by Traveler | May 28, 2025 | Hotel Industry
DALLAS, Texas—TPG Hotels & Resorts announced that it has been selected by Verge Management LLC to manage a portfolio of five Marriott-branded select service hotels located in Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas. The agreement marks an expansion for TPG in the...
by Traveler | May 28, 2025 | Hotel Industry
Accor has partnered with Flinders University’s Centre for Social Impact on a disability employment program in Melbourne, that it hopes to roll out across the country. Commencing this month, the Diversity Pathways project is a six-phase initiative designed to boost...
by Traveler | May 28, 2025 | Hotel Industry
Melbourne’s reputation as the sporting capital of Australia is set to drive the strongest annual performance for Accor since 2019. The city began 2025 by hosting the most successful Australian Open on record (1.2 million fans through the gates) and a record-breaking...
by Traveler | May 28, 2025 | Tourism
A recent assessment from Mabrian, a travel intelligence platform, suggests that enthusiasm for the travel to the U.S. is waning somewhat in vital long-haul markets. This includes Europe, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, and even Australia. Using their...
by Traveler | May 28, 2025 | Tourism
Walt Disney World has announced the official debut date of Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away, the new nighttime parade coming to Magic Kingdom in Summer 2025! This shares the latest official details, incredible new concept art of the finale float, photo &...
by Traveler | May 27, 2025 | Tourism
Digital travel platform Agoda announces a strategic partnership with the Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), one of India’s largest hospitality companies. This collaboration expands Agoda’s premium offerings across the globe enabling travelers internationally to...
by Traveler | May 27, 2025 | Hotel Industry
Photo Credit: Vision Hospitality Group CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee—Vision Hospitality Group, Inc. has broken ground on the new dual-branded Home2 Suites by Hilton and Tru by Hilton Lookout Valley in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Construction is now underway, with an expected...
by Traveler | May 27, 2025 | Hotel Industry
Photo credit: Babiche Martens. PonsonBurger, Ponsonby’s popular burger festival, is back for a second year, returning this May by popular demand. Timed to coincide with International Burger Day today – Wednesday, May 28, – this year’s festival runs for two weeks, from...
by Traveler | May 27, 2025 | Tourism
Google is making waves in the AI sphere. Their newly launched “AI Mode,” presented at Google I/O 2025, aims to recapture ground lost to ChatGPT and burgeoning competitors such as Perplexity. As Elizabeth Reid, Google’s head of search put it, this feature looks to move...
by Traveler | May 27, 2025 | Tourism
Every once in a while, a game-changing new Walt Disney World restaurant comes along. A dining option that offers an ambitious menu, fun atmosphere, cool characters, delicious food, reasonable prices, or some combination thereof. “Every once in a while” actually...
