As I took a domestic India flight over a lazy afternoon last Sunday, I was pleasantly surprised to see them make some sterling efforts on the retailing front on-board.... Read More

It's not just the youngsters, adults have given into the social media temptation and have signed up for Facebook and created Twitter accounts.... Read More

It's easy to tell entrepreneurs they should release versions of their digital product quickly and then iterate based on user feedback.... Read More

Travel tech updates from Interhome, Las Vegas, Priceline, Blackjet, Hotelbeds, ebookers, Stansted Airport and more... Read More

Flight information service FlightView has compiled the results of its latest survey, showing that lack of functionality and inferior interfaces are the main barriers to wider adoption of mobile booking.... Read More

What happens if you get personal travel organiser Traxo talking to the brainiacs running KnowDelay? You get an interesting service which predicts weather delays and suggests schedule changes for travellers.... Read More

Pass through a London tube station at the moment and you cannot fail to see a poster campaign for the Apple iPad, reminding potential owners of the hundreds of thousands of apps available.... Read More

Even though Big Data has now been around for a few years, the opportunities for startups seem to keep growing, just as the amount of data keeps growing.... Read More

Listening to various panels at a recent event, I noticed many expressed a "wait and see" attitude about social media. Perhaps this reflects the reality that social media is still in its infancy.... Read More

Mundi and TripAdvisor have leapfrogged over Booking.com at the top of the latest charts for the most popular travel websites in Brazil.... Read More

Many people fondly reminisce about "the good old days". But for online travel, that could be considered a time when consumers were relegated to search and shopping options mainly based on entering city pairs.... Read More

Tablets - iPad et al - are changing browsing habits for consumers across every vertical, meaning travel retailers especially need to understand the nuances between the various platforms their service.... Read More

News earlier this week that about 10% of travel reviews on the web will be fake by 2014 probably came as a surprise to many... Read More

There are many people gainfully (or otherwise) employed by technology companies second guessing what the future of ecommerce will look like.... Read More

Building a direct revenue channel has become paramount to any other marketing effort. And the hotel website is a critical component to selling room nights, preserving rate, and building market share.... Read More