Hotels news and trends

Sabre Expands Offer and Fulfillment Options to Hotels
Retail // June 24, 2024

Sabre Hospitality’s retailing solution now allows hoteliers to sell experiences, services and goods without a room reservation. The addition of standalone offers to the SynXis Retailing solution enables hoteliers to bring in additional revenue by delivering personalized and relevant offers to travelers, the company said...

European Retailers Say Google Search Changes Favor Online Aggregators
Google // May 24, 2024

The European Union (EU) is currently facing concerns from lobbying groups representing airlines, hotels and retailers regarding Google’s proposed search changes. These groups are urging EU tech regulators to consider their views and not just those of large intermediaries when implementing new tech rules, Reuters reported Friday (May 24)....

CTS Systems Adds Corcentric’s Managed AR to Travel Booking Platform
Accounts Receivable // May 08, 2024

CTS Systems has integrated Corcentric’s Managed Accounts Receivable (AR) services into its travel booking platform.  With this integration, the CTS Systems platform will offer corporate travel agents and hotels a single-source solution providing consolidated, digitized and secure invoice processing, the companies said in a Wednesday (May 8) press release.  “By partnering with...

Wyndham Expects Consumer Confidence to Fuel Summer Travel
Travel Payments // April 25, 2024

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is developing a record-high number of rooms amid its anticipation of a healthy summer season. The hotel chain released earnings Thursday (April 25) showing it has 243,000 rooms in its development pipeline, an 8% increase year-over-year, primarily at the company’s “midscale...

Interviews & Exclusives
Automation Steps In to Fill Hospitality Service Staff Shortages

May 11, 2023
The pandemic had a massive ripple effect on jobs throughout the hospitality industry. Travel restrictions and social distancing brought business and recreational travel to a standstill. The industry has been slow to recover, partly due to Zoom and other teleconferencing services supplanting many forms of business travel. Hotels laid off and furloughed employees in record […]

42% of Consumers Trade Other Luxuries for Travel

April 17, 2023
This installment of PYMNTS’ miniseries based around consumer spending patterns focuses on the travel sector. Getting away from it all has been one of the last discretionary items consumers are...

Chasing Growth In Travel’s Hybrid Hotel-Hostels Segment

June 14, 2021
For those in the lodging industry, the last 16 months have been all about evolution as such businesses have struggled to recreate themselves and their offerings for the era of...

Kessler Hotel Chain Takes High Road On Crypto Payments

March 23, 2021
In a move that separates it from the pack and provides a further signal that cryptocurrencies are moving mainstream, earlier this month, luxury hotel chain The Kessler Collection announced that...

Quick Reads
Elavon Introduces Embedded Payments Solution for Hotels, Hospitality-Related Businesses

June 25, 2024
Elavon has launched a new application programming interface (API) that helps hotels and other hospitality-related businesses manage digital and in-person payments. With the new Elavon Cloud Payments Interface, these businesses can embed payments and allow guests to pay anywhere, at any time, the payments processor said in a Tuesday (June 25) press release. “This system cuts the cord […]

Sabre Expands Offer and Fulfillment Options to Hotels

June 24, 2024
Sabre Hospitality’s retailing solution now allows hoteliers to sell experiences, services and goods without a room reservation. The addition of standalone offers to the SynXis Retailing solution enables hoteliers to...

European Retailers Say Google Search Changes Favor Online Aggregators

May 24, 2024
The European Union (EU) is currently facing concerns from lobbying groups representing airlines, hotels and retailers regarding Google’s proposed search changes. These groups are urging EU tech regulators to consider their views and...

CTS Systems Adds Corcentric’s Managed AR to Travel Booking Platform

May 08, 2024
CTS Systems has integrated Corcentric’s Managed Accounts Receivable (AR) services into its travel booking platform.  With this integration, the CTS Systems platform will offer corporate travel agents and hotels a single-source solution providing...