The business traveller’s search for cheaper hotel accommodation has helped to fuel a near doubling of the UK budget hotel market since 2000, pushing its turn-over beyond £1bn.
Whitbread’s Premier Travel Inn and Dubai International Capital’s Travelodge have provided much of the supply growth, the number of extra rooms increasing by about 8,000 rooms a year […]
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Business travel lifts budget hotels
National Geographic launches Talk Abroad Travel Phone
The National Geographic Society has launched the National Geographic Talk Abroad Travel Phone for consumers, designed to meet the needs of travellers by allowing affordable calls from more than 100 countries. National Geographic co-operated with Cellular Abroad, provider of cellular services for international travellers, in a licensing partnership to provide this service.
The Police adjust to touring in the 21st century
Oh, the things that technology has wrought in the decades since the Police last toured. Advances in concert audio are doing wonders for Andy Summers’ guitar tone. “I don’t think I’ve ever had a guitar sound this good,” he says. He also marvels at the “completely state-of-the-art show” that he and his two bandmates […]
Revelex Corporation and Montrose Travel Partner to Launch Loyalty Program
BOCA RATON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Revelex Corporation, a leader in travel technology solutions for agents and vendors, and Montrose Travel, a top 50 nationwide full-service travel agency, today announced a partnership to launch a flexible rewards […]
Car Rental Companies and Travel Agents Increase Sales
Global travel technology provider Worldspan, L.P. has introduced an advanced car rental marketing tool to help suppliers and travel agents increase revenues. Worldspan Car UpSell, a part of Worldspan’s new Encore! content merchandising program, gives car rental companies the ability to display higher-class vehicle options to Worldspan travel agents-while agents are in the booking process.