Nearly 75% of airline information technology (IT) executives say investing in business intelligence (BI) solutions for sales and marketing is their top priority, according to the annual SITA Airline IT Trends survey.... Read More

As in previous years there is a fair amount of a buzz at the SITA IT Summit around some new products and services for the airline and airport world.... Read More

There has been much rhetoric recently about how to offer ancillary services to consumers, what services to offer and when, that it raises the question whether consumers want all these elements... Read More

An interactive "carousel" of image-based recommendations appears when users search for local destinations, such as hotels or restaurants, in the US.... Read More

Another acquisition for TripAdvisor, this time buying flight and airport information application provider GateGuru for an undisclosed fee.... Read More

Capitaine Train, the railway booking tool aspiring to deliver full access to all European rail travel, has booked an additional round of 2.5 million Euros in funding.... Read More

The transportation marketplace for the developing world has closed due to lack of funding.... Read More

Brazilian airline TAM has secured over half of all web traffic to airline sites in the country, analysis of the leading travel brands in May has revealed.... Read More

Busy day at Travelocity as it offloads a second business in the space of a few hours, with BCD Travel snapping up its TBiz corporate division for an undisclosed fee.... Read More

CarTrawler, the car rental technology and white label business, has bought the hire brand HolidayAutos from Lastminute.com, part of Travelocity.... Read More

Content may be king, but content distribution is the kingmaker, at least in the case of two travel magazine apps.... Read More

For some brands, merging the digital with the physical worlds seems like a logical step, but there are challenges with integrating a device like an iPad into a physical store.... Read More

A new entrant to the likes of Google Ads, Facebook Ads and various other ad platforms is none other than Asia's metasearch engine Wego.... Read More

Marriott Hotels, with over 500 properties in nearly 60 countries, has unveiled a full-on rebrand and rethink of its positioning.... Read More

Facebook has featured TripAdvisor in their latest case study, which demonstrates how a well-integrated OpenGraph application can deliver: in this case, a 27% increase in engagement for Facebook users on TripAdvisor itself.... Read More