Reading Time: 12 minutesBHN editor Eloise Hanson outlines six hotel and travel trends expected to shape the industry in 2023.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Matt Goldberg has been appointed chief executive officer at Tripadvisor, succeeding co-founder Stephen Kaufer.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Four new partnerships with SiteMinder, Roiback, Derbysoft and WebHotelier have been announced by Tripadvisor Plus. Tripadvisor Plus is an annual subscription that offers members discounted trips, travel perks and VIP services. Three hotel groups were recently announced as the first members. Previously, individual hotels were only able to connect
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Three hotel groups have become the first to connect their accommodation portfolios to Tripadvisor Plus, a subscription service offering members-only rates and VIP perks. Barceló Hotels, Millennium Hotels and Resorts, and Pestana Hotel Group have a combined portfolio of close to 500 properties. As Tripadvisor Plus members, select hotels
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Travel platform Tripadvisor has introduced Tripadvisor Plus to the US, a $99 annual subscription service for consumer deals and perks at select hotels, with plans to officially roll out Plus during the first half of 2021. The new membership program is currently in beta testing, and is only taking
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: The suite of new tools help consumers find, filter, and validate health and safety information both domestically and internationally. The tools are available in all 49 markets where Tripadvisor operates, and more than 13,850 properties have already activated the feature set. The Travel Safe features include: Health and safety
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Online travel company TripAdvisor is to lay off 900 employees — accounting for almost 25 per cent of its global workforce — in a “significant” cost-cutting exercise, CEO and co-founder, Stephen Kaufer, revealed in a company blog post. In light of the coronavirus pandemic, TripAdvisor is making 600 of
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The Hotels for Health programme allows NHS trusts to flag a request for rooms, and for hotels to advise they have spare rooms available. Tripadvisor aims to connect healthcare and government agencies with available hotels. Further details are then arranged separately. For hotels, a form must be completed detailing
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Preferred Hotels & Resorts has been named the number one “Most Excellent” large hotel chain in the world by TripAdvisor. For its first-ever “Most Excellent” awards, TripAdvisor selected the winners based on which brands have the highest percentage of Certificate of Excellence recipients globally for 2018. Preferred Hotels &
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: TripAdvisor has launched a new beta site which takes its cues from social media rather than being predominantly reviews-based. TripAdvisor says the site is evolving “to become the most personalised and connected travel community, inspiring and empowering individuals with social assistive tools to plan and book better with relevant
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