[ad_1] American Airlines is giving more benefits to their AAdvantage members, including paying for in-flight WiFi with miles and the ability to purchase Flagship Lounge passes. American Airlines flyers now have additional benefits with the carrier, all without holding additional elite status or a credit card.   The new bonuses were announced ahead of the […]

[ad_1] ConnexPay Founded in 2017, ConnexPay integrates both sides of the payment ecosystem – accepting and making payments – inside a single global platform. George Hansen is chief revenue officer at ConnexPay. Founded in 2017, ConnexPay is a global payment platform that enables clients to manage all of their B2B payment needs, from acquiring sales, […]

[ad_1] Skift Take Barcelona, one of the world’s most popular destinations, just got a rude awakening about how it manages tourism. Dawit Habtemariam Thousands of protestors marched in Barcelona over the weekend against overtourism. Nearly 3,000 people took to the street on Saturday. More than 140 organizations, including neighborhood associations, ecologists and housing activists marched […]

[ad_1] Global B2B tours platform Servantrip offers tips on  how travel agencies and intermediaries can bank on the growing trend for travellers visiting dupe destinations.  Servantrip CEO Manuel Núñez remarked on how travel agents need to create unforgettable experiences for travellers going for dupe destinations. Núñez feels that tours and activities could play a key […]

[ad_1] Skift Take Gangwal’s appointment comes after activist investor Elliott criticized the airline’s board for not having enough directors with external airline experience. Meghna Maharishi Southwest Airlines announced Monday it is adding longtime airline executive and IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal to its board of directors.  The move appears to be the airline’s latest defense from […]

[ad_1] The post Is Taiwan’s MICE industry ready to challenge major players in Asia? appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. Taiwan leverages tech, culture, and venues to attract more MICE events. Asia Pacific’s MICE industry, valued at over $180b, is estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 10% […]

[ad_1] The experts came together at Phocuswright Europe to talk about travel tech trends around the world, things like generative artificial intelligence, machine learning and the metaverse. So it might have seemed jarring when one of the panelists on Center Stage defined travel in terms that evoke photo prints taped into paper scrapbooks. “It [travel] […]

[ad_1] Skift Take After a snap U.K. election, the results are in. A landslide for the Labour party means aviation pledges should soon turn into practice. The industry will be watching. Pranjal Pande, Skift It’s the morning after a resounding Labour victory in the United Kingdom. As Sir Keir Starmer’s center-left party prepares to ascend […]

[ad_1] HotelREZ, one of the world’s fastest growing hotel representation companies, continues to expand its client base in key international markets with the addition of several prestigious hotels.  In the first half of 2024, 74 new hotels joined the HotelREZ international portfolio with the UK-based business reporting a substantial increase in the total reservations received per […]

[ad_1] Hotels have been called out for years as being slow to embrace new technology. Yet signs last year pointed to a shift, and the buzz has been growing even louder this year. Oracle has been one of the beneficiaries of that trend. In the last fiscal year, the company saw the number of properties […]