[ad_1] Shortly after Jim Mrha joined Mint House as CFO, the apartment-style accommodation provider has announced two more appointments to its senior leadership team. Veteran hospitality executives Jess Berkin and Paul Sacco are Mint House’s new head of brand and chief development officer, respectively. The appointments are effective immediately. Berkin most recently was chief marketing officer…

[ad_1] Hilton Worldwide will begin to offer Groups360’s GroupSync Engage direct booking solution for meetings and events this month, the companies announced Thursday. The tool allows planners to see real-time availability and book guest room blocks for small groups. It will eventually be available at 5,000 of Hilton’s properties globally, according to Hilton. The announcement…

[ad_1] Event technology company Bizzabo has acquired two technology companies, Bizzabo announced Thursday, the first acquisitions in its history. The deals come about six months after the company raised $138 million in a Series E round, noting then that it planned to use the funds to expand and build out its hybrid events platform.  Bizzabo announced the…

[ad_1] Qatar Airways will distribute New Distribution Capability content via the Amadeus Travel Platform, per a new agreement with the travel distribution technology supplier. The agreement will make Qatar’s offerings, including NDC content, available to agencies and corporations using the Amadeus Travel Platform. Next year, Qatar also will adopt the Amadeus Altéa NDC tool, which…

[ad_1] Fox World Travel has expanded its existing alliance with online booking tool provider Deem, becoming a Deem Collective premium partner. The enhanced relationship increases Fox’s ability to customize Deem’s recently launched Etta OBT and trip management platform for its corporate clients, the TMC said.  Among TMCs, Fox has been notably active in partnering with…

[ad_1] KLM will restore most destinations in its North American network this summer, albeit at lower frequencies and seating capacities than pre-pandemic levels, the carrier announced. In total, KLM plans to fly to 16 North American destinations this summer, “practically returned to its original level” compared with 17 in the summer of 2019, according to…

[ad_1] SAP Concur is adding a new auditing capability to Concur Expense that checks all expense reports for potential issues and irregularities. Dubbed Verify, the tool uses artificial intelligence models based on more than $1 trillion in historical spending data within Concur’s platform, along with machine learning, to automatically flag anomalies for review by human…

[ad_1] Wyndham Hotels & Resorts on Wednesday announced a new brand, Registry Collection Hotels. The company’s 21st brand will be a collection of independent luxury hotels, with the first member the all-suite Grand Residences Riviera Cancun. The new brand comes at a time when “a growing number of independent luxury hotels owners are seeking out…

[ad_1] According to his Linked In profile, industry veteran Kurt Knackstedt has taken a new role as chief growth officer HRS Payment Solutions. Prior to this appointment, Knackstedt founded and served as CEO of payment startup Troovo from January 2015 to this March. He previously served as the president of the Association of Corporate Travel…

[ad_1] Travel management company Frosch has integrated the VeriFly digital health passport into its Obex for Business trip management app, enabling Obex to serve as the “front door” for travelers to access Covid-19 testing results and vaccine certification, according to the TMC.  VeriFly is one of several digital health passports that have emerged in recent months to…