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News / Online

TripAdvisor focuses on good news in Experiences as overall revenue continues to fall

By Kevin May | August 8, 2019

Revenue increased from $376 million to $422 million over the course of the first and second quarters of 2019 but year-over-year the business is down 3% in the comparable three-month periods. Read More

News / Online

Booking Holdings integrates brands, develops payment capabilities in quest for “connected trip”

By Mitra Sorrells | August 7, 2019

Booking Holdings reports positive financial results as it works toward what CEO Glenn Fogel called the "connected trip." Read More

Interview / Distribution

In the Big Chair - Dan Ruch of Rocketrip

By Linda Fox | August 7, 2019

Before creating Rocketrip, Ruch was entrepreneur-in-residence at Genacast Ventures for 12 months. He also had a four-year stint at Tremor Video and was a director at AOL. Read More

News / Distribution

Southwest Airlines adds content to two GDSs

By Michael B. Baker - Business Travel News | August 7, 2019

Southwest Airlines at long last will provide content and full booking capabilities in global distribution systems via agreements with Travelport and Amadeus. Read More

News / Distribution

Culture Trip finally unveils its online travel agency, promises to cover the full funnel

By Linda Fox | August 6, 2019

The company claims it has spent a lot of time understanding customer needs and is not just “replicating a bog standard OTA.” Read More

News / Startups

Airport app FLIO - a tale of four phases, investor impatience and a sale

By Linda Fox | August 6, 2019

Founder Stephen Uhrenbacher describes the various phases FLIO went through to try and make it in the airport world - but his investors were not aligned. Read More

Opinion / Online

To self-book or not to self-book - that is the business travel question

By Mike Baker - Lola | August 5, 2019

A study reveals that frequent business travelers feel they’re wasting time booking their own travel AND wasting time having someone else book it for them. Read More

News / Startups

Fever raises $35M to accelerate growth of experience booking tool

By Linda Fox | August 5, 2019

The city experiences platform brings its total funding to date to more than $70 million. Read More

Business travel part 1 investor perspective

News / Startups

Business Travel, part 1: The (major) investor opportunity

By Mitra Sorrells | August 5, 2019

For the first part in our monthlong series on business travel, we talk to investors in three of the sector's biggest startups - Lola.com, TravelPerk and TripActions. Read More

News / Online

TripActions takes on legacy TMCs with new consultancy services

By Mitra Sorrells | August 4, 2019

TripActions is expanding its suite of enterprise solutions with the launch of TripActions Consulting. Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: Taptrip builds an efficient business travel booking platform for unmanaged trips

By Linda Fox | August 2, 2019

U.K.-based Taptrip was founded just over a year ago and has seven employees. It has signed a string of partnerships in recent months, including WeWork and Kiwi.com. Read More

News / Online

What owning the end-to-end traveler experience means for Airbnb for Work

By Jill Menze | August 2, 2019

As Airbnb endeavors to own the end-to-end experience for corporate travelers, is transforming into a full-fledged travel management company in the cards? Read More

News / Online

Cendyn adds revenue management tools with acquisition of Rainmaker

By Mitra Sorrells | August 1, 2019

Cendyn, a provider of CRM and sales platforms for the hospitality industry, has acquired the Rainmaker Group, a revenue and profit optimization platform for hotels, resorts and casinos. Read More