Reading Time: < 1 minute EMEA: Business travel trade organisation the GBTA has appointed Pauline Houston, SilverDoor’s SVP of business development, as the first chairperson of the GBTA WINiT EMEA Chapter
Reading Time: 5 minutes UK: In the Spring Budget 2024, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt revealed the government will freeze alcohol duty and cut National Insurance, as well as raise the VAT threshold for small businesses to £90,000.
Reading Time: 2 minutes US: Online travel agency Expedia Group is to cut around 1,500 jobs, accounting for nine per cent of the company’s overall headcount, as part of a restructuring and cost-cutting measure. In an internal memo, CEO Peter Kern revealed that the majority of the roles affected within the operational review would be in
Reading Time: 2 minutes US: Flexible apartment membership company Landing has partnered with low-fare carrier Frontier Airlines to introduce the Nomad Pass.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Global accommodation agency Situ has appointed Kristen Meglaughlin as its business development director for North America.
Reading Time: 20 minutes Worldwide: IHM’s editorial team [George Sell, editor-in-chief; Paul Stevens, editor – short-term rentals; and Eloise Hanson [editor – hospitality] provide a glimpse into what to expect for the travel, hospitality and real estate sectors in 2024 in our annual A-Z article. A is for All-inclusive The new wave of all-inclusive hotels
Reading Time: 2 minutes Singapore: The Ascott Limited, a lodging business owned by CapitaLand, has grown the Oakwood portfolio by 20 per cent, expanding to 48 cities with a total of nearly 18,000 units.
Reading Time: 7 minutes Editors George Sell and Eloise Hanson share five trends they think will resonate throughout the sector in 2024.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Global corporate accommodation platform AltoVita has unveiled its new free-to-use EcoStats tool to accurately estimate the CO2 emissions for each night’s stay in any of the accommodations listed on the platform. The launch of EcoStats is designed to offer a “transparent and reliable measure of environmental impact”. When searching for corporate accommodation on
Reading Time: 2 minutes Worldwide: The Ascott Limited (Ascott), a lodging business unit wholly owned by CapitaLand Investment (CLI), has introduced the Somerset Sustainability Passport Programme featuring activities, wellness programmes and community initiatives at Somerset properties globally.