European hotel rates keep climbing According to the latest data from STR, hotel rates across Europe continued to rise in July, driven by countries in Eastern Europe. Source: Hotel Marketing European hotel rates keep climbing
World’s top luxury travel experts select the best hotels for 2016 Virtuoso surveyed its 390-plus travel agencies and more than 11,400 elite travel advisors to identify the winners in each of the categories, ranging from most innovative experience to best achievement in design. Source: Hotel Marketing World’s top luxury travel experts select the best hotels for 2016
Expedia and Red Lion partner for members-only rates Expedia has partnered with Red Lion Hotels, enabling users of Expedia.com and Hotels.com to have access to Red Lion’s members-only rates otherwise available only through its Hello Rewards program. Source: Hotel Marketing Expedia and Red Lion partner for members-only rates
IHG on putting digital, direct bookings and loyalty first Driving direct bookings is a core element of IHG’s strategy and its focus is paying off. Digital is its largest channel, delivering over 20% or $4.2 billion of its gross room’s revenue per annum, up from just 12% in 2005. Source: Hotel Marketing IHG on putting digital, direct bookings and loyalty first