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Tourists to UK forecast to spend record levels in 2018

By ASAP Newsdesk On 26th December 2017 · Add Comment · In Breaking News, Front Page, Trending News, UK News, Visit Britain
According to forecasts from VisitBritain it has been a record year-to-date for inbound tourism to the UK, with growth set to continue in 2018. Overseas visits to the UK are forecast to break through the 40 million mark for the first time in 2018, reaching almost 42 million, up 4.4% on 2017. Spending by overseas [...]
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Minor Hotels announces AVANI to debut in Oman with serviced apartments

By ASAP Newsdesk On 22nd December 2017 · Add Comment · In Breaking News, EMEA, Global News, Serviced Apartment Openings
Minor Hotels has signed a management agreement with Safari International Group for a new 250-room AVANI hotel to be developed in the Omani capital Muscat, scheduled to open in 2020. AVANI Muscat Hotel will be connected via a sky bridge to the upcoming Al Araimi Boulevard Mall, which is scheduled to open in 2018 with [...]
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The ‘professional Airbnb’ RentalsCombined ceases trading

By ASAP Newsdesk On 22nd December 2017 · Add Comment · In Breaking News, Insights, Trending News
Rental accommodation website RentalsCombined, formerly called VillasDirect and the recipient of Best Online Travel App of 2015 by Sabre, has ceased trading with immediate effect. RentalsCombined claimed to have partnered with the largest blue-chip travel management companies in the world, and had planned to increase its access to over 800,000 properties over the next five [...]
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Round-up of travel-focused startups recently funded

By ASAP Newsdesk On 22nd December 2017 · Add Comment · In Breaking News, Insights, technology, Trending News
Airwallex, a fintech startup that enables companies to make cross-border payments efficiently while trimming interbank fees, has closed its Series A round at $15 million. The Melbourne-based business doesn’t exclusively focus on travel, but many of its early customers are travel agencies and online marketplaces providing travel, especially in Asia Pacific. UpLift, a financial technology [...]
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Frogner House Apartments open new apartment building in Oslo

By ASAP Newsdesk On 21st December 2017 · Add Comment · In Front Page, UK News
ASAP Quality Accredited International Member Frogner House Apartments has opened its first apartment building in Oslo´s east side, where 25 refurbished units are now ready to house guests in Helgesens gate 1 in Grünerløkka. Grünerløkka is seen as a hipster cultural hub, and has been described as one of the top ten most transformed districts [...]
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Choice Hotels will buy WoodSpring Suites

By ASAP Newsdesk On 21st December 2017 · Add Comment · In Americas, Breaking News, Extended Stay, Global News
Choice Hotels International will acquire extended-stay brand Woodspring Suites for $231 million adding 240 properties across 35 US states. The new units added to Choice’s existing MainStay Suites and Suburban Extended Stay Hotel brands will bring its extended stay portfolio to 350 properties. The transaction is expected to close during the first quarter of 2018, [...]
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London Ibis Styles hotel removes check-in desks

By ASAP Newsdesk On 21st December 2017 · Add Comment · In Breaking News, technology, UK News
Accorhotels has announced a new 85-bedroom Ibis Styles hotel in London’s Gloucester Road where employees will run the hotel via an app on their mobile device, freeing them up to interact with guests and negating the need for conventional check-in desks. Read more:
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Guestline reports 20% growth

By ASAP Newsdesk On 21st December 2017 · Add Comment · In ASAP Business Partners, Breaking News, Guestline, Insights, technology
ASAP Business Partner global hospitality software business Guestline has grown by 20% in 2017, its 25th year, following “significant investment in new technology and key markets worldwide” by the firm. Future growth is predicted in 2018, a year that Guestline predicts will see more shifts in the hospitality market and technology landscapes as new tech [...]
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London ‘most popular’ global destination to see in 2018

By ASAP Newsdesk On 21st December 2017 · Add Comment · In Breaking News, Front Page, Trending News, UK News
According to data from Trivago, global travellers have ranked London as the most popular destination for seeing in the New Year. British travellers are naming New York the top destination and Amsterdam as the top European city to see in 2018, but are also considering London, Dubai, Tenerife, Paris, Edinburgh, Benidorm (the cheapest in the [...]
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Luxury travel’s next phase could be in vacation rental consolidation

By ASAP Newsdesk On 21st December 2017 · Add Comment · In Airbnb, Breaking News, Insights
Over the last year Airbnb has been moving towards a bigger slice of the vacation rental market, buying Luxury Retreats and doing a deal for accessible travel business Accomable, as well as allegedly eyeing Wyndham’s European vacation portfolio. Airbnb’s peers TripAdvisor and HomeAway bought HouseTrip and Dwellable respectively over the last couple of years. As vacation [...]
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