This is a viewpoint from Bill James, chairman of Transform. It is estimated that 90% of the world’s data was generated in the past two years, yet brands still are only using half of it. Everywhere... Read More

Academics and tourism leaders have discussed overtourism in Iceland (and elsewhere) for many years, yet it is a blockchain-led process that could have another fundamental impact on the island nation.... Read More

Amadeus will include airline information such as amenities, cabin services and seat provision to travel agencies after inking a deal with Routehappy.... Read More

If we think of loyalty program rewards as a currency, it becomes easy to see why the current system is not ideal and why most programs are struggling to achieve their ultimate goal: to influence travelers to buy from them again and again. ... Read More

Expedia Inc spent a record $5.3 billion on marketing in 2017 - a figure that continues to trouble investors amid its full year financial results.... Read More

A main reason for the omnipresence of Netflix is the technology’s ability to personalize recommendations to viewers.... Read More

Tagible didn’t write a line of code for its content aggregator until halfway through the Travelport accelerator program that the startup completed in 2016. Today, Tagible (startup pitch here) amass... Read More

A new blockchain-based travel billing and settlement platform is in the works.   ... Read More

It has been another busy couple of weeks in China's online travel space with moves from Alibaba-owned Fliggy, Ctrip, Toncheng-eLong and TravelFlan to name just a few. Alongside news from these maj... Read More

Fresh off its acquisition by ATPCO, Routehappy wrapped up yet another big deal: a partnership with Amadeus, the world’s largest GDS. Amadeus will integrate Routehappy’s rich airline content into it... Read More

Quote from Airbnb in its plea to hotels.... Read More

Over the next five years, the Middle East is positioned for solid growth – thanks to high internet and smartphone penetration and advancing technology infrastructure.... Read More

Massive consolidation alert: Hogg Robinson has sold to American Express Global Business Travel in a deal in the region of £400 million.... Read More

Big consolidation in the travel management space this morning as Amex Global Business Travel has agreed to buy rival Hogg Robinson Group for around £400 million. The deal, which is subject to antit... Read More

Avvio has launched a conversational and transactional social media chatbot which integrates with its AI-driven booking engine, Allora. The bot has been developed in partnership with Dublin-based We... Read More