ROCKVILLE, Md.—Choice Hotels International Inc. announced today that it has launched hands-free hotel reservations for Ford vehicles. Drivers of Ford vehicles equipped with SYNC AppLink can download Choice Hotels’ Android app, which will enable them to use voice commands to ...

DALLAS—Motel 6 today announced a new strategic partnership, whereby all Motel 6 properties will be searchable on trivago.com. The partnership will showcase more than 1,100 Motel 6 properties, making them searchable to trivago’s more than 45 million monthly users. “Our ...

ISTANBUL—Wyndham Hotel Group has officially launched a new Turkish-language website to support its rapid expansion in the market. Yesterday, the company announced three new hotels in Turkey, bringing its number of properties in the country to 30. These properties are ...

Say what you will about Airbnb, the San Francisco-based company gets headlines. That’s largely because the online marketplace for short-term room rentals is sending a shot across the bow of the hospitality establishment. While some of the industry’s entrenched players ...

NEW YORK—In the first quarter 2014, online channels–which include Online Travel Agents (OTAs), hotel websites (Brand.com), and global distribution systems (GDS) used by travel agents–continued to grow in popularity among individual business and leisure travelers, according to data from the ...