(TDN): International hotel chain, Room Mate Hotels has selected RateTiger’s channel manager RTSuite Allocator to help manage the distribution of room rates and availability across online hotel sites. The Spanish-owned group has implemented RTSuite across all its 17 properties to accelerate the growth of its internet bookings.
The choice to use RateTiger was made by Kathi Grutzmacher’s, Director of Sales Distribution & e-Marketing. She experienced the product during her times with chains (more…)
(TDN): Economic research firm e-forecasting.com in conjunction with Smith Travel Research announced that their U.S. hotel industry leading indicator-HIL-increased during December, the ninth consecutive monthly increase for the indicator. The indicator went up 1.8 percent during the month, following a 1.3-percent increase in November.
HIL, a monthly leading indicator for the U.S. hotel industry, is a composite leading indicator that, on average, leads the industry’s business activity four to five months in advance. The latest increase brought the index to a reading of 109.4. The index (more…)
(TDN): The company reported a net loss excluding special items for the fourth quarter 2009 of $32 million, or ($0.20) per share. This compares favorably to the fourth quarter 2008 net loss excluding special items of $222 million, or ($1.94) per share.
The company reported a full year 2009 net loss excluding special items of $499 million, or ($3.75) per share, versus a net loss excluding special items of $808 million, or ($8.06) per (more…)
(TDN): Amadeus and Air France - KLM have agreed to extend their full content agreement until December 2013. The agreement guarantees Amadeus travel agents worldwide access to the entire range of fares, schedules and inventory relating to more than 74.8 million seats and 90.000 flights operated annually by Air France and KLM.
Jean Wieviorka, VP Corporate and Distribution, Air France and KLM, said: “Travel agencies are an essential part of our global sales strategy. We are delighted to have reached a cost-effective distribution agreement that will continue to give Amadeus (more…)
(TDN): Inspired by a common passion for unique experiences, Design Hotels and The Auteurs, an international film website, have joined forces to create Hotel Cinematheque.
Every two weeks a Design Hotels member property will be paired with a film based on a common location or theme. Travellers who book the featured hotel during this period, will receive an exclusive promotional code. This allows them to watch (more…)
(TDN): EZYield.com, the originator of online channel management for the worldwide hospitality industry with an automated SaaS platform consisting of channel management, Web booking engine, GDS connectivity and reservation delivery components, today announced that with the integrated multi-property yielding functionality of the EZYield.com system, general managers of the Excel Hotel Group’s properties are reporting greater guest satisfaction results. With the ability for multi-property hospitality groups to consolidate yielding through one interface and have one person yield the entire portfolio, it frees up valuable time for property-based staff to better attend to guests needs.
While a property’s revenue management goals and strategies must include persons at all management (more…)
(TDN): iBAHN, the worldwide leader in digital entertainment and internet solutions for the hospitality and meeting industries, has signed a deal with Hotel ADA Palace in Madrid, part of Corporacion Hispano, to deliver the most advanced in-room digital entertainment and internet connectivity services on the market.
The installation, which has just been completed, provides all 80 rooms of the Spanish hotel with iBAHN’s high definition digital entertainment solution, ETVi HD, along with fixed and wireless High Speed Internet Access (HSIA). Hotel ADA (more…)
(TDN): The company reported a net loss excluding special items for the fourth quarter 2009 of $32 million, or ($0.20) per share. This compares favorably to the fourth quarter 2008 net loss excluding special items of $222 million, or ($1.94) per share.
The company reported a full year 2009 net loss excluding special items of $499 million, or ($3.75) per share, versus a net loss excluding special items of $808 million, or ($8.06) per (more…)
(TDN): The LCC sector has triggered an ancillary revenue (merchandising) revolution, with airlines worldwide expected to generate USD58 billion in ancillaries this year, according to research from the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA).
“A sizeable figure, USD58 billion however represents just 12% of total airline revenues, suggesting we are just at the start of the movement to monetise services and products (more…)
(TDN): With over 500,000 unique visitors per month, TripAtlas.com is the fastest-growing all-in-one travel magazine, research and booking portal on the Web - and the site’s travel veteran creators are reaching out to travel professionals to further enhance their TripAtlas PRO program to respond to consumer leads submitted through Trip Builder requests generated through TripAtlas.com.
“Our network currently consists of more than 1,000 international travel agents, tour operators and tourist boards who have become an integral part of our marketing campaigns (more…)
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