Flywire's Colyn Smyth discusses some of the challenges related to payments in the tours and activities space.... Read More

At the Sabre Technology Exchange, the company detailed how hotels can benefit from its Intelligent Retailing platform and announced the launch of Content Services for Lodging.... Read More

This latest investment comes less than eight months after TripActions' Series C round last November which brought in $154 million.... Read More

The Series C round into the Beijing, China-based company comes just 15 months after another $50 million injection of capital in 2018.... Read More

Cybersecurity, emerging technology and Google were some of the topics discussed by a trio of hospitality chiefs at the HITEC conference in Minneapolis.... Read More

The boss of one of the online travel brands of the moment, OYO Rooms, makes a welcomes return to Center Stage at The Phocuswright Conference 2019.... Read More

The sudden change at the top of Booking.com, announced today, is effective immediately and ends a three-year stint for Tans as CEO.... Read More

Amazon Web Services believes the travel industry is stuck in silos and an “old way of thinking about IT”, with disparate systems that don’t talk to each other.... Read More

Modest demand growth requires a shift in thinking for travel marketers, who will need to try a bit harder to win their share of wallet in a tightening market.... Read More

Grab and Splyt say their shared vision is for travelers not to have to download local transportation apps or fall back on hailing taxis.... Read More

Booking.com's entry into the tours and activities sector and TripAdvisor's likewise move to add a software company into its mix certainly caused a stir in 2018.... Read More

One of Flymya's biggest hurdles is payments: Only 2% of the population has a credit or debit card, plus money can’t be transferred electronically between banks - meaning the company must employ a dedicated team to physically take money to and from the bank, CEO Jeff Pan explains.... Read More

Airbnb is renaming its luxury tier of properties as Airbnb Luxe and is providing a dedicated concierge with each booking.... Read More

The cost of disruption to airlines is around 8% of revenue, or $60 billion to the industry, every year. Little wonder then they turning to technology to address disruption from weather events to grounded aircraft.... Read More

Speaking at Expedia Group's first Research Summit, Mark Okerstrom said the next "vector of innovation" happens after bookings are made.... Read More