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NYC Adds Hotel Requirements In COVID Crackdown
NYC Adds Hotel Requirements In COVID Crackdown
August 18, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Travelers to New York City will now have to fill out coronavirus health forms in order to get keys to their rooms or short-term rentals...

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Airbnb Suffers Record Losses In Q2, IPO Still Planned
Airbnb Suffers Record Losses In Q2, IPO Still Planned
August 13, 2020  |  Earnings

Airbnb Inc. took a record hit in revenues in the second quarter (Q2) and its losses continued to mount as global travel was restricted to...

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Hotel Sector Recovery Begins As A Local Affair
Hotel Sector Recovery Begins As A Local Affair
August 11, 2020  |  Travel Payments

Marriott International’s Q2 2020 earnings — rough, as expected, reporting a net loss of $234 million after springtime bookings all but evaporated — contain nuggets...

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Marriot Earnings Show Growth In ‘Drive-To’ Vacations
Marriot Earnings Show Growth In ‘Drive-To’ Vacations
August 10, 2020  |  Earnings

Marriott International Inc. reported on Monday (Aug. 10) that comparable dollar revenue per available room (RevPAR) plunged 84.4 percent worldwide in Q2 on a constant-currency basis. Get the...

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Deem’s New Software Aims To Boost Corporate Travel Booking Services
Deem’s New Software Aims To Boost Corporate Travel Booking Services
August 05, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Deem, which works in mobile and cloud technology, has launched corporate travel booking software Deem Rise, according to a press release. Get the Full Story...

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NYC Quarantine Violators Could Face Fines Of Up To $10K
NYC Quarantine Violators Could Face Fines Of Up To $10K
August 05, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Visitors to New York City who are caught coming from states with high rates of COVID-19 could be assessed a hefty fine due to a...

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Booking.com To Cut Workforce By 25 Pct
Booking.com To Cut Workforce By 25 Pct
August 04, 2020  |  Travel Payments

Booking Holding Inc., the Connecticut-based company that owns travel website Booking.com, plans to reduce its workforce by as many as 4,250 positions as its business...

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Travel Management Firm CWT Pays $4.5M In Bitcoin To Hackers
Travel Management Firm CWT Pays $4.5M In Bitcoin To Hackers
July 31, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Corporate travel manager CWT paid $4.5 million worth of bitcoin in ransom this week to hackers who said they seized control of 30,000 company computers...

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United Chatbot To Help Ease COVID Concerns Among Jittery Passengers
United Chatbot To Help Ease COVID Concerns Among Jittery Passengers
July 30, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Getting ready to fly and fretting, as the coronavirus rages on, about how safe the air inside the plane will be? Wondering just how much...

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