Businesses spent over $2 billion in cash in 2010 on loyalty programs. With all this cash floating around, what are some strategies for leveraging this opportunity into true loyalty that effectively drives revenue across channels?... Read More

This is no joke - people travelling to areas at risk areas of malaria could be sent a text with advice on preventing the further spread of the disease... Read More

More creativity and masses of hard work from developers as a teams from Skyscanner and Flocations brought a new idea to planning business trips and also capturing the best travel reviews.... Read More

A couple of announcements from Amadeus yesterday including the release of a new user interface for its e-Travel Management corporate self-booking tool... Read More

Booking.com, Apple, Amazon, Priceline, TripAdvisor, Flight Centre, Travelfusion, and vStream Digital Media all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 16 October.... Read More

Aspiring VIPs take notice: Want Me Get Me is a new boutique and luxury hotel booker that promises to deliver VIP perks at no additional cost to members.... Read More

Twitter and the comment sections of websites are well known for their so-called trolls - a not-so-cute term for those that use a public forum to attack or berate individuals or organisations.... Read More

Here's a cute idea for a travel application scheduled to launch in December on both Apple and Android devices.... Read More

TripAdvisor, Ryanair, Jumeirah, CTrip, Jetblue, Korean Air, Delta, Dubai, South Africa, and Google Maps all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 15 October.... Read More

From a property-specific website to vacation rental aggregators to social media, vacation rental marketing startup MyVR aims to facilitate managing these various touchpoints for vacation rental owners.... Read More

Travel companies, pay attention.... Read More

Booking.com and hotel owners and vie to resell canceled rooms.... Read More

Luxury flash sales site Secret Escapes has won £8m in new funding with Index Ventures leading the round... Read More

While air passenger volumes have started moderating in the second half of the year, Asia’s still the best place to be at right now when it comes to growth compared to the rest of the world.... Read More

Most popular and most commented last week - and what's coming up next...... Read More