France secured their second FIFA World Cup in two decades last weekend - but victory also came to the private accommodation sector during the tournament.... Read More

What we really should be talking about is how are you designing experiences that people are willing to find and pay more for and love and recommend.... Read More

Revenue for hotel bookings via mobile devices still lags behind those made on a desktop, according to research from Bookassist.... Read More

Southeast Asian restaurant booking platform Eatigo has secured more funding from existing investor TripAdvisor. The scale of TripAdvisor's latest move has not been disclosed, although reports are put... Read More

Destination experiences app Headout has secured $10 million in new investment to fund expansion plans. Headout, which promotes itself as being a “mobile-first entertainment marketplace”, uses its a... Read More

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has developed a prototype robot companion Care-E, a smart self-driving baggage trolley that can guide passengers through the airport while carrying their hand luggage up to 85... Read More

Journera, the data and analytics platform launched by former Orbitz boss Jeff Katz, has raised Series A funding of $9 million.... Read More

Quote from James Ferguson, senior design manager at Skyscanner, in an article on PhocusWire this week.... Read More

The former EasyJet and AOL executive is steering the company through a critical time for online travel agencies, with a mixture of frenemy-type partnerships and focus on markets that work.... Read More

Japan’s largest travel metasearch and content platform, Travel.jp, has inked a deal with LINE, the largest communication app in Japan, to power the price comparison and travel guide content for the new LINE Travel service.... Read More

Angling to be the largest brand for last-minute experiences, Headout has secured a $10 million investment to expand its service to 100 cities.... Read More

Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund has made an investment in Taiwan-based experiences distributor KKday to help it expand into the Chinese market.... Read More

Already the largest vacation rental management company in the United States, Vacasa is looking to substantially grow its supply by launching a real estate network.... Read More

Amadeus is experimenting with a branch of artificial intelligence called "reinforcement learning."... Read More

Sponsored by Datalex. As we look at the major trends in the travel industry, one thing is clear - the future of travel retail will become more and more personalized. Airlines want to leverage the... Read More