AirAsia is working with Google Cloud to apply AI and machine learning technology to its data.... Read More

New York-based Vertoe raises seed funding for its luggage storage business.... Read More

IATA’s 2018 Global Passenger Survey (GPS) included insights on passenger preferences to manage disruption, offering compelling reasons why airlines and airports should aim to eliminate queues through... Read More

Flight comparison website Kiwi.com is relaunching its Travelling Salesman Challenge for 2018, after more than 250 teams entered the competition last year. The competition tasks coders with finding... Read More

Boost, a startup providing a mobile learning platform for the hospitality industry, has announced that École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) has invested in the business. In a statement, Rémi Walbaum,... Read More

Corporate travel managers do not fully understand IATA’s New Distribution Capability and that lack of knowledge may make them resistant to embracing the data transmission standard.... Read More

He's one of the prominent members of the investment community in travel (and countless other sectors), and always has lots to say about the markets and companies that he backs.... Read More

Kayak has announced a new partnership with quicket.io which will make flight amenities data available to customers on flight search, across all the metas which fall under Booking Holdings' Kayak unit.... Read More

Arlene has lived and breathed corporate travel for 20 years and as such is an advocate of how the individual will play a key role in managed travel in the future, helped by technology. ... Read More

Do airlines want to enter the tours and activities game? On the list of priorities, airlines are interested in selling their core product - flights - first and foremost, says Tamas Hanyi, general manager, APAC region, at Finnair.... Read More

When coach travel specialist Busabout embarked on a mission to put user-generated content (UGC) at the centre of its sales and marketing strategy in 2016, it had no idea how much customers were alread... Read More

This is a viewpoint by RJ Friedlander, CEO of ReviewPro. The adoption of guest messaging in the hospitality industry is no longer a matter of if, but when. In an industry built on providing great g... Read More

This is a roundup of announcements related to people moves and business expansions in travel in October 2018. Wednesday 17 October OTA boss joins Travel Ledger board Fabio Cannavale, CEO of... Read More

There’s a common misconception in our industry that brands are cheap and online travel agencies are expensive. And no-one knows when it started.... Read More

Startups angling to break into travel can’t win without knowledge of the so-called travel funnel.... Read More