Bed banks

Trade 'integral' to Interhome and Inter Chalet growth plans

New Hotelplan holiday home boss says ’potential for incoming and outgoing tourism not yet exhausted in the UK’ amid pledge to build closer ties with agents

Villa specialist Novasol to shut UK office and relocate operations to Denmark

Commercial and marketing executive James Delger to take interim lead on UK operations at group’s Danish base in Virum, near Copenhagen

Stuba hails Asia sales growth following bed bank merger

Sales to Vietnam up 366% year-on-year following integration of getabed and roomsXML

Ryanair grows hotel platform with SiteMinder partnership

Move comes just days after low-cost carrier announced plans to wind down holidays division

Stuba proud to be trusted accommodation partner

Stuba – the new brand following the merger of getabed and roomsXML – is celebrating a successful launch and encouraging agents to sign up if they haven’t already

Bed bank extends agents' commission increase

Bedsonline to pay extra 3% until mid-January

Hotelbeds acquires HolidayTaxis Group

The acquisition, said Hotelbeds, emphasises its commitment to ancillary sales

WebBeds owner Webjet lands $173m Destinations of the World acquisition

The hotel booking firm will join the WebBeds portfolio alongside JacTravel, TotalStay, Sunhotels, Lots of Hotels and FIT Ruums

Hotelbeds to 'phase out' GTA and Tourico Holidays brands

The brands will be consolidated under the Hotelbeds moniker

Beds With Ease appoints Nicola Harper as national account manager

She joins the bed bank, part of the Broadway Travel Group, following roles with Attraction World and Thomas Cook

Former Expedia chief to head up European Vacation Rentals

Henrik Kjellberg has been named the operator’s new chief executive after Wyndham sold the brand to private equity

Emma Male joins Bookabed as regional sales manager

Male joins the bed bank after seven years with hoppa and A2B Transfers

Travel giant confirmed as Champions League sponsors

Three-season deal for Champions league tie-in secured by travel brand

Thomas Cook launches online hotel platform with Expedia

Cook says the move will underpin its complementary city break and hotel-only operation, supplementing its core own-brand offering

Thomas Cook Group to close Medhotels

The bed bank will cease trading on December 31

ITT 2018: Could your business adapt to the sharing economy?

Travel companies have been urged to adapt to the sharing economy – or face missing out on considerable opportunities

Riches quits Bedswithease

He leaves after 18 months with the business

Hotelbeds to integrate brands on single platform

Accommodation giant to move all bed banks on to the same technology

Bedsonline appoints new sales manager for Ireland

Robert Smart brings more than a decade’s experience in the Irish travel sector

Getabed and roomsXML unveil new brand Stuba after merger

The bed banks have joined forced to maintain their position in the sector

Bed banks getabed and roomsXML announce merger

The deal will ensure the two businesses ’remain relevant’ in a ’fiercely competitive’ sector

Tui buys back DMC businesses from Hotelbeds

Tu pays €110m for three Hotbeds brand in buy-back deal

Travel Ledger calls on technology companies to join at TTE

New blockchain project soon to announce more partners as founder Roberto Da Re urges more collaboration within industry

Safer Tourism Foundation now boasts more than 20 members

Sign up and share data to help prevent tragedies, says STF