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Startup Stage: Travlled opens up guest data services for hotels

By Jill Menze | June 30, 2021

Travlled solves the guest data issue, by enabling customers to create and share their unique preference profile with hotels. Read More

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Business travelers taking to rail to reduce carbon footprint

By Linda Fox | June 29, 2021

Short-haul flights and car trips could be shunned by business travelers going forward for their environmental impact. Read More

News / Online

Travel industry accelerates action on sustainability – will consumers follow?

By Mitra Sorrells | June 29, 2021

Travel brands are taking action to prioritize sustainability, but it is yet to be seen how consumer interest in the issue will impact travel decision-making as the world reopens. Read More

News / Distribution

Booking windows start to lengthen in vacation rentals

By Kevin May | June 29, 2021

Data from private accommodation specialist Vacasa indicates a shift in the median booking window from 20-30 days in 2020 to 35-40 days in Q1 of this year. Read More

News / Distribution

Flexible payment options are boosting traveler confidence

By Linda Fox | June 29, 2021

Travelers could opt for buy-now-pay-later schemes because of the risk of cancellations and painful refund processes. Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: Luxury Travel Hackers makes dream trips for millennials on social media

By Linda Fox | June 28, 2021

Founded by former film and television producer Gary Kohn, Luxury Travel Hackers wants to provide a one-click booking experience to users. The startup has landed early-stage funding led by a former CEO... Read More

News / Online

Travel search terms on Google show scale of pent-up demand

By Linda Fox | June 25, 2021

Searches for the term beach holiday have been steadily rising in 2020 but city breaks are not yet recovering compared to 2019 levels. Read More

Interview / Technology

Sounding Off: The complexities of autonomous vehicles won't go away just yet

By PhocusWire | June 25, 2021

It will be, perhaps, only in 2022 and 2023 that autonomous driving becomes a serious agenda item on the R&D list of many brands. Read More

News / Technology

Outdoorsy raises $120M to build out its Roamly insuretech unit

By Kevin May | June 24, 2021

The deal is another sign that travel brands are catching the eye of investors when they create insuretech products. Outdoorsy's Roamly service was originally launched in beta last year. Read More

News / Online

Travel industry must fix “trust gaps” as it restarts

By Mitra Sorrells | June 24, 2021

Based on a results of a survey of 11,000 consumers, Travelport says the pandemic has created a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity for the travel industry to regain travelers’ trust. Read More

News / Online

How the pandemic has affected travelers’ views on sustainability

By Mitra Sorrells | June 24, 2021

A Booking.com survey finds the majority of travelers prefer accommodations that have adopted sustainability practices. Read More

News / Online

Phocuswright Europe 2021: Here's what to expect

By PhocusWire | June 23, 2021

Join us to hear how industry players have updated their playbook to compete in this new, unstable but promising environment. A second chance like this doesn’t come around very often. Read More

News / Online

Short-term rental booking habits are starting to "normalize"

By Jill Menze | June 23, 2021

According to new data from Guesty, travelers are growing comfortable with shorter stays and longer booking windows as they head into the summer and beyond. Read More

News / Distribution

Delta-Sabre deal will see GDS paid on booking's value, not flat fee

By Robert Silk - Travel Weekly | June 22, 2021

A revamped distribution agreement between Delta and Sabre has the potential to disrupt the standard commercial payment model between airlines, GDSs and travel advisors. Read More

Interview / Technology

In The Big Chair - Stan Boland of Five

By Linda Fox | June 22, 2021

Five announced Series B funding of $41 million in March 2020 to further develop its in-car software. In 2019 the company conducted tests of self-driving cars in London. Read More

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