Gazing into a crystal ball to come up with next years budget is always daunting. Its a mix of professional instinct, historical data, and future predictions thats never perfect.
German Travel Technology Vendor GP Solutions Becomes Sabre Developer Partner
The company was awarded with Sabre Developer Partner status in early November, 2021. It is yet another important milestone on its way to perfecting the range of products and services it offers to the travel industry.
WTTC Identifies Digital Solutions for Governments Worldwide to Significantly Restore International Mobility
The inaugural report provides guidance and calls on governments to adopt a more internationally coordinated response to COVID-19 for the Travel & Tourism sector and implement digital solutions that will facilitate the resumption of safe and stress-free international travel.
Hotel Rate Strategy Evolution Across North America in Reaction to the Pandemic – Part 2
In the second post in this series we leverage the new Rate Strategy feature available within Rate Insight to break down critical rate patterns in North America among chain and independent hotels.
TrustYou Supports Accor in Designing Limitless Hotel Communications That Set the New Standard of Hospitality
Together, TrustYou and Accor have worked to perfect a contactless guest messaging flow that creates new possibilities for ensuring that the personal touch will never be lost to the industry, even when in-person interaction may not be possible. The achievements made together are now available in a new joint case study.
From Car Bay to Hotel Room: 2021 SiteMinder Partner of the Year Awards Spotlight Industry Transformation
SiteMinde has deemed a car-park-turned-hotel-inventory the years most ingenious change in conducting hotel business.
OTA Insight Raises $80M Series B Funding from Spectrum Equity to Bring Data-Driven Decisions to Hospitality Industry
This latest investment will support the company in furthering its mission to enable smarter commercial decisions and outputs across the industry as it expands its global footprint.
Travel Tech Body Calls for Further Action Against Google – Travel Weekly
A travel body representing global distribution systems and online travel agencies has called for further action against Google, after a European court upheld a 2.42 billion fine imposed on the tech giant.
DerbySoft Develops a New Partnership with Trip(eaze)
trip(eaze) will be the first platform of its kind allowing group tour operators to source and compare group friendly hotel properties side by side and directly contract room blocks of 10 rooms or more online.
Nominations Open for Innov8 in Vienna
Encouraging innovation in hotel distribution is in our DNA. Innov8 at the HEDNA Vienna conference celebrates eight innovative companies that are changing the face of hotel distribution and payments. Recommend a ground-breaking upstart that you admire or nominate your own cutting-edge company or product- either way, help HEDNA recognize the innovators, the change-makers, and the leaders of tomorrow.

