Tujia, a vacation rental platform backed by Ctrip, has partnered with SiteMinder to offer its overseas accommodation providers an all-in-one management system.   ... Read More

This is a viewpoint by Wulfric Light-Wilkinson, chief commercial officer at Quill. Holidays may be all about rest and relaxation, but the online booking process for consumers, by contrast, is often... Read More

The founders of holiday rentals sharing service LaComunity have announced the launch of a new blockchain powered ecosystem consisting of a token, a DApp and a marketplace. The backers claim the pla... Read More

Google delves into mobile search trends to discover traveler motives to know more before they go.... Read More

For part three we take a look inside airport terminals where a variety of innovative work is being done to improve and ease the process of air travel. ... Read More

Swayy is a tool for hotels to find, book and maintain relationships with social media influencers. It matches hotels with pre-vetted, relevant influencers, and Swayy’s closed-loop system allows both venues and influencers to evaluate working with each other.... Read More

Implementing the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was always going to be a challenge for travel companies, but a recent social media storm centred around British Airways would suggest th... Read More

Booking's move into mobility, some interesting hotel and airline partnerships, the latest tranche of travel tech startup funding and more in the latest update. Didi, Airbnb and Ctrip Didi C... Read More

The best way for travel businesses in the west to understand the nuances and issues associated with operating in Asia Pacific is to learn from those at the sharp end.... Read More

Members only luxury deals site Secret Escapes has raised another £52 million, bringing the total raised since its launch in 2011 to more than £150 million. The latest injection comes from a new inv... Read More

Quote from Brian Solis, principal analyst and futurist at Altimeter, in an article on PhocusWire this week.... Read More

ETTSA, the organisation representing GDS and OTAs, has lodged a complaint against the European Commission for failing to enforce airline distribution regulations.... Read More

With massive amounts of data now available to hotels, it’s safe to say that all future technologies will rely on data and integrations.... Read More

For all the skills in Amazon's Alexa voice marketplace (30,000 and counting), the majority can still be described as "unskilled" for travel planning and booking tasks. The same can be said for Google Assistant and most other available voice experiences.... Read More

Secret Escapes has landed another funding round - the second time in the space of eight months that its secured a $50 million investment.... Read More