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Flight, Hotel Travel Credits Set To Expire For Pandemic Cancellations

Flight, Hotel Travel Credits Set To Expire For Pandemic Cancellations
Flight, Hotel Travel Credits Set To Expire For Pandemic Cancellations
March 17, 2021  |  Travel Payments

Credits and IOUs for trips are poised to lapse in the near future, creating an upcoming conundrum for travelers, The Wall Street Journal reported. A...

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Long-Term Safety, Mobile Wallets Will Boost Post-Pandemic Cross Border Travel
Long-Term Safety, Mobile Wallets Will Boost Post-Pandemic Cross Border Travel
March 12, 2021  |  Travel Payments

The optimism in the travel industry is tangible but still tentative. Vaccines are being deployed. Vaccine passports are gaining traction. The pandemic, it seems, is...

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Google Makes Hotel Search Listings Free
Google Makes Hotel Search Listings Free
March 09, 2021  |  Google

Google has made it free for hotels and travel companies to appear in hotel booking links, according to a company blog post. Get the Full...

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Marriott Names New Top Officials Following CEO’s Death
Marriott Names New Top Officials Following CEO’s Death
February 23, 2021  |  Personnel

Marriott International, hard hit by the pandemic, has named company veteran Anthony “Tony” Capuano as CEO and Stephanie Linnartz as president. In a press release,...

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Oyo Hotels Cuts Staff In Latin America, Pivots To Other Markets
Oyo Hotels Cuts Staff In Latin America, Pivots To Other Markets
February 12, 2021  |  International

Oyo Hotels & Homes is taking a step back from its Latin America market as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to decimate travel across the globe,...

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Hoteliers’ Woes Help Address Affordable Housing Challenge
Hoteliers’ Woes Help Address Affordable Housing Challenge
February 04, 2021  |  Real Estate

Developers in parts of the country are buying distressed hotel properties at huge discounts and converting the buildings into relatively inexpensive housing, CNBC reported. Get...

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Best Western Australasia Sees Voice, Contactless Digital Identity Key To Reviving Hotel Industry
Best Western Australasia Sees Voice, Contactless Digital Identity Key To Reviving Hotel Industry
February 04, 2021  |  Authentication

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AHLA: Consider Hotels As Vaccine Distribution Sites
AHLA: Consider Hotels As Vaccine Distribution Sites
January 15, 2021  |  Healthcare

A letter from the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) says that America’s hotels, starved for work, want to be considered as vaccine distribution sites....

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Marriott Slashes Staff at NYC’s Times Square Hotel
Marriott Slashes Staff at NYC’s Times Square Hotel
December 15, 2020  |  Personnel

The pandemic has hammered the hotel industry right from the start. Marriott International, for example, furloughed “tens of thousands” of workers back in March as...

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