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Report reveals Canadians wake earlier, stay in nicer hotels and socialize more on work trips, with manufacturing workers among the earliest risers New research comes as Hotels.com launches business travel experience that helps travellers book faster and earn rewards for future trips New Booked for Business Report from Hotels.com ® reveals how Canadian business travellers switch into work mode, what they value most from a hotel and why free breakfast has become the ultimate business-travel perk. More than half (53%) say their personality at work is different from who they are at home, rising to 73% among Gen Z. Hotels.com has launched a new business travel experience globally, designed to make work trips faster and easier to book. Available through the Hotels.com website and app, travellers can now save their work-trip preferences, find business-ready hotels, rebook preferred stays and earn rewards on business trips—all within the same Hotels.com account they use for personal travel.

Upgraded Points analyzed 100 popular U.S. leisure destinations – including beach towns, mountain getaways, resort communities, historic towns, outdoor recreation hubs, and major tourist cities – to determine which offer the most complete accessible experience; from lodging and dining to trails, tours, and public restrooms. "Accessible travel planning takes real research, because truly accessible means looking well beyond lodging," said Keri Stooksbury, editor-in-chief at Upgraded Points. "It's whether an entire town is prepared for a traveler with mobility needs. So we wanted to look at the full picture: where people stay, eat, explore, and everything in between." Methodology Researchers evaluated 100 popular U.S. leisure destinations across eight factors tied to accessible lodging, dining, recreation, and public amenities. Availability metrics were standardized per 1,000 permanent residents using 2026 population estimates. Key factors were weighted as follows: Median price of