Such as been the worldwide focus on the Costa Concordia incident off the coast of Italy in January that one unlikely beneficiary has been a local news service on the island of Giglio.... Read More

Hotel Urbano has extended its lead in the destination and accommodation category last week, as well as seeing its position increase in the list of leading agencies in Brazil.... Read More

Kayak users in January made more than 100 million travel queries on the site and through its mobile apps for the first time, a move which coincides with Google data showing that searches for "Kayak flights" in the US was among the fastest-growing flight-related searches in the last 12 months.... Read More

Despite some very high profile and recent setbacks, generally the cruise sector is growing - 16 million passengers cruised in 2011, a 7% increase over 2010.... Read More

After weeks of coverage and opinion in national and international press KLM has unveiled its promised Meet & Seat service enabling passengers to link their Facebook and LinkedIn profile to their flight booking... Read More

As we got towards the end of 2011, many people were asking me what I thought was next in the world of mobile and whether I had any predictions.... Read More

The hotel sector is getting rather interesting (and feisty) in 2012, as some predicted, with the likes of Google wading in deeper and the GDSs ramping up their efforts.... Read More

Expedia will be looking nervously its should in the coming weeks as WebJet lurks just a fraction behind its leading position in the list of leading travel sites in New Zealand.... Read More

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Guestmob, an opaque hotel booking service using big data and other next-generation technology.... Read More

Buried in the depths of its filing for a listing on the US public markets yesterday, Facebook highlighted its partnership with TripAdvisor as a prime example of how external sites are using the social graph.... Read More

The potential for Expedia Affiliate Network's Smart Cross Sell tool is a lot greater than first meets the eye.... Read More

France-based travel planning service Cityzeum Travel Group has acquired audio tours and video content specialists Pocketvox and Navigaia... Read More

EasyJet is just a fraction ahead of rival Air France in the list of leading airline websites in France, after massive surge last week by the national carrier.... Read More

More than half of travel retailers are conducting 30% or more of transactions outside of traditional reservation systems such as the GDS according to a report... Read More

Will Pinterest be the next major travel distributor?... Read More