TripAdvisor has defended that only 2.1 percent of the opinions received in the hotels of its platform in 2018 were fraudulent, in response to the report published by the Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU), which assured that the page contained a 6 , 2 percent of interested ratings. In a statement, the platform has […]
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The Norwegian Ving Group buys the hotel chain that operated with Thomas Cook firms in Spain
The hotel chain has a dozen hotels in the Canary and Balearic Islands The Ving Group has bought the Spanish hotel company Airtours Resort Ownership Spain (AROE), including RMHI and Movables, which operates 12 hotels with more than 2,000 rooms in Mallorca, Menorca and the Canary Islands. As detailed by the company on Thursday, the […]
Airbnb Operations Director Belinda Johnson resigns from office
Airbnb Operations Director Belinda Johnson has resigned her position, although she will become part of the company’s board of directors. As the company reported this Friday, Johnson joined Airbnb in 2011 and has been an «integral part» of the company’s growth over the years. «Despite all that we have accomplished, we are still at the […]
The German subsidiary of Thomas Cook announces its final closure
The German subsidiary of Thomas Cook has announced Thursday its final closure at the end of this month, nine weeks after filing bankruptcy. Thomas Cook Germany, which included the Neckermann Reisen, Air Marin and Thomas Cook Signature brands will stop working next week, as one of the members of the insolvency process administrators team has […]
The German subsidiary of Thomas Cook cancels reservations for trips booked for 2020
The German subsidiary of Thomas Cook announced on Tuesday the cancellation of travel reservations with departure date of January 1, 2020 or later, even if they have been partially or fully paid. The subsidiary has made this decision «for insolvency reasons» and has assured that those affected will be informed «as soon as possible». This […]
Airbnb will enable a 24-hour telephone line to address the inconvenience of neighbors
Airbnb has announced a series of measures to increase confidence in the platform and improve attention to neighbors or anyone who wishes to contact as a result of a nuisance, within which it will enable a telephone line with a specialized team that will serve the neighbors They need it 24 hours a day. This […]
Hays Travel offers employment to almost 2,000 former Thomas Cook workers in the United Kingdom
Hays Travel, the independent British travel agency that acquired the 555 offices of Thomas Cook in the United Kingdom after its bankruptcy, has reported that it has made offers to 1,982 former workers of the tour operator offering them jobs in the offices, reports’ The Guardian ‘. The chain’s owners, John and Irene Hays, announced […]
Fabulist Travel opens a round of financing of 350,000 euros with The Crowd Angel
Fabulist Travel, a platform that designs customized trips for families, has opened a round of financing of 350,000 euros with The Crowd Angel to invest in marketing, technology and product, and expand the business model to other countries in Europe. The platform landed in the family travel market in 2016 under the protection of the […]
The tourism sector prepares for the new EU directive on payment services
It will allow hotels to streamline processes, increase their productivity and security The entry into force of the second European Union directive on payment services (PSD2) will mean that the tourism sector has to incorporate new technological solutions to adapt to this new directive, according to PaynoPain, a Spanish technology company specialized in the development […]
The American hotel association ensures that fraudulent reservation websites are more than 5,300 million annually
The American Association of Hotels and Accommodations (AHLA) has conducted an investigation that ensures that American travelers are scammed worth 6,000 million dollars (5,385 million euros) annually due to certain tactics that occur in travel reservations on websites fraudulent or misleading that confuse consumers. Almost one in four customers faces some kind of problem when […]