United Kingdom
United States
Asia Pacific
Hogg Robinson buys NY firm
Hogg Robinson, owners of BTI, has bought a New York-based business travel company and meetings and incentive planner. The acquisition of Sea Gate Travel was announced this week. The company has clients in the banking, media, sport and entertainment sectors, and in order to maintain this client base, Hogg Robinson will continue to operate Sea Gate independently, maintaining the company name and its staff. As well as co-ordinating corporate travel, Sea Gate has a meetings and incentive planning arm, called Advanced Travel Management, which it bought in 2002. Hogg Robinson overseas investment director, Roger Westwood, will take the role of president and a chief operating officer is being sought. The company already operates in business travel management in the US with its WorldTravelBTI brand, part-owned by Hogg Robinson and part by BCD Holdings, a Dutch company. Report by Ginny McGrath
Ginny McGrath
Mark Jaronski of Explore Georgia on FIFA World Cup 2026
Connecting Small Businesses to Global Tourism Markets: Nate Huff of Tourism Exchange
North Carolina’s Resilience: Wit Tuttell on Recovery and Tourism
Kittipong Prapattong’s Plan for Thailand’s Tourism Growth: Taxes, Visas, and Campaigns
James Jin: Didatravel’s Journey from China to Global Reach and the Impact of AI on Travel
Darien Schaefer on Pensacola’s Evolution: From Small Town to Global Destination
Florida Tourism’s Next Frontier: Dana Young on Expanding Beyond the Classics
Patrick Harrison on Tampa Bay Tourism’s Resilience and Marketing Strategy
Bubba O’Keefe on Clarksdale’s Vibrant Music Scene
Commemorating Elvis and Embracing Tupelo’s Culture with Jennie Bradford Curlee
Craig Ray and the Expansion of the Blues Trail
Presenting Mississippi’s Cultural Trails with Katie Coats
BA suspending all Heathrow to Abu Dhabi flights
Turkish Airlines flight in emergency landing after pilot dies
Unexpected wave rocks cruise ship
Woman dies after going overboard in English Channel
Foreign Office issues travel advisory for winter sun destinations