Most online travel sites are generating better brand awareness via consumers’ face-to-face conversations than they are through social media, according to a report from Engagement Labs, which analyzes online and offline conversations for brands.  ... Read More

As the global online travel market reaches a turning point, what lies in store for all players, from global to local?... Read More

 Investors will find a great deal to like across the travel and leisure segment in the coming year according to the latest research from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.   ... Read More

Sponsored by Datalex. This past year has seen considerable activity in airline travel distribution in what has been an effort for many airlines to initiate a change to a more retail-focused behavio... Read More

MagicStay, a startup offering private rentals for business travellers, has raised €1.5 million in its latest round of funding. The company (Startup pitch here) says it already provides 150,000 apar... Read More

Consumer technology is the bellwether for enterprise. We all know that the expectations gap between consumer and business technology is virtually non-existent. So the imperative for B2B technologis... Read More

Allegiant Air is apparently the global airline with the greatest prowess in the field of generating ancillary revenue alongside ticket sales.... Read More

The vacation rental industry, a once sleepy and highly fragmented niche segment of travel, is rapidly being transformed from the “mom and pop” operations epitomized by T-shirts and flip-flops to slick operations drawing the interest of equity firms wearing suits and penny loafers.... Read More

Ofo, the app-based bike-sharing business based in China but now operating in 20 countries, has started piloting its service in seven cities in India, and has signed a partnership with mobile payments... Read More

Data and analytics platform Engagement Labs has released its latest TotalSocial rankings of the top-performing online travel agency  and travel search brands in the US, showing Expedia and TripAdvisor... Read More

China’s Ctrip and Latin America’s Despegar are drawing optimistic outlooks from two financial analysts ahead of the release of their fourth-quarter results. ... Read More

In our latest wrap-up of news in brief: Lucky Trip teams up with Peakwork… Anixe partners with Expedia… Ctrip integrates OpenTable… Amadeus adds HolidayTaxis…... Read More

As our societies become increasingly reliant on connectivity, aerospace innovators are coming up with new ways to supply wifi to areas where infrastructure may be inadequate. The Airborne Wireless... Read More

Sponsored by Riskified. The growth of ecommerce has had an enormous impact on most industries, but perhaps none more than travel.And one of the by-products of this has been the rise of card not pre... Read More

Vacation rental search site Tripping is initiating an aggressive expansion strategy led by a new executive team.... Read More