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Travel Tuesday to drive almost £500m for UK travel industry
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: UK consumers are set to spend £467 million this Travel Tuesday as they take advantage of big deals on package holidays, flights, accommodation and more.
Intrepid Travel hires Hurelle to lead accommodation strategy
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Global adventure tour operator Intrepid Travel has hired French hotel veteran Celine Hurelle to lead its expansion into accommodation and hotels.
Intrepid ventures further into accommodation sector
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Small group tour travel firm Intrepid Travel has expanded further into the accommodation sector, specifically venturing into the lodge segment, with the acquisition of Daintree Ecolodge in Tropical North Queensland for AU$5 million.
Booking.com announces €2.6m sustainable accommodation grant
Reading Time: 2 minutesNetherlands: Booking.com opened its Booking booster program for 2020 yesterday, focusing on sustainable accommodation. This is the fourth iteration of the platform’s program, this year offering €2.6m worth of possible investment to start-ups, social enterprises, non-profits, and accommodations The focus on sustainability is backed by the platform’s market research on what its own customers want. […]
Short-stay accommodation operators in Tanzania told to register or face arrest
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTanzania: The Tanzanian government has told short-term rental accommodation operators to register their facilities in the next 50 days or face arrest, in a move affecting Airbnb users. Tourism is considered to be one of the greatest sources of hard currency income for the East African country, which was the fifth-biggest African market for Airbnb […]