Month: November 2020

The leadership changes proposed at the 76th IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) have been approved. – Robin Hayes, CEO of JetBlue is now the Chair of the IATA Board of…

Accor and Ennismore have entered into negotiations to form one of the world’s leading lifestyle operators in the hospitality sector. Through this all-share merger, a new autonomous and fully asset…

Boeing has forecast a demand for 2,945 new airplanes in the Middle East valued at $685 billion over the next two decades, as the industry recovers from the ongoing global…

SAS has announced that it will resume flights on a number of routes over the holiday season in order to meet demand for travel to, from and within Scandinavia. From…

Accor has signed binding agreements to take full ownership of sbe’s Hotel asset light business including the Delano, Mondrian, SLS, and Hyde hotel brands along with most of sbe’s Food…

GHM has appointed Ilkin Ilyaszade as Vice President of Operations and Pre-Opening Services. In his new role, Ilkin will oversee the development new properties such as The Chedi Aquarius Koh…

The Anantara Lawana Samui Resort in Thailand has appointed Emanuel Grosch as General Manager. Emanuel began his journey with Anantara in 2019 as Resort Manager of the hugely popular Anantara…

Mandarin Oriental has signed a deal to manage and rebrand the historic Savoy Baur en Ville hotel in Zurich, Switzerland from 2024. The hotel, which first opened in 1838, is…

Accor is set to expand its Swiss-born Mövenpick hotel brand to Australia, thanks to a management agreement with the Singapore-based global hospitality group, Global Premium Hotels. Slated to open mid-January…

IATA is in the final development phase of a digital health pass designed to support the safe reopening of borders. Some governments are beginning to use testing as a means…