Tens of thousands of Hertz's vehicles will be equipped this year with Zipcar-like technology that will allow customers to reserve cars online or via an app, and immediately pick up or return a car, without being limited by office hours.... Read More

Data from PhoCusWright reveals the tipping point for branded cruise sites.... Read More

Landmark deal for Vayant after Lufthansa, one of Europe's largest carriers, selected the tech company's caching system to boost distribution to tour operators and consolidators in Central Europe.... Read More

Its elevator pitch is that it's "a smart "Kayak" for tailored deals when you don't know where or when you want to go."... Read More

The so-called New American has certainly arrived and is busily ending its long-running court battles with various parts of the industry - the latest being online travel agency, Orbitz.... Read More

Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist and principal of Union Square Ventures, shares his account of the two main paths for startups that don't knock it out of the park.... Read More

Vacation rental startup Zaranga has fallen foul of the trademark police at Priceline and removed any references to "name your price" or "name your own price" from its branding.... Read More

Cutting it very fine at Amadeus and IAG, umbrella company containing British Airways and Iberia, with the pair renewing their distribution deal at the last minute.... Read More

In quite a departure for the global online travel agency, Expedia's new mobile apps - known as version 3.0 - are trying to bring the visual travel itinerary to life.... Read More

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Facebook marketing platform Agorapulse has a fantastically useful tool called the Barometer. You go in, connect to Facebook, and add your page. Give the magic elves a minute to run into the Interwebs to gather the data, and presto! You've been benchmarked.... Read More

Sure you know Facebook. And its photo sharing acquisition Instagram, then of course there is popular platform of Twitter, but do you Squidoo?... Read More

After seeing solid use of Facebook by cruise lines for communicating with customers, more evidence emerging that the sector is less keen on the other major social network, Twitter.... Read More

Virtual Tourist, Apple-WifiSlam, Cleartrip, United Airlines, Lufthansa, Monarch Airlines, Knok, Comcast Business Hospitality, Hotwire, Dolphin Dynamics, TigerBay, Egencia, Concur and InterContinental Hotels Group all make our round up of travel tech news... Read More

Patterson, 36, widely regarded as an industry wunderkind, earned raves for his performance as a former vice president at Kayak and as co-founder of Jetsetter.... Read More