Kate Harden-England

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Journalism Grad | @sheffielduni // Editor of @Travolution // Travel obsessed foodie and adventure seeker. All views are my own.

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Alvarez & Marsal appoints Martin Rinck as...

1 week ago | travolution.com | Kate Harden-England

Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has announced the continued expansion of its EMEA Travel, Hospitality & Leisure Practice with the appointment of Martin Rinck as managing director. Rinck brings over 35 years of leadership experience in strategy, operations, business development, P&L management, and brand management across some of the world’s most prominent hospitality companies.
AI, personalisation, distribution and...

1 week ago | travolution.com | Kate Harden-England

Sabre has shared insights from a live audience poll conducted during an mainstage session at ITB Berlin. The session, led by Scott Wilson, president of Sabre Hospitality, was titled Myth and-Reality: Navigating Change in travel and technology, and explored four key statements about digitalisation, AI, and innovation in travel retailing. The results provided a clear snapshot of industry sentiment on some of the most pressing topics shaping travel today.
Qingming Festival in China brings new...

1 week ago | travolution.com | Kate Harden-England

Chinese online travel platform, Fliggy, has revealed travel trends that has come out of the Chinese Spring Festival, Qingming. It found in China there was a surge in luxury getaways with domestic flights and hotel bookings seeing significant increases, with 4- and 5-star hotels that offer luxury travel options experiencing the fastest growth. Destinations popular among the Chinese holidaymakers included Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and more.
HBX Group hosts first European partner...

2 weeks ago | travolution.com | Kate Harden-England

Last week, major TravelTech marketplace, HBX Group, held its flagship MarketHub event in Europe for the first time since it listed on the Spanish Stock Market. The three-day event comes just two months after it sold out all its shares available in the IPO. Held in the southern Portuguese region of Algarve, a couple hundred executives came together to learn and network.
Airlines risk losing billions by failing to...

2 weeks ago | travolution.com | Kate Harden-England

Amid growing customer demand for seamless, personalized booking experiences, most airlines remain stuck in outdated distribution models. As a result, they risk losing billions of dollars in potential lost revenue. That’s according to a new report from Accenture, titled In the Retail-Led Future of Airlines, the Sky's the Limit. The research, leveraged insights from more than 300 airline executives and 3,000 travellers.
TBR Global Chauffeuring strengthens APAC...

2 weeks ago | travolution.com | Kate Harden-England

TBR Global Chauffeuring, premium ground transportation firm, has expanded its Asia-Pacific footprint with the opening of a new office in Tokyo, Japan. It takes the number of TBR’s regional hubs to four, with existing operations in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore. TBR, headquartered in Glasgow, has been serving customers and passengers in Japan for more than a decade. The new office – located in the Kamiyacho Trust Tower, Minato-ku – solidifies the country as a key growth market for the company.
Travel industry one of the worst offenders...

2 weeks ago | travolution.com | Kate Harden-England

The UK’s biggest travel websites are failing to meet accessibility standards, according to new data that revealed the industry remains one of the worst-performing for digital inclusion. The 2025 WebAIM Million Report, which assesses the accessibility of the world’s top one million websites, found that travel websites had an average of 59.7 accessibility errors per homepage - ranking 23rd out of 29 industries for accessibility performance.
Great Western Railway tests fast-charge...

2 weeks ago | travolution.com | Kate Harden-England

A special test event saw 250 volunteers board Great Western Railway’s battery train to help provide valuable insight for its industry-leading trial. The High Passenger Load operation tested energy consumption and will form part of findings to be fed back to the Department for Transport (DfT). GWR launched its innovative fast-charge battery trial in March last year and is currently compiling a report which will help to shape the future use of fast-charge technology on the railway.
Outpayce launches payments marketplace...

2 weeks ago | travolution.com | Kate Harden-England

Outpayce from Amadeus has co-created the first payments marketplace dedicated to travel, in collaboration with several leading airlines. Outpayce’s airline customers can now browse, sort and filter payments partners connected to the Outpayce Xchange Payments Platform (XPP), with more to be added over time. New marketplace supports payment orchestration with an interactive catalog of capabilities that help airlines choose the right connection and improve payments performance.
CMAC Group appoints Matthew Ratcliffe as...

3 weeks ago | travolution.com | Kate Harden-England

Ground transportation, accommodation and disruption management firm, CMAC Group, has announced the appointment of Matthew Ratcliffe as its new chief operating officer. Ratcliffe has almost two decades of experience across the mobility and transportation sectors, including senior leadership roles at Google, Gett, Karhoo, Addison Lee and Didi Chuxing.