 21st-century tourism destinations, marked by governance, innovation, technology, sustainability and accessibility.
Milan Apartment Rental chooses IDeaS to maximise revenue
IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of revenue management software solutions and advisory services, is pleased to announce that Milan Apartment Rental has chosen IDeaS G3 Revenue Management System (G3 RMS), the industry's most widely used revenue management solution, to maximise revenue growth and boost competitiveness.
OpenTravel Advisory Forum Amsterdam to be Co-located with HFTP’s HITEC Amsterdam in April 2018
OpenTravel Alliance (OpenTravel), a nonprofit responsible for developing and maintaining interoperability for disparate systems in all verticals of the travel industry, is pleased to extend its partnership with Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) and co-locate European conferences in April 2018. OpenTravel will co-locate its Advisory Forum, taking place from 11-13 April 2018, with HFTP's HITEC Amsterdam, taking place from 11-13 April 2018. Both events will take place at the RAI Convention Centre in Amsterdam.
HITEC Amsterdam 2018 Entrepreneur 20X Participants and Judge’s Panel Announced
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®), producers of Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®), is pleased to announce the selected hospitality technology startups and expert judges panel that will participate in Entrepreneur 20X (E20X) at HITEC Amsterdam next month. All registered HITEC attendees are welcome to attend the action-packed pitch competition taking place on Wednesday, 11 April 2018 beginning at 14:30 in the RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre.
Venice Travel Tips? This Luxury Hotel Concierge Tells All | forbes.com
Venice is a tiny gem and Venice is a universe: 118 islands, 160 canals, 447 bridges and an unspecified number of dreams. Love it or hate it, there is no other place like it and there's no denying that Venice has not just centuries of history behind it but an air of mystery about it. I've always thought of Venice as the ultimate movie star: glamorous, secretive, perhaps a little vain but always primed to give a command performance.
Join HSMAI Region Europe in Amsterdam on 10 and 11 April!
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) and HSMAI Region Europe, the Hospitality, Sales and Marketing Association International, are pleased to extend their partnership and co-locate their european activities again in April 2018. HSMAI Region Europe will co-locate its Revenue Optimization Conference (ROC) and its Digital and Distribution Optimization Conference (DOC), as well as their other events with HFTP's HITEC® Amsterdam - and we would very much like to see you there!
Travel Start-Ups Pitch to Industry Investors at EyeforTravel’s 2018 European Start Up Awards
The start-ups will pitch their businesses in front of a panel of experienced investors on the 5th of June. They will be judged on their financial potential. The two best pitches will be chosen to present in front of the 500+ summit attendees, with the winner chosen through a live audience poll of the attendees. Applications will close on May 1.
Hopper to deliver a presentation at EyeforTravel San Francisco Digital Summit 2018 on April 9 & 10 at Hotel Nikko
Expedia, IHG, Accor Hotels, Lyft, Air Canada, Dorchester Collection, Tencent, Cathay Pacific, Choice Hotels, Lola, Booking.com, Turkish Airlines, Jet Blue Tech Ventures and more - are some of the amazing brands confirmed to take the stage at the West Coast's largest digital travel summit, in just three weeks' time.
HospitalityUnited.Club brings together the who’s who of the industry in Berlin
HospitalityUnited.Club, a consortium of travel technology companies hosted an exclusive party in Berlin on 7 March, 2018. The high energy event, sponsored by Agoda, Amadeus, Fornova, InnoVel, LiveOS, Newhotel Software, Roiback, RateTiger and Sojern brought together peers from the hospitality industry at Funkturm Restaurant located in the historic Radio Tower in the German capital.