Hotels
Is Booking really cheaper? And how to get the best price in hotels?
It is now a common reflex to go to Booking or another online travel agency to book a hotel, make your choice and book thinking that you got the best price. But is this really the case?
Why the...
The hotel, your new workplace
With the COVID crisis, hotels have seen their customers become extremely scarce and there is no reason to believe that the situation will improve in the near future. Faced with this situation, the major hotel groups have had to...
How much will the travel industry pay for giveaways to its loyal customers?
Since the beginning of the COVID crisis, players in the travel sector, led by airlines and hotels, have been multiplying gifts to their most loyal customers. And as soon as 2020 is over, we seem to be heading towards...
Marriott takes over Design Hotels: what to expect?
Marriott plans to take control of 100% of the capital of Design Hotels, of which it is already a 95% shareholder. We would like this to mean a significant improvement for customers but nothing is less certain.
Design Hotels :...
Sonesta, the hotel group that grows during COVID
The major hotel groups are suffering with the COVID crisis and there is more talk of room or property closures than growth. But for some, the COVID crisis is an opportunity to pursue a growth strategy with little effort.
Unless...
To consume locally is to book your hotel directly!
For many of you, these 2020 summer vacations will be "French" with sometimes a real preoccupation to consume locally to participate in the revival of the economy or even to bring your contribution to the fight for the climate.
You...
Editorial: Open the borders!
We're fed up: After almost 2 months of confinement, the French need some air. You can see it just by looking at the few patches of grass on the Champ de Mars or the Esplanade des Invalides taken over...
Is this the end of the AirBnb model?
Like the tourism industry, AirBnb is going through what looks like a termo-nuclear winter. But if the business is just going through an industry-wide crisis, one wonders whether its model makes it even more vulnerable than others. Or in...
Visa-ALL card: what to expect from Accor’s new initiative?
Accor and Visa announced last week a partnership that will result in the launch of a co-branded credit card.
The press release is rather laconic and does not tell us anything other than how such a card works as it...
Accor and Visa launch a co-branded credit card
In an article on co-branded credit cards in the travel industry we noted that they did not correspond to European and even less to French practices and that they finally brought little to customers in these countries compared to...