True Incentive, a Florida-based company that provides incentive-based direct marketing solutions with marketing and sales incentives, has announced a move to a new home. The new offices are located in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Corporate Travel Management Announces Acquisition of Travel and Transport
Corporate Travel Management Limited (CTM) has agreed to acquire Travel and Transport, Inc. (T&T) including its Radius Travel business for $200.4 million, creating one of the world’s leading global mid-market corporate travel managers, with combined CY19 global TTV of $7.6 billion.
Hickory Global Partners Announces Alliance With Partnership Travel Consulting
Hickory Global Partners, a global corporate travel alliance for travel management companies (TMCs), corporate travel departments (CTDs) and corporations has engaged Partnership Travel Consulting (PTC), a corporate travel management consulting firm comprising travel industry veterans with an average of 20-plus years of experience. PTC will deliver unbiased corporate hotel sourcing and optimization solutions to corporate clients of Hickory’s membership.
Ovation Travel Group Unveils “Travel Lifetime Care” Suite of Corporate Travel Offerings
Ovation Travel Group is taking the wraps off its enhanced "Travel Lifetime Care" (TLC) suite, consisting of its corporate travel offerings that now have added safeguards in the wake of the global pandemic.
ABC Global Services Acquires CCRA
ABC Global Services has announced that it is acquiring the assets of CCRA (The Travel Commerce Network) in an integration of the two largest providers of hotel content and travel agency services. Combined, the two organizations will prove mutually beneficial to their travel management company (TMC) and agency clients by providing travel and hospitality products and personalized service administered by the industry’s best account management team.
Big Cypress Lodge to Open New Mississippi Terrace
The Mississippi Terrace will be open to the public from 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm each Thursday-Saturday and available for private events, gatherings and celebrations. Read more.
Rome's Bettoja Hotels Collection Refreshes Conference Center
Bettoja Hotels Collection, an Italy-based, family-owned hospitality collection, has completed work on the second phase of a major renovation project at its properties in Rome. The collection's Congress Conference Center has been completely refreshed and is now operational, adding to the total meeting space capacity of the three hotels that are part of the collection.
The renovations also included 70 new Premium rooms and suites, as well as other enhancements, at the group’s flagship property, the Hotel Mediterraneo.
ICCA Research: Paris Returns as Top City for Meetings and Events
Paris has returned as the top city for meetings, according to the ICCA’s Country and City Rankings report. The latest report, which covers 2018, sees Paris return to its number one position, which it had not held since 2016.
Ritz-Carlton Berlin Revamps Event Spaces and More
The Ritz-Carlton, Berlin has completed its 40 million-euro renovation. The refurbishment has upgraded the hotel’s guestrooms and suites, conference, wellness, lobby and lounge areas. It has also added POTS, a new restaurant.
Construction Kicks Off on Four Seasons New Orleans
Big news in New Orleans event venues: Construction has begun on the Four Seasons New Orleans, the first of the brand’s properties in New Orleans. The new 341-key, 81-residence property is slated to open in 2020.
The structure it's located in, Two Canal, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been nearly vacant since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. The restoration, renovation and modernization of this structure will make it one of the largest Four Seasons hotels in the brand’s portfolio.