Matthew Parsons travel tips

United Airlines has launched a new seat map feature that dynamically finds available adjacent seats at the time of booking, while a new policy will allow passengers to switch flights for free if none are available.

FCM Travel, Flight Centre’s principal corporate-focused agency, is gaining from the business travel pick-up in every part of the world — apart from Asia. As a whole, the Australian group only managed to break even in the region, according to its 2023 first-half results, when taking into account business and leisure sales.

Greek startup Blueground has bought corporate housing specialist Travelers Haven to grow its footprint across the U.S.

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Frontier Airlines is now automatically seating children with a family member or adult in their party for free.

Dutch hotel group CitizenM has signed 18,000 members to its “Plus” loyalty program that launched 10 months ago. But the company views the $12-a-month subscription as a means to grow its business rather than a revenue stream.

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Company spending on co-working spaces is on the up, while business travel is declining, according to corporate card and expense firm Ramp.

Lufthansa has suffered an “IT outage,” prompting the German airline group to delay and cancel all its flights.

Global Hotel Alliance gained from Spain’s tourism recovery in the fourth quarter of last year, following the addition of NH Hotels into the fold.

Shayan Zaeem, co-founder and president of Revolving Games, is just one of thousands of remote workers around the globe. He has landed up in Dubai, which is ramping up efforts to pitch itself as a destination for more people like him.

A dilapidated hotel originally built in the 1980s as a luxury hideaway for elite members of the Bulgarian Communist Party could soon be transformed into a co-living hub.

With just one month to go, there’s a lot of noise about American Airlines’ decision to hold back 40 percent of its fares, mostly for business travel, for so-called New Distribution Capability-powered channels and direct channels, such as its own website.

Italian corporate travel agency BizAway has launched a joint venture with Dubai investor Seed Group.

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Uber is extending the reservation period to pre-book rides from 30 days to 90 days to help boost its airport business.

American Express Global Business Travel is finding that hotel bookings are recovering faster than flights when it comes to business trip bookings.

Travelport has regained its own corporate booking tool, after buying Deem from private car rental company Enterprise Holdings.

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With hotels seeing a big bounce in bookings, so too can they expect to see more so-called rogue rates creeping back. These are rates that they’ve not authorized, and are a common complaint. Now one of the major bedbank players has developed a platform to help hotels fix any rogue rates they spot.