Hotels.com, the leading hotel booking site, has launched a new local language site in China. The site, accessible via www.hotels.com or www.hotels.cn, offers local currency pricing and payment methods.
The new Hotels.com China site is part of the company’s continued roll-out across the Asia Pacific region, following the launch of local sites in Japan, Korea, Hong [...]

The new Barclaycard 13th Annual Commercial Business Travel Survey has highlighted a worrying trend that employees might not be as prudent with managing their own business travel expenses as they perhaps should be. Thirty two per cent of the business travellers surveyed stated that they fail to claim back all of their expenses, amounting to [...]

Hotels.com has revealed that London taxis have been voted the best in the world for the second year running. A poll of international travellers* has shown that 33% of those surveyed said that London’s black cabs were the best.
Despite being named the most expensive city for cabs, London’s taxi drivers pulled in the most votes [...]

Emirates, the award-winning international airline, and Arsenal Football Club have joined forces to open an Arsenal Soccer School, where children of all nationalities and backgrounds will have the opportunity to learn how to ‘Play the Arsenal Way’.
The Arsenal Soccer School will be permanently based at 7he Sevens, Emirates own sporting venue, and will offer fantastic [...]

Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, has taken the next step in online innovation by launching Mobile Emirates.com, a convenient, new facility for customers accessing the Emirates website from their mobile devices.
 
Travellers who access Emirates.com from a mobile browser (on their phone or PDA) will be automatically redirected to the mobile version of the airline’s website. [...]

New research from travel insurer LV= has shown that a quarter of UK adults plan to take their main holiday in the UK this year, whilst a further 15% say they do not intend to have a ‘main’ holiday this year at all.
Almost five million adults who are taking a UK holiday this year (40%) [...]

Europcar has announced that ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on 10 May, it will be providing its own grand prize.
Europcar car rental Germany and Europcar car rental UK have managed to secure 5 sets of tickets for the upcoming Grand Prix in Spain. These tickets will be offered by Europcar in a [...]

According to new research carried out by Hotels.com, the world’s leading hotels booking site, honeymooners are not cutting back on their dream trip, despite the recession. The survey of more than 500 brides-to-be found that 98% remain undaunted and are still planning to honeymoon after their wedding.
The survey, conducted by the hotel booking site [...]

National Carrier Gulf Air and TNT Express, one of the world’s leading providers of express delivery services, have signed a Global Incentive Agreement Programme (GIAP).
The GIAP, introduced by Gulf Air in 2007, is designed to provide its key global partners with incentives to boost their cargo traffic volumes and reciprocally ensure that Gulf Air is [...]

According to the latest Hotels.com Hotel Price Index, the average price of a hotel room around the world fell by 12% last year*, driven by price drops across every continent.
Hotel prices in December 2008 were more than one tenth lower than they were the year before and room rates were just 1% above January 2004, [...]