Lonely Planet has moved quickly reassure staff and authors of its books that the sale of the business to NC2 Media will not result in any significant change in strategy.... Read More

British Airways has lost out to Ryanair in the list of leading travel websites in the UK, but the Ireland-based low cost carrier is still languishing behind rival EasyJet.... Read More

After weeks of speculation and five years in BBC Worldwide's care, Lonely Planet has been sold to NC2 Media, based in Tennessee.... Read More

Chope, the Singapore-based online reservation portal for restaurants, has raised $2.5 million in Series B funding led by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH).... Read More

The recent decision by Thomas Cook to announce the closure of 195 shops with the loss of 1,600 retail jobs has led inevitably to headlines that suggest the imminent death of the offline travel agent.... Read More

A new startup called Alive is taking a social angle on goal attainment that brings in a person's network to provide moral support - and to layer a game element on the whole process by offering badges, points and, eventually, real-world rewards for achieving set goals.... Read More

Three years is a long time in the travel industry, but especially so for Thomas Cook, after going through a torrid time in terms of staff morale, industry and consumer opinion of the business and a tanking share price.... Read More

Change at the top of the leading travel websites in Canada yet again as Air Canada secures pole position ahead of rival carrier WestJet.... Read More

Almost three years on from announcing the acquisition of ITA Software and 18 months after launching a domestic-only service, Google Flight Search is finally heading overseas.... Read More

Last week the industry and mainstream media in Europe were talking a lot about Thomas Cook. Why? Because new(ish) CEO Harriet Green has a plan to turn around the company.... Read More

Most US travel bloggers have assumed that they can tweet about press trips without mentioning that they are press trips as long as they link to a blog post that discloses it was a press trip. Yet that's not the law.... Read More

A call center is a highly dynamic operation and often quite complex to manage. But do you know who your best converting reservation agent is?... Read More

Rather than ask people questions, Google tracked the behavior of volunteers.... Read More

Many tourism boards choose to focus on the locations and things to do rather than its habitants as a method of enticing visitors to a country.... Read More

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