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The Covid-19 pandemic boosted an already growing trend of dog owners traveling with their pooches, and hotels are stepping up with lenient policies and extra amenities to entice guests who don’t want to part with their canines. The pandemic stirred up just the right recipe to spur increased travel with pets, according to Jason Halliburton…
Tour operators are part of an industrywide shift toward vaccination-only travel, with many rolling out strict Covid vaccination requirements. Below is a running list of tour operators mandating that guests be fully vaccinated for some or all itineraries. Updated Aug. 31. Collette Collette is requiring that travelers be fully vaccinated on all international tours starting…
The pandemic has done little to curb the hospitality industry’s appetite for all-inclusive expansion, with Hyatt Hotels Corp.’s agreement to acquire Apple Leisure Group (ALG) turning up the heat in an already white-hot sector. The $2.7 billion transaction, which is set to close in the fourth quarter, was the biggest all-inclusive play by a leading…
For some travelers, app-based food delivery companies like Grubhub and UberEats have already rendered hotel room service nearly obsolete. A few pioneering players in the hospitality space, however, have found ways to use delivery apps to their advantage, leveraging new partnerships to put a modern, tech-enabled spin on traditional room service concepts. In what it…
LOS ANGELES — The Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) opening sessions on Monday reflected the hotel industry’s confidence and apprehension as it looks ahead. Several of the afternoon’s speakers expressed cautious optimism about economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and the future of tourism and travel. “The U.S. economy was roaring [prior to the pandemic],”…