For Some Hilton Properties, It’s Dynamic Discounts Or Nothing In 2023
Pricing power for lodging suppliers, an altered traveler profile and uncertainty on the buyer side created unusual outcomes for 2023 rate negotiations. At some Hilton properties, this meant refusing to offer static negotiated rates and walking away from business.
Delta’s $7 Billion Pilot Agreement
Delta Air Lines recently reached a $7 billion agreement with its pilots, a deal that put an end to tense negotiations.
Europe’s Travel Prices Are Finally Falling — What Travel Buyers Are Doing
Travel prices across Europe have started to decline, following months of continuous hikes in air fares and hotel rates. However, they’re expected to remain highly volatile for several years as the market undergoes a correction.
Innovate Faceoff Notebook: Troop Tops, TripBam People’s Choice
Judges at the BTN Group’s 9th annual Innovate conference gave top honors to meetings management travel platform Troop, while inaugural Innovate winner TripBam received top accolades from attendees.
2022 BTN Hotel Survey: Complex Rate & Service Environment Continues for Hotel Programs
Corporate buyers expect to pay more for hotel stays in 2023, even as reduced service levels continue to impact business travelers
Fare Factor
Three experts share insights on airfare trends and how travel managers should respond
Made To Measure
A greater appetite for digital solutions during the pandemic opened up a new world of efficiencies for SMEs and that demand has accelerated this year as they get back to business travel.
Hotels Overload on Wellness in the Battle to Host Company Retreats
The sky’s the limit for the hospitality sector, coming up with ideas like “togetherness programs” and offering increasingly bizarre spiritual and nature-based activities. But for how long will companies take the bait?
Budgets, bleisure and the drive towards net zero
Anyone making predictions about the future of business travel over the next 18 months could be forgiven for painting a very bleak picture indeed.
TRIPBAM: Q3 Market Rates Level Off But Set to Rise
Global market hotel rates have declined since early June, and lessening demand for leisure helped “bring down rates for corporate transient, particularly in primary markets that entertain a strong mix of business and leisure travel,” according to a new report from reshopping platform TRIPBAM.
