Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The platform, launched by online booking system eviivo, allows independent hotels and other accommodations to open up rooms to essential workers. The Stays for

Reading Time: 2 minutesBudapest: Online travel agency Booking.com has been fined 2.5 billion forints [£6.1 million] by the national competition watchdog in Hungary, the GVH, for “misleading advertisements”

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Criton is offering its guest engagement platform free of charge to hoteliers until 2021. The company says hoteliers using Criton can reduce touchpoints and

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Sourced from the bookings of SiteMinder’s 35,000 customers and across 400 booking channels, the World Hotel Index provides data on booking volume at a

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Created by Women in Hospitality and Travel-Tech (WHTT) the series is hosted by six revenue management strategy experts held every Wednesday at 1pm BST.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Expedia Group has named Peter Kern and Eric Hart as its new CEO and CFO, and raised $3.2 billion in new funding. The new

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: British bedmaker Hypnos has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development for its commitment to sustainable and ethical manufacturing. It is the

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Every Wednesday, evivvo and the B&B Association will host a series of webinars aimed at supporting independent hosts and hoteliers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Séverine Obertelli, consultant and coach for leadership self-development, is holding a free online crisis management webinar to help hospitality leaders deal with the impact

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Tech and hospitality solutions provider Avvio has unveiled an e-commerce functionality aimed at supporting hoteliers to recoup potential losses from booking cancellations. The feature