Massive consolidation alert: Hogg Robinson has sold to American Express Global Business Travel in a deal in the region of £400 million.... Read More

Big consolidation in the travel management space this morning as Amex Global Business Travel has agreed to buy rival Hogg Robinson Group for around £400 million. The deal, which is subject to antit... Read More

Avvio has launched a conversational and transactional social media chatbot which integrates with its AI-driven booking engine, Allora. The bot has been developed in partnership with Dublin-based We... Read More

Despite the name, ride share company Tesloop is not part of Elon Musk’s Tesla empire. Instead, the startup was the brainchild of a 16-year-old who wanted a Tesla. Fresh from his road test, Haydn Sonna... Read More

Hotel and retail system provider Shiji Information Technology has landed a massive $486 million investment deal from Alibaba.... Read More

Expedia Inc.’s revenue increased 11% in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared to a year prior – up to $2.32 billion – but the diverse online travel company still missed analysts’ expectations by $40 million.... Read More

Earnings calls generally get interesting towards the end. While it's useful to hear how a business is doing, it's equally revealing to hear how executives respond to analyst questions. Outside of the... Read More

Didi Chuxing, the dominant ride-hailing service operator in China, has formed an alliance with 12 carmakers to build an electric vehicle sharing network as it looks to move further into the country’s booming sharing economy.... Read More

Airbnb signed its first global hotel technology deal with SiteMinder, a provider of one of the top channel managers in the industry. The partnership will give traditional hospitality businesses – s... Read More

Indian online travel agency giant MakeMyTrip reduced losses and saw a significant jump in revenue in last quarter of 2017.... Read More

Kiwi.com, a search platform that combines flights from nearly 700 airlines, has partnered with online travel agency Logitravel Group to increase flight offerings in Europe, Russia, Latin America and other key markets.   ... Read More

Travel management company BCD Travel is expanding its offerings for corporate travel managers with a new product platform, SolutionSource.... Read More

Last month I spent a couple of days in Naples to meet a client. To keep the Italian-living-abroad-stereotype alive, every time I go back to the "BelPaese" I try to get as much good food as I can. I've... Read More

Self-service hotel platform Xbed has announced RMB 100 million (approximately USD 16 million) as well as credit financing to the tune of hundreds of millions of Yuan in Series A funding. The invest... Read More

Hotel meta Trivago has filed its first full-year accounts as a Nasdaq-listed company, revealing a billion-dollars-plus of revenues and a narrowing of net losses, while reminding the market of its expo... Read More