Travelers can use the planner to receive customized itineraries, put together packages that combine flights, accommodations and car rentals and receive recommendations of what to do in their destination.    ... Read More

The new "long-term" strategic partnerships with Hotelbeds and WebBeds add more than 700,000 hotels around the world to Hopper's platform.... Read More

PhocusWire talks to Priceline CEO Brett Keller about the company's partnership with Google, the hype around generative artificial intelligence and treading its own path versus other Booking Holdings brands.... Read More

Using Microsoft technologies including Azure Open AI Service's GPT models, Microsoft 365 and Teams, the AI assistant will be able help corporate travelers across their trip, including planning and booking.... Read More

Trip101 reports that vacation rental bookings jumped 84% in Asia from 2022 to 2023 with stay length also increasing.... Read More

Two new airline industry reports provide insights into how consumers feel about air travel disruptions and also the costs – both economic and environmental – that these problems bring. ... Read More

Two new airline industry reports provide insights into how consumers feel about air travel disruptions and also the costs – both economic and environmental – that these problems bring.  ... Read More

The startup provides contactless tools to manage hotel services such as check-in, room entry, food ordering and payments and last year raised $5.5 million in seed funding.    ... Read More

Most important to consumers when booking accommodation online is an easy and secure booking and payment experience, 53%, followed by video and images of rooms and the property, 50%.... Read More

Sensible Weather said the funding advances its goal to support travel, event and outdoor businesses in the face of growing weather uncertainty.  ... Read More

Booking says the dispute does not affect its strategy to build out flights as part of its connected trip vision.... Read More

Three ways destinations can showcase their commitment to providing sustainable tourism, not only to attract travelers with similar values but to ensure their destination is open for decades to come.... Read More

The U.S. travel market continued its stellar recovery in 2022, with total gross bookings of $422.2 billion, an increase of 51% over the prior year.... Read More

The hospitality company currently has 37 properties with 1,200 units across 13 cities in Spain and southern Europe and plans to reach 1,300 units by the end of 2024.... Read More

Like retailers before them, airlines have been reluctant to embrace resale options — even though they could reap even greater benefits than retailers by embracing their secondary market.  ... Read More