Two out of 3 hotels accidentally leak guests’ personal dataHotels

Two out of 3 hotels accidentally leak guests’ personal data

Two out of three hotel websites inadvertently leak guests’ booking details and personal data to third-party sites, including advertisers and…

Mayors of the world unite to tackle challenges of mass tourismDestinations

Mayors of the world unite to tackle challenges of mass tourism

As major cities struggle to tackle the challenges of mass tourism, mayors from around the world gathered in Lisbon and…

Airbnb buys HotelTonight in deeper expansion into hotel-booking business

Airbnb buys HotelTonight in deeper expansion into hotel-booking business

Home-renting company Airbnb has bought HotelTonight, an app for finding hotel rooms at a discount, as it wades deeper into…

Saudis to seek $20 bln investments for planned tourism landmark

Saudis to seek $20 bln investments for planned tourism landmark

Saudi Arabia is targeting up to $20 billion of investments through 2035 for a planned landmark tourism destination and will…

EU warns Brussels city on strict home sharing rules in boost for Airbnb

EU warns Brussels city on strict home sharing rules in boost for Airbnb

The city of Brussels could be taken to court over its strict home sharing rules after the European Commission on…

French hotels had strong 2018 year despite protests

French hotels had strong 2018 year despite protests

Four weekends of anti-government violence on the famous Champs-Elysees avenue cost Paris hoteliers some 18 million euros ($20.43 million) in…

Portugal’s tourist arrivals dip after record run

Portugal’s tourist arrivals dip after record run

The number of foreign tourists visiting Portugal edged lower in the first 10 months of this year, the first cumulative…

Airbnb had ‘substantially more’ than $1 bln in quarterly revenueTourism Insight News

Airbnb had ‘substantially more’ than $1 bln in quarterly revenue

Home-renting company Airbnb Inc said last Friday it had “substantially more” than $1 billion in revenue for the third quarter,…

Cities Tell Airbnb to Make Room for Affordable HousingTravel Agents & Tour Operators

Cities Tell Airbnb to Make Room for Affordable Housing

One of the most crowded and expensive cities in the country, D.C. is cracking down on the number and type…

Egypt says to check hotels at Red Sea resort where British couple diedHotels

Egypt says to check hotels at Red Sea resort where British couple died

Egypt will audit the health and safety standards of hotels in Hurghada, the tourism ministry said two months after a British couple…