Quote from Clayton Reid, CEO at MMGY Global, in an article on PhocusWire this week.... Read More

By some measures it’s been a tough year for traditional metasearch players, including Kayak.... Read More

Berlin-based Tourlane, which offers online booking of custom itineraries planned by travel specialists, has raised $24 million in Series B funding.  ... Read More

Sleepbox is a technology-driven micro-hotel providing frictionless, autonomous, affordable, private and safe housing during travel.... Read More

Ride-hailing service Lyft will be the first of the big U.S. brands to test their model on the public financial markets.... Read More

Holiday rental metasearch service HomeToGo has acquired the assets of U.S rival Tripping.com, with terms of the deal undisclosed.... Read More

Ari Balogh comes to Airbnb from Google and is charged with leading infrastructure, information IT and security and engineering for payments, trust and community support as CTO.... Read More

Hosco, an online hospitality network and recruitment specialist, has closed a €5.4 million funding round.... Read More

Tourism drives economic growth for destinations, but it can also cause issues such as overcrowding and regulatory challenges.... Read More

Hotelchamp, an Amsterdam-based startup that provides technology to drive direct bookings on hotel websites, is launching a new product to automate a personalized user experience.  ... Read More

Machine learning: AirHelps' bots in charge of handling claims.... Read More

As we look ahead to 2019, we asked MMGY Global CEO Clayton Reid to share thoughts on the future of travel and what lies ahead for marketing and advertising strategies, the growing influence of Google and Amazon and the impact of mobile, personalization and voice technology.   ... Read More

Lyft has complicated its acquisition of bikeshare company Motivate and plans to invest $100 million to expand in New York City.... Read More

This analysis could be titled in a number of ways, each with a lean towards what was disclosed by Marriott last week when it emerged some 500 million guest accounts had been hacked.... Read More

Tours and activities execs took to the Center Stage at The Phocuswright Conference to talk investment, expansion and bias in search results.... Read More