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These are the worlds of Melanie, an unpaid carer, who took a donated break in December with our charity partner Carefree. They're now taking bookings for 2023. Hotels - find out more about the charity below - including how to donate rooms if you can help.

https://carefreespace.org/give-rooms/

How are your 2023 resolutions doing? If you need a bit of motivation, the Barceló Tenerife - today's Impala partner property - might help.

Getting active? Try the tennis court. Want to eat well? Choose from three restaurants. Or just want to keep the holidays going? The spa awaits.

ICYMI: It's not too late to make sure your property's grabbing every possible booking in January, with advice from Impala's Head of Operations Nathalie Rey Valdivieso on how to attract guests while protecting your ADR.

Impala December check-in: Attract cost-conscious guests in 2023 without cutting rates As bills ramp up, travellers want to keep their holidays - but get a great deal. Get ready for peak booking period in January with advice from Impala’s Head of Operations Nathalie Rey Valdivieso.

We can't imagine anything more festive than spending Christmas in a grand country pile - and few places could top this week's Impala partner property, Lucknam Park. From all of us at Impala, Merry Christmas.

Looking for some brain food over the festivities? Our co-founder Charlie is looking back at his favourite Impala blog posts of 2022. He’s shared his shortlist to get you bang up to date on the latest trends and perspectives shaping hotel distribution:

1: Impala CEO Ben Stephenson’s introduction to Open Distribution
https://impala.travel/en/blog/welcome-to-open-distribution-travel-booking-reimagined

2: Travel writer Laura Holt comparing bed banks and channel managers to bouncers
https://impala.travel/en/article/how-open-distribution-stacks-up-against-channel-managers-and-bed-banks

3: Business writer Nick Dauk on what room sellers should really be asking supply partners
https://impala.travel/en/article/its-time-to-rethink-how-you-evaluate-supply-partners

4: Impalan Slavi on what hotels need to do to jump on the digital nomad trend
https://impala.travel/en/article/one-thing-hotels-need-to-ace-digital-nomads

5: My recap on Booking and Expedia’s dominance after Skift Global Forum
https://impala.travel/en/article/booking-expedia-pervade-year-after-year

Peak January booking season is just around the corner. And in 2023, travellers will be extremely cost conscious. Secure valuable bookings without dropping your ADR with advice from Impala's Head of Operations Nathalie Rey Valdivieso.

Impala December check-in: Attract cost-conscious guests in 2023 without cutting rates As bills ramp up, travellers want to keep their holidays - but get a great deal. Get ready for peak booking period in January with advice from Impala’s Head of Operations Nathalie Rey Valdivieso.

Snow is falling, and ski season is here. Today, we're dreaming of a break in Apartment Garapa in Morzine - today's Impala property.

Rooom sellers - access this and thousands of other properties by joining Impala today.

According to KAYAK, "the addition of Impala’s hotel inventory increases the choice for our users with new, differentiated accommodation providers." Find out how our new partnership is building a more open future for travel.

More than 200,000 new hotel rooms added to KAYAK through partnership with Impala KAYAK, the world’s leading travel search engine, and Impala are joining forces to add 200,000 hotel rooms from Impala’s hotel portfolio, available on KAYAK and its brands globally through its direct booking platform.

Traditional winter markets are springing up across Europe, and grand, cosy hotels make the perfect base to explore them. That's why today's Impala partner property is the Excelsior Hotel Ernst in Cologne. It's been around for more than 150 years, but it's embracing the future.

Our new partnership with KAYAK is turning heads! Check out some of the media coverage in TravelMole Media Group

Impala partnership adds 200,000 new hotel rooms to Kayak Travel metasearch engine KAYAK partners with Impala to add over 200,000 first class and luxury hotels

Next week is Thanksgiving in the USA - and for today's Impala partner property, we're thinking about where we'd like to celebrate with our families. Sign us up for a stay at Melia Orlando Celebration. We'll meet you in the pool!

Get Impala co-founder Charlie Cowley's take on the future trends impacting travel - and the foundations we need to lay first - following his appearance at TIS Seville.

In distribution tech, we need to walk before we run Impala’s co-founder Charlie Cowley reflects on why blockchain, metaverse and web3 trends might need to wait their turn in hotel distribution

Big news! KAYAK, the world’s leading travel search engine, and Impala are joining forces to add 200,000 hotel rooms from Impala’s hotel portfolio. Find out more ⬇️

More than 200,000 new hotel rooms added to KAYAK through partnership with Impala KAYAK, the world’s leading travel search engine, and Impala are joining forces to add 200,000 hotel rooms from Impala’s hotel portfolio, available on KAYAK and its brands globally through its direct booking platform.

The tennis world is descending on Turin this weekend for the ATP Finals. So this week's Impala partner hotel is the shiny new NH Hotels Collection Piazza Carlina.

Impala co-founders Ben Stephenson and Charlie Cowley will be in Phoenix next week for the Phocuswright Conference. If you spot them, say hello and they'll tell you all about how is reshaping the future of travel.

Tomorrow is Guy Fawkes Night in the UK. But the only thing we'd recommend plotting is a luxury stay a stone's throw from the Palace of Westminster at today's Impala partner property, The Guardsman Hotel.

Impala CEO Ben Stephenson is hosting a panel discussion all about Super Apps at World Travel Market in London next week. To find out how this trend could shake things up in travel, join him plus Tara Reeves, Jambu Palaniappan, John Boulding and James Ferguson next Wednesday at midday.

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When Impalan Tifani Mabala won a trip to Sofia, it challenged her usual planning habits. Find out how TikTok shaped her travels - and helped her find belonging and adventure.

Belonging in Bulgaria: how TikTok took Tif from outsider to insider On a last-minute trip to Sofia, Impala’s Tifani Mabala broke from her usual meticulous travel routine - and discovered something new along the way

Looking for inspiration to start a new month? Check out Lee Hayhurst's fresh recap of our CEO Ben Stephenson's advice from the stage at the Travolution Start-Up Summit.

Travo Start-Up Summit: Listen to customers... | Travolution Hospitality API marketplace's Ben Stephenson outlined the lessons he has learned over the last seven years establishing a travel business

Impala's co-founder Charlie Cowley is on stage at Tourism Innovation Summit in Seville on Thursday, talking about the future of hotel distribution. Find out more and get tickets here ⬇️

https://www.tisglobalsummit.com

Few things are as spooky as Halloween in Transylvania. So if you need a retreat from the ghouls, there's nothing to fear about a night at today's Impala property, Hotel Küküllő Székelyudvarhely.

We're on the road a lot this November, and we want to meet you and talk . Catch us on...
🗓 2-4 November at TIS in Seville
🗓 7-9 November at WTM in London
🗓 14-17 November at Phocuswright Global in Phoenix

We'll see you there!

ICYMI: check out Head of Operations Nathalie Rey Valdivieso's top tips for hoteliers on how to maximise business this month. Like it? Follow us - she'll be back here with November tips in a few weeks.

The Check-In: Keep your hotel thriving despite living cost worries this October Rising living costs risk impacting travel patterns - but smart properties are staying ahead of the curve. Impala’s Head of Operations Nathalie Rey Valdivieso shares her insights and advice.

Our CEO Ben Stephenson joined Lee Hayhurst on stage at the Travolution Start-Up Summit last week to share his advice and insight with a fresh crop of travel founders.

And we want to see more innovators in travel, so Ben's recapped his key points to help you avoid some of the mistakes we made.

Travel needs innovators. Here’s our CEO’s advice to help them. From finding investors to how to think about your competitors, get Ben Stephenson’s perspective on starting a travel business - and succeeding - as shared on stage at the 2022 Travolution Start-Up Summit.

Coventry's in the news, hosting tonight's rugby. The top story? Our Impala partner, the Telegraph Hotel Coventry - an old newspaper building that's now a beautiful boutique property.

Our partner RemoteDream made it to market in record time thanks to Impala and . Find out how in this PhocusWire article.

https://www.phocuswire.com/My-Method-RemoteDream-fast-forwards-launch-Impala

It's World Egg Day! So for today's Impala property, we're naturally thinking of one of our favourite places to enjoy a hotel breakfast: Iberostar Selection Sábila.

Travel is back - but it's different, and it's changing fast. So in the first of a new monthly series, Impala's Head of Operations Nathalie Rey Valdivieso shares her insights and advice for hotels, in the Check-In.

https://impala.travel/en/article/impala-october-check-in

Our CEO Ben Stephenson has taken Impala from startup to established industry challenger. That's why he'll be on stage at the Travolution Startup Summit next Wednesday, sharing his story and his advice for travel newcomers with Lee Hayhurst.

Tickets are free - sign up and we'll see you there!

https://travolutionevents.co.uk/2022/en/page/travolution-start-up-summit

We talk a lot about infrastructure, technology and distribution. But we do it to make travel more open and more accessible. Today, World Mental Health Day, we're reflecting on the work of our charity partner Carefree and how they deliver much-needed breaks to those who need them most.

To find out more about Carefree, and find out how you can support them, visit their website.

Carefree - A New Kind of Charity Carefree transforms vacant accommodation into vital breaks for unpaid carers.

"It's shoulder season: warm days in southern Europe, without the summer crowds or prices. So today, our partner property is Santa Catalina, a Royal Hideaway Hotel, in Gran Canaria.

Room sellers, offer this property and thousands of others to your customers by joining Impala today."

There's no doubt industry newcomers can learn a lot from the travel giants. But the startups can teach them a thing or two too. Impala co-founder Charlie Cowley shares his perspectives.

Three things OTA titans can learn from newcomer startups Access to new technology is welcoming a wave of new OTAs to the market. There’s a thing or two the industry old guard can learn from them.

Yesterday, we said we might approach differently to others. How? Our CEO Ben Stephenson explains.

Open Distribution: A New Hotel Booking Model for Hospitality’s Future The founder of Impala spoke to SkiftX about how to eliminate these issues with a new model: Open Distribution.

We might approach it in a different way. But we're glad to see Expedia Group moving towards and taking travel innovation seriously.

https://www.phocuswire.com/expedia-group-launches-first-ever-startup-accelerator

Expedia Group launches new startup accelerator | PhocusWire Called Open World Accelerator, the initiative provides startups and small- and medium-size businesses access to Expedia Group’s technology and resources.

Oktoberfest is underway in Munich. And you can enjoy the best of Bavarian living at today's Impala partner hotel, Steigenberger Hotel Munich.

Room sellers, offer this property and thousands of others to your customers by joining Impala today.

Impala co-founder Charlie Cowley is back from Skift Global Forum in New York. It was buzzing with optimism amid renewed travel demand - but will giants like Expedia and Booking.com leave air for anyone else to grow?

https://impala.travel/en/article/booking-expedia-pervade-year-after-year

We hear one question a lot: "What's the difference between Impala, channel managers and bed banks?". So we answered it!

https://impala.travel/en/article/how-open-distribution-stacks-up-against-channel-managers-and-bed-banks

Here's how Open Distribution stacks up against channel managers and bed banks Find out what makes Open Distribution unique compared to the existing models of hotel distribution.

We're giving travel its wake-up call, which is why Tempo has recognised Impala at number 14 on their super startup rankings for 2023. Thanks for listing us, and congrats to everyone else on the list!

https://www.heytempo.com/super-startups-list-2023/

Super Startups List - Top startups to work for in 2023 From FinTech to healthcare, these tech companies are the best startups to work in the UK in 2023. Get a startup job and start your adventure!