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DayBreakHotels makes it possible for guests to enjoy lavish rooms, spas, swimming pools, and other amenities for a ‘day break’ instead of booking an overnight stay.
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Instagram makes it easier for us to relive some of our favourite travel experiences. Food, friends, sun, and sand – all our adventures captured in a photo and saved in a digitally shared space.
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Revinate has announced a partnership with the global hotel cloud platform, SiteMinder, to connect with SiteMinder Exchange.
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Travelport recently bagged contracts of India's state-owned Air India and one of India's premier airlines, Jet Airways as their exclusive ticket-distribution service provider and content provider.
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Latest News
“Watch this space as it’s going to be world news” Says Ri-Yaz COO, Andreas Rud
With the opening of Dash Langkawi in April this year, I hot footed it over to the Malaysian island paradise to catch up with Andreas Rud, COO of Dash parent company Ri-Yaz’s Hotels and…
Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul, reopens after refurb
The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul has announced the completion of a USD 8.5-million renovation. The newly refurbished guestrooms, suites and meeting facilities have been redesigned by architects…
New kids on the blockchain: TD gets the lowdown on Keyocoin with CEO, Matt Baer
For this week's podcast I spoke to the CEO and founder of Keyocoin Matt Baer, about making a real-world application for blockchain, solving the difficulties of the fragmented nature of the…
Viking Cruises finds British ‘age of contentment’
A survey by Viking Cruises has revealed that life is a breeze once you reach the age of 44.
ITB Asia: Why artificial intelligence in corporate travel is like teenage sex
Today TD’s CEO Brett Henry, joined by Ken Kuguru from Egencia and Samantha Williams from Travelport, took to the stage at ITB Asia to discuss how artificial intelligence, (AI), machine-based…
“China remains a priority” as Rosewood adds four to Asian network
Hong Kong based luxury hospitality group Rosewood Hotel Group is stepping up its Asia expansion with the opening of four new properties in China, Southeast Asia and India, they announced…
Interviews
Bangkok Airways: Talking shop with Thailand’s boutique carrier at 50
With Bangkok Airways hitting the big fifty in 2018, I sat down with Varong Israsena Na Ayudhya, VP of sales for the Thai…
Appointments
Rosewood makes key appointment for new Bangkok property
Coming in the wake of Rosewood Hotel Group’s news of its Asian expansion, with the launch of four new properties to open…
Tech
Heathrow to fully deploy facial recognition for departures by 2019
UK's Heathrow to launch airport’s first end-to-end bio-metrics trial bringing facial recognition to each point of the…