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 Hoteliers Can Look Past Storm Clouds to Sunny Days Ahead in 2023

STR Vice President of Analytics Isaac Collazo knows "there are some storm clouds on the horizon" heading into 2023, but he expects most news to be good news for the hotel industry even as the broader economy heads to a recession. Read more

The Business of Travel An Insider’s Update: 2023 Hotel Sourcing Season In the first installment of the GBTA Accommodation Committee’s Sourcing Podcast Series, Christiane Cabot Bini (Hilton), Adam Turetsky (HP Inc.), Steven Van Overmeiren (Baker McKenzie) and Michael Laumanns (Accor) discuss the current sourcing season, high level-trends, what’s behind them and an outlook for 2023. Listen

Airline Weekly European Airlines Could Face Steep Operational Challenges in 2023 Europe’s air traffic manager, Eurocontrol, is warning of potentially “huge challenges” to the continued recovery of air travel on the continent this year. Matching capacity to demand, and keeping delays in check, will be the two biggest challenges the aviation ecosystem faces as schedules recover to roughly 92 percent of pre-COVID levels. Read more

Travel Daily Media Business Travel Is Booming with 52 Per Cent Growth Business travel is well and truly back on the agenda as Travel Counsellors, one of the UK’s leading independent travel companies has reported bumper corporate transactions, with sales for the new financial year (November-December) up by 52 per cent on pre pandemic levels (2019). Read more Tags: GBTA