Customer Relationship Management

News / Distribution

Group travel is rising, but pandemic trends remain

By Linda Fox | April 6, 2022

Amadeus has looked at data to reveal increasing rates in forward group bookings as well as trends for 2022. Read More

News / Technology

Psychology, emotion hold key to extraordinary travel experiences

By Mitra Sorrells | March 31, 2022

Ogilvy vice chairman Rory Sutherland and Immersion founder and neuroeconomist Paul Zak explain how travel brands can tap into human emotions and motivations. Read More

News / Distribution

What a travel advisor found when moving to a subscription model

By Jaime Biesiada - Travel Weekly | March 31, 2022

When the pandemic hit, years' worth of Ralph Iantosca's bookings came undone. It was like money just flying out the window. Read More

News / Technology

Holland America uses facial-recognition tech for passenger check-in

By Andrea Zelinski - Travel Weekly | March 23, 2022

The optional mBark program requires guests to upload a photo and pretravel information to Holland America Line's website before embarkation. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Rethinking traveler experience for the loyalty land grab

By Tom Arundel - Quantum Metric | March 18, 2022

Optimizing the traveler experience isn’t just about getting travelers where they need to go but being empathetic to their unique situations and easing the stress and frustrations associated with travel. Read More

From Our Partners / Online

Personalizing the travel relationship

By Jeff Zotara - Arrivia | March 15, 2022

Travel companies should use data-driven marketing to increase engagement, loyalty, and sales through their rewards programs. Read More

News / Technology

VIDEO: Travelers and the journey now

By PhocusWire | March 15, 2022

The new traveler experience is not all about technology, although it plays a part in how people want to travel, stay and enjoy or work in a destination. Read More

News / Technology

VIDEO: Guest experience as the leading tactic in rentals

By PhocusWire | March 7, 2022

If price is not the determining factor for a traveler to choose which product they're going to opt for on a trip, then overall experience could be the clincher. Read More

From Our Partners / Technology

VIDEO: Why data and understanding customers is so important during the COVID recovery

By PhocusWire | March 1, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has given many travel, tourism and hospitality companies the opportunity to rethink how they engage their customers and work with partners. Read More

From Our Partners / Online

Consumers want more from loyalty programs than racking up points

By Michelle Bruno | February 28, 2022

Consumers have big appetites. They're eager for reward opportunities to keep pace with their lifestyles and preferences. Read More

News / Technology

Hotel guest platform Canary Technologies signs in with $15M investment

By Kevin May | February 25, 2022

The total raised by the provider of a mobile guest management system for hotels now stands at $17 million. Read More

News / Technology

VIDEO: Activities can lean on tech for better travel experiences

By PhocusWire | February 23, 2022

The sector has an ideal opportunity to show a path forward to the rest of the travel industry when it comes to deploying technology to improve the overall guest experience once a customer is using the... Read More

News / Technology

Operto locks in $12M funding round for accommodation tech

By Kevin May | February 22, 2022

Operto will use the investment - its first publicly disclosed round - to further develop its Connect operation system, as well as expand into other accommodation verticals and countries. Read More