Age-old guidebook-turned-digital travel content brand Lonely Planet buys ArrivalGuides as it looks to forge B2B partnerships.... Read More

Two of China's biggest digital brands - Baidu and Ctrip - are collaborating in a bid to develop "intelligent tourism" in the country.... Read More

Just as the taxi business was slow to make changes with the proliferation of the on-demand economy, airlines' lack of innovation in the baggage handling area may be setting themselves up for the same fate: Their customers will look for new alternatives.... Read More

William Bao Bean of SOSV, Lio Chen of Plug & Play and Margaret Feng of Ctrip's Oasis Lab talk to us about China's startup ecosystem.... Read More

Startups are mounting fresh challenges to both traditional hotels, whose forays into the home-rental space have met with mixed results, and to a maturing Airbnb, which is showing signs of evolving its property management role.... Read More

A look at the four most notable trends and stories that are impacting the U.S. airline segment in 2019.... Read More

TourRadar's "Tour the World" campaign, with help from Google Zoo, is intended to introduce a new audience to its services as an online travel agency for multiday tours.... Read More

Removing manual process (such as cash) and historic (perhaps unfair) relationships between supplier and the concierge as intermediary should ultimately benefit the consumer.... Read More

We ask if distribution technology in use today has been designed with goals that are out of alignment with hotelier’s best interests... Read More

Refundit automates the VAT, or value-added tax, refund process for tourists visiting the European Union.... Read More

Hilton boosted its loyalty program by 14 million members in 2018 and continues to focus on direct relationships.... Read More

Breaking down what the recent rulings mean for the web intermediary and hotel ecosystem - and which player can capitalize.... Read More

A stellar lineup of speakers and debates, revolving around the theme of Empires On Edge, will take place over the course of two days in the Dutch city.... Read More

In today’s wrap-up of news in brief… Lyft poaches from Uber... Kiwi.com creates new role... Amex GBT bets on digital...... Read More

GoEuro is preparing to expand to South America, Asia and the United States with a new name: Omio.... Read More