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SAS sells Widerøe to an investor group led by Torghatten

En av Wideøes Dash 8-Q400-maskiner. Foto fra Widerøes Flyevelskap AS

SAS Group has today signed an agreement to sell 80 percent of its shares in Widerøe’s Flyveselskap AS to a group of investors consisting of Torghatten ASA, Fjord1 AS and Nordland Fylkeskommune (together referred to as the “Investor Group”). SAS …

Virtual Hotel Management

Woman with laptop computer

Orlando, Fla. – Many young hospitality professionals spend years working in the field, earning valuable industry experience that will prepare them to eventually become general managers of hotels, resorts, restaurants, and cruise lines. However, new technology and best practices, set …

Availpro to supply Vatel schools

On 23rd August, Availpro signed a new partnership agreement with the Vatel Group. From now on, the group’s 30 schools located in Europe, Asia, North Africa and America will use Availpro’s online hotel distribution solutions. The agreement was signed following …

IDeas scholarships announced

ECornell

IDeaS Revenue Solutions recently announced the second and final round of 2011 IDeaS Cornell Revenue Management Scholarship winners, according to a press release issued by the company.

Winners include Matthew Wilson, Director of Revenue Management, DoubleTree by Hilton Boston Downtown; …

Ellis to join d2o

d2o

HSMAI partner d2o recently hired Bernard Ellis, whereby strengthening the force in pursuing the mission of making PMI as industrial standard in the hotel industry.

“Bernard is one of the preeminent figures in hotel technology sales and marketing in the …

IDeaS extends partnership

Millennium & Copthorne

IDeaS Revenue Solutions, provider of pricing and revenue management software, services and consulting, today announces that global hotels group Millennium & Copthorne has extended the deployment of its IDeaS Revenue Management System (RMS) to five Millennium & Copthorne properties in …

IDeaS, SiteMinder join forces

Handshake

IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of pricing and revenue management software, services and consulting, and SiteMinder, an award winning distribution company, announced Monday the complete certified integration of SiteMinder’s Channel Manager and the IDeaS Revenue Management System (RMS), according …

Cape Town named best destination

Cape Town. Photographer: PRNewsFoto/TripAdvisor

TripAdvisor®, the world’s largest travel site, announced the winners of its 2011 Travelers’ Choice® Destinations awards this week.  In its third year of the awards, TripAdvisor has honoured 337 outstanding destinations across the globe. In addition to the top …

Forget uni, run a budget hotel

Travelodge Borehamwood

Teenagers terrified of racking up huge debts by going to university are being offered an alternative – running their own Travelodge, according to The Sun.

Five hundred are to be offered the opportunity as the expanding budget hotel chain launches …

Lufthansa wanted as SAS owner

A Lufthansa Boeing B 737 in Frankfurt (photograph from Lufthansa)

The Scandinavian business travelers’ agree. They want Lufthansa as owner of SAS airline, regardless if they are Danish, Norwegian or Swedish. No other airline even comes close, according to a press release from Swedish analysts Resegeometri.

In Resegeometri’s Nordic independent …