Beyond Dubai: What's Ahead for the Middle East This Year?

When the 818-meter Burj Dubai tower, the world's tallest building, opened for occupancy with lots of fanfare on January 4, it was proclaimed to be a crowning achievement of the emirate of Dubai, with its bold plans to establish itself as a regional trade and services hub. ...more

Sabre Appoints Tom Klein as President of Sabre Holdings

Sabre Holdings today announced that Tom Klein has been appointed to the newly created role of President of Sabre Holdings. Effective today, Klein will take on broader responsibility across the Sabre portfolio, in addition to his current duties. ...more

Hospitality eBusiness Strategies Unveils its Latest Web 2.0 Application: A Multi-Channel Interactive Scavenger Hunt for the City of Indian Wells

Summary: Hospitality eBusiness Strategies launches a new multi-channel Interactive Scavenger Hunt as an innovative multi-channel marketing and branding tool for the Southern California resort destination. ...more

Hitwise December 2009 Travel Category Report

40.59% of all visits to the online 'Travel' industry went to the top 10 websites for the month of December, 2009. 49.43% went to the top 20 websites and 69.75% went to the top 100 websites. ...more

Social Media Changing How Vacation Rental and Lodging Companies Market and Communicate with Vacation Travel Shoppers

Social Media has opened opportunities for travel businesses through the power of an immediate connection with consumers and exchange of information, ideas and personal preferences. Bookt invites Vacation Rental & Hotel Managers to take a free online Social Media Quiz. How Social Media savvy are you? ...more

TRAVELCLICK(R) Launches Revolutionary Business Intelligence Application

Hotelligence360(TM) set to radically transform hotel performance management and dramatically improve profitability for hoteliers ...more

Business Travel Industry Applauds DOT Aviation Consumer Website

Website Allows Users to File Complaints, Access Records, Find Travel Tips ...more

U.S. Travel Sector to Meet Cuban Officials in Cancun to Discuss Travel Potential

Dozens of representatives of the U.S. travel sector will meet with their Cuban counterparts in a public forum to discuss the potential for travel between the U.S. and Cuba. The meeting will take place at the U.S.-Cuba Travel Summit to be held at the Gran Melia Cancun Hotel in Cancun, Mexico, from March 24-26, 2010. ...more

U.S. Travel Industry Challenges Government to Complement New Security Requirement with Equal Commitment to Aiding Travelers

More than 2,000 Travelers per Day to the United States and Nearly $5 Billion at Stake without Sensible ESTA Implementation ...more

CHTA Urges 'Unity For Action' At Caribbean Marketplace

CHTA Suggests $10 Tax on Airline/Cruise Tickets to Fund Both Local and Regional Marketing ...more

It's ugly getting into U.S.

Having removed his shoes, coat, gloves, hat, jacket, wallet and keys, your correspondent walked through the metal detector. It beeped. He had forgotten to remove his belt. The two security guards began to shout and make disparaging remarks about his ability to perform simple tasks. ...more

Drill Down Tools: Analytics on Steroids

Monitoring web performance with dashboard tools ...more

VIDEO: To Merchandise or Not

VFM Leonardo, the leader in online visual content distribution for hotels, has launched a new episode on VTV Channel: To Merchandise or Not. Felix Laboy, President and General Manager at Sabre Hospitality Solutions, discusses how hotels are doing a better job of merchandising online they have been in the past. However, there is still room for improvement. ...more

Vacations to Orlando and Las Vegas Just Got a Lot Less Expensive

New discount card first to offer unlimited savings potential ...more

5 Marketing Principles Brands Should Embrace in 2010

Most of the marketing rules we lived by just five years ago are practically obsolete ...more

Jeff Brazinsky Joins PAS as Director of Performance Management

Jeff Brazinsky has been named Director of Performance Management at PAS, a leading provider of back office solutions for the hospitality industry. In this capacity, Mr. Brazinsky will focus his efforts on strengthening the Budgeting/Forecasting, Daily Reporting and Financial Consolidation offerings which surround the Infor Performance Management suite of products, and enhancing the PAS Hospitality Core. ...more

Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts Merchandises Hotels Online with VFM Leonardo's VBrochure Online Merchandising System

Upscale hotel management company uses VBrochure to better merchandise its hotels online with visual content across the largest network of travel intermediaries and websites. ...more

OpenTravel Alliance 2010 Advisory Forum Now Open for Registration

Reduces Registration Fees, Includes Compelling Topics for Distribution Professionals ...more

Intelity Creates Affordable ICE Mobile iPhone Application For Hotels

The most robust guest service technology for 2010 has hit the market, Intelity's Interactive Customer Experience(TM)(ICE). An innovative guest service solution, ICE launches its latest phase of guest service functionality, ICE Mobile. Expanding to big cities throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, ICE Mobile is launching at notable properties including New York City's historic Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, the Westin Boston in the midst of the financial district and the only waterfront hotel in Maryland, the Annapolis Marriot. ...more

Germany's Online Travel Market Gains Significant Ground

The online travel market in Germany grew by 10.4% in 2009 even while overall revenues declined. ...more

The State of the Cruise Industry in 2010: Confident and Offering New Ships, Innovation and Exceptional Value

Despite the economic turmoil of 2009, the cruise industry continued to grow. A total of 13.445 million guests are forecast to have sailed last year (totals through the third quarter, 2009 - 9,999,068 passengers - indicate that forecast is on track), U.S. and Canadian residents accounted for 76.5 percent of guests, with 23.5 percent sourced internationally. ...more

Air Transport Association Reports Decline in December Passenger Revenue, Increase in November Cargo Traffic

Full-year 2009 passenger revenue declined 18 percent - largest drop on record ...more

International Tourism on Track for a Rebound after an Exceptionally Challenging 2009

Growth returned to international tourism in the last quarter of 2009contributing to better than expected full-year results, according tothe latest edition of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Internationaltourist arrivals fell by an estimated 4% in 2009. Prospects have alsoimproved with arrivals now forecast to grow between 3% and 4% in 2010.This outlook is confirmed by the remarkable rise of the UNWTO Panel ofExperts' Confidence Index. ...more