Top Travel Tech Weekly News

News / Online

Despegar "encouraged" by Q4 2020 performance, cautions "bumpy" road ahead

By Jill Menze | March 11, 2021

Room nights increased quarter-over-quarter, while on a year-over-year basis, transactions and room nights decreased 56% and 61%, respectively. Read More

News / Online

Vacasa acquires TurnKey Vacation Rentals as pandemic spikes demand in the sector

By Jill Menze | March 11, 2021

Major consolidation is underway in the vacation rental management sector with Vacasa announcing plans to acquire TurnKey Vacation Rentals. Read More

News / Distribution

United Airlines on the environment and being recovery ready

By Linda Fox | March 11, 2021

CEO Scott Kirby claims the airline managed to get ahead of most airlines when the COVID-19 crisis hit and that its measures will stand it in good stead coming out the other side. Read More

Interview / Online

How I Got Here, episode 55 - Julian Stiefel and Julian Weselek of Tourlane

By PhocusWire | March 11, 2021

Childhood friends who went on to form a travel startup. Tourlane's founders tell their story to Kevin May of PhocusWire and Mozio's David Litwak. Read More

News / Technology

VIDEO: Health passports and next steps for COVID travel solutions

By Mitra Sorrells | March 10, 2021

Daon vice president Clive Bourke spoke with us during PhocusWire's Pulse: Safer & Seamless event to discuss the Verifly health passport product and how the broader travel industry can create solutions... Read More

News / Technology

HomeAway alums spearhead $200M investment SPAC

By Kevin May | March 9, 2021

The SPAC is head by chairman Brian Sharples, who served as co-founder and CEO of HomeAway until 2016, alongside CEO Cotter Cunningham, previously founder, chairman and CEO of RetailMeNot. Read More

News / Technology

Kayak opening hotel, developing hotel tech in partnership with Life House

By Mitra Sorrells | March 9, 2021

Kayak will open Kayak Miami Beach in April and will use the property as a "design lab" to develop hotel technology. Read More

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VIDEO: What Google's overhaul of hotel booking ads really means

By Kevin May | March 9, 2021

We speak to hotel consultancy and digital marketing specialist Mirai's CEO, Pablo Delgado, to understand what the development means for all players in the hotel marketing ecosystem, including Google's... Read More

News / Online

Tripadvisor launches Tripadvisor Plus, touts growth and revenue opportunities

By Linda Fox | March 9, 2021

Tripadvisor Plus, which is free for accommodation brands to join, believes it now offers suppliers lower distribution costs. Read More

News / Online

Spend more, stay longer: The consumer trends driving travel in 2021

By Jill Menze | March 9, 2021

According to the American Express Travel: Global Travel Trends Report, consumers are approaching travel in 2021 with a new mindset. Read More

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VIDEO: Behind the scenes of safe travel in the post-pandemic corporate world

By PhocusWire | March 9, 2021

PhocusWire spoke to CWT's senior director Brandon Balcom on the digital and analogue complexities of corporate travel post pandemic. Read More

News / Distribution

Google eliminates fees for hotel booking links

By Mitra Sorrells | March 8, 2021

Now in addition to up to four paid ad slots, Google will provide an extensive organic list of booking options, such as the hotel website, online travel agencies and other travel sites. Read More