Priceline's game plan for 2010 has broadly been gaining share of hotel bookings outside U.S. at lower revenue margins. The number of hotel nights booked through Priceline?s websites grew at a staggering 52% from near 61 million in 2009 to 93 million ...

The combination of a recovering economy and cost pressures for hotels will lead to higher room rates for meeting planners, cautioned Michael Dominguez, vice president of global sales at Loews Hotels at a recent industry conference.

Facebook launched some new analytical tools, which give publishers insights via Facebook?s plugins - including the ubiquitous ?like? button. As social media starts to drive more and more traffic to websites, such tools are becoming even more importan ...

Foursquare announced ?Foursquare 3.0,? an enhanced version of its mobile applications that adds new content, features and options for users. There are new recommendations (?explore?) that take into account your check-ins and those of your friends and ...

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While a completely carbon neutral solution is not yet possible, say the owners of Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers, the new luxury hotel in Copenhagen's restad district comes close to achieving it by deploying the best environmental and energy tech ...

The Palazzo Versace hotel in Dubai has cut the price of its apartments by half, but there has been no skimping on the fittings. By Rebecca Bundhun

The travel and tourism industry is expected to be one of the world's fastest growing sectors, claims a report out today. The Economic Impact Research for 2011 to 2021, released by the World Travel & Tourism Council, said the sector can create ...

A brand new survey has revealed the UK's most popular hotels for extramarital sex. And the Hilton Metropole Birmingham has come top. By Roshina Jowaheer

For the third consecutive year, Wynn Resorts Ltd. of Las Vegas is the most admired casino operator as ranked by Fortune magazine. By Steve Green

While we're pondering the big issues of the day, i.e., When will ADR start growing? What's up with Egypt? How many plastic surgeries has Joan Rivers had? etc., many of us are also grappling with a more proximate question: Different from what ...

You have arrived, your moment of anticipation is here, you are about to open the door to your sleeping chamber for the night, also your temporary living quarters. You are about to experience perhaps the strongest impression making moment of your hote ...

Social media has changed the way we think about our businesses and the way we do business. It's changed the way we engage and interact personally. When I think about how long it took for me to warm up to it (i.e., get onboard with Facebook, learn ...

Through a searchable database, Room 77 provides transparency on hotel-room views, characteristics and compatibility with your trip goals.

Incentive trips were long used by companies to motivate employees to sell more, make fewer errors or otherwise contribute to the bottom line. But in the depths of the recession, companies generally avoided any signs of excess. Now companies see a nee ...

As competition to offer the lowest airfares increases, airline websites are becoming less transparent about displaying bottom-line prices that include taxes and fees. Most travel websites quote a bottom-line price in their initial fare displays. Some ...

Smart Destinations announced the results of its consumer survey, which explored the depth and breadth of travelers' research processes and purchase preferences and habits. The survey shows, that today's travelers engage in an extensive research proce ...

Based on the new agreement, Pegasus representation services customers globally, including Utell Hotels & Resorts and Utell Connect members, will gain access to Travelport Featured Property, Galileo Headlines and Worldspan Accents.

With Groupon now officially the fastest growing company ever and retailers announcing new Facebook stores on a weekly basis, social commerce is being tipped as one of this year's major online growth areas.

American Express has struck a deal to offer discounts to shoppers via Foursquare, the two-year-old start-up that lets users win prizes and meet people by using their mobile phones to "check in" at their favorite bars, restaurants and stores.