Following a slew of product updates announced over the past couple weeks, Airbnb has appointed a new executive: Amazon’s Greg Greeley will join the company March 18 as president of the Homes business unit.... Read More

Tours and activities booking tech specialist Rezdy has raised a further $3 million as part of an expansion warchest in the North America region.... Read More

The former-eBay exec knows a lot about retail, expansion and customers - and can now add distribution, standardisation and mobile technology to her repertoire of skills needed to run an online business.... Read More

Amadeus has created a new solution to help travel brands, destination marketing organizations, and online travel agencies use interactive video to facilitate consumers’ travel search and shopping.  ... Read More

Many airline mobile apps in the Asia Pacific region are still in their infancy when it comes to the search and booking process, often mimicking desktop purchase flow.... Read More

Baggage management is an enormous and complicated undertaking for airlines and airports. According to SITA, more than 4.5 billion bags are handled by baggage systems every year. ... Read More

IATA Resolution 753, which comes into effect this June, commits airlines to keeping track of baggage movements and aims to significantly reduce mishandled and misdirected bags. But it also creates new... Read More

This is a viewpoint from Bharat Patel, president of sales, marketing and commercial for CodeGen Abandonment rates for online travel bookings are notoriously high. Recent statistics from salecycle.c... Read More

Restaurant review mainstay Zagat is changing homes: Google, which has owned Zagat since 2011, has sold the brand to food discovery site the Infatuation for an undisclosed sum.... Read More

Anyone who has ever committed a pet to the cargo hold of a plane knows the anxiety of wondering whether MollyPup or Princess Kitty is doing all right down there. Now, thanks to artificial intellige... Read More

Redeam's digital ticketing technology addresses a genuine need in the tours and activities market, and it just got a boost with $7.7 million raised in Series A funding.... Read More

In today’s wrap-up of news in brief… HomeToGo expands South American presence… Cape Air and Utrip launch AI travel planning tool… MeetingPackage.com unveils dynamic pricing strategy… Bd4travel and Vacasa see executive moves…... Read More

The days of typing search terms into a browser or clicking through drop-down menus may be fading. Rising in their place is a much more natural interface: voice.... Read More

For anyone still trying to wrap their minds around the volumes of Big Data being left unattended in their systems which might help improve offers and personalization, we have a new thing to lose sleep... Read More

Travel content sites have in recent years avoided go all-in with booking services - but Culture Trip is one that is going to buck the trend and try the online travel agency model.... Read More