For any accommodation provider, large or small, it is now practically impossible to ignore the internet as a distribution and marketing channel. Competition is rife and hotels with the best marketing and distribution reach dominate.

Regional lifestyle brand Shaza hotels has announced its participation in the 2008 edition of Arabian Travel Market, where senior executives will be present to discuss major recent developments.

DEARBORN, MI - August 23, 2008: An estimated 1.2 million Michiganians have Labor Day holiday travel plans, according to a recent survey by AAA. Of this number, 1 million will travel by car and 87,000 will travel by air.

London’s hotels face a fall in occupancy not seen since the aftermath of 9/11, with sales next year poised to fall nearly a quarter, PwC warns on Friday. Banking job losses, cuts in corporate travel budgets and the prospect of the global financial crisi

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced the signing of an agreement with the Mohammad Omar Bin Haider Group (MOBH), to develop a Crowne Plaza hotel in the International Media Production Zone, Dubai, UAE.