Travel

European business travellers flying further per year – CTM report

Posted by March 4, 2025

Business travellers in Europe are flying further on average per year, according to the latest data from TMC Corporate Travel Management. CTM’s second annual

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Hotel rate rises ‘tapering off’ in key business cities

Posted by February 20, 2025

Hotel room rate increases in key global business destinations are slowing down, while booking lead times are widening, according to the latest data from accommo

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IHG acquires ‘premium urban’ brand Ruby Hotels

Posted by February 18, 2025

InterContinental Hotels Group has announced the acquisition of European “premium urban” hotel brand Ruby for an initial sum of €110.5 million. Munich-ba

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All the tourists taxes Britons have to pay in Europe

Posted by January 16, 2025

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly mulling a new tourist tax raid in a bid to shore up public finances. But while the approach would be a novelty in the UK,

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The 2025 Outlook

Posted by December 18, 2024

Cost will be top of mind moving into the year ahead – as it so often is – but 2025 will also come with a sharpened focus on the traveller

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WorldHotels expands European presence with new members

Posted by December 17, 2024

Hotel sales and marketing group WorldHotels has expanded its presence in Europe after adding three independent properties across the continent.Germany-based Wor

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European hotel development continues to gather pace

Posted by November 19, 2024

Europe will add more than 43,000 hotel rooms during 2024 as an estimated 327 properties are set to open this year across the continent, according to the latest

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The 2025 Hotlist – nominations open!

Posted by November 13, 2024

Who – or what – is driving change in the business travel industry? Which companies and products are turning heads? And what travel trends are going to punct

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IHG’s Garner opens first European hotels in Germany

Posted by November 12, 2024

IHG Hotels & Resorts’ midscale brand Garner has made its European debut with the opening of its first three hotels in Germany. Garner is being introduce

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Marriott targets ‘mid-single digit’ corporate rate rise in 2025

Posted by November 5, 2024

Global hotel giant Marriott International is targeting year-on-year corporate negotiated rate increases of "mid-single digit" percentages in 2025. During Marr

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Accor projects ‘single digit’ hotel rates increase in 2025

Posted by October 28, 2024

Accor Group is preliminarily projecting that negotiated corporate hotel rates for 2025 are likely to increase by "mid-single digits" compared with this year.

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Global hotel rate increases to ‘moderate’ in 2025 – Amex…

Posted by October 22, 2024

Hotel prices in key business travel cities are set to increase again in 2025 but at a slower rate than seen in previous years, according to the latest Hotel Mon

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