What to Watch 2022; AHLA: Business Travel Share of U.S. Hotel Revenue Down Sharply from '19

 

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January 26, 2022 AHLA: Business Travel Share of U.S. Hotel Revenue Down Sharply from '19 By Donna M. Airoldi Business travelers made up 52.5 percent of U.S. lodging industry room revenue in 2019. The American Hotel & Lodging Association projects that share to represent just 43.6 percent in 2022, according to its 2022 State of the Hotel Industry Report, released Monday. Keep Reading BTN's What to Watch 2022 It's "Worldview Wednesday" for BTN's 2022 What to Watch. Each of today's contributors suggests a full-on mindset change may be required to push progress for business travel in 2022. Do you agree? BTN will run OpEd contributions every day this week.  Globalization Reset Is Underway, by BCD Travel's Amy Dalton Meetings Will Define the Future of Business Travel, by Bizly's Ron Shah NDC - Opportunity or Inconvenience? By DRCT's Viktor Nekrylov   CWT Names Hindmarsh to Lead RoomIt, China Operations CWT has appointed Belinda Hindmarsh as SVP and chief operating officer of both its global hotel distribution division RoomIt and the travel management company's operations in China. Keep Reading Amex: SME Business Up in '21, Large Co. T&E Growth Lags Spending volume on American Express commercial cards continued on an upward trajectory in the fourth quarter, totaling $141 billion compared with $126 billion in the third quarter and up 30 percent year over year, the company reported. Keep Reading IATA: December Air Travel Resilient Amid Omicron Holiday demand helped buoy the global air travel recovery in December, despite end-of-year cancellations and the Covid-19 omicron variant, according to the International Air Transportation Association. Keep Reading Terms of recovery are not playing out evenly across the board, and many hoteliers have had to raise rates to minimize the bottom‐line hit from labor and supply shortages." - STR's Carter Wilson Read More 76% Member travel suppliers surveyed by the Global Business Travel Association who project 2022 business travel revenue would increase from 2021. Check It Out American, BA Detail Upcoming JFK Colocation American Airlines and British Airways on Tuesday announced additional details about their colocation at Terminal 8 at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, planned for Dec. 1, 2022. Keep Reading Anvil Group Launches ISO 31030 Risk Mgmt. Scorecard Travel risk management provider Anvil Group has developed an online scorecard for travel programs to benchmark against new international standards for risk management. Keep Reading Four Seasons Outlines Growth Plans Luxury hotel company Four Seasons, now majority-owned by Bill Gates' Cascade Investments, plans to open four new properties in North America, keying into secondary cities and vacation markets. Keep Reading 100 Lighting Way Secaucus, New Jersey, USA 07094

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