Meetings, incentives, conferencing and exhibitions travel was one of the first types of tourism to be affected by the global spread of COVID-19 and it could be one of the last to fully return, according to data and analytics company GlobalData.

The UNWTO has launched a competition to identify innovators who can drive sustainable development in the sector.

Travel startup Bimble has raised £1.3m, allowing it to launch its platform helping users collate and share places they love.

Research by Which? has suggested that 80% of hotel rooms can be booked more cheaply by going direct than through the OTAs.

Expedia Group said that it had re-focused the company on core operations after the group “had suffered for much of 2019” and could remove some of its brands in selected territories.

Google has added taxes and fees to its hotel searches as part of a series of new features, allowing consumers to see both ‘nightly price’ and ‘nightly total’.