Airbnb marked its tenth anniversary with a re-thinking of the company's approach to its listings, its search, and its general approach to matching a traveler to the best listing for a specific trip.... Read More

Helsinki, Finland-based Hostaway has raised €700,000 in funding to grow its vacation rental channel management solution.  ... Read More

Sony has announced plans to offer artificial intelligence technology to six taxi operators in Japan.  ... Read More

In today's wrap-up of news in brief: Travelport adds NDC-enabled content… Egencia expands rebooking services… RedAwning debuts voice assistant… Yapta partners with Amadeus…... Read More

Sponsored by eNett International A new research report carried out by Edgar, Dunn and Company identifies a dozen best practices for OTAs and other intermediaries to implement as part of their strat... Read More

In 48 BCE, the historic city of Alexandria was destroyed by Caesar’s army, including its world-famous library. Today, if a library was destroyed, its records would live on in other libraries and on the internet. This is the inherent power of a decentralized database - and of blockchain.... Read More

Covering events is always a marathon -- from deciding which sessions to attend, managing interview requests, and capturing content from the keynotes, there are many moving parts. Often, this means tha... Read More

Johnny Thorsen, VP of Travel Strategy and Partnerships at Mezi, the AI-powered personal travel assistant. Did you know that one in nine US jobs depends on travel and tourism? In fact, business trav... Read More

Amadeus has created a dedicated NDC innovation program to help advance adoption of the IATA XML-based data transmission standard and spur innovation. Experts from across Amadeus’ business will focu... Read More

The Priceline Group will now be known as Booking Holdings.  ... Read More

Uber users in six cities will now have a new option when they open the app.   ... Read More

Corporate travel managers looking to uncover off-channel bookings now have an additional tool to streamline the process.   ... Read More

TUI Group was one of the first travel brands to make headlines for its adoption of blockchain.  ... Read More

Sponsored by ITB Berlin. Negotiating the travel tech landscape can be confusing - so many solutions, so many vendors, so many choices. For those who need help to guide them through the options,... Read More

A new study by Travelport finds that Millennials’ preference for bleisure travel drives a need for smoother digital interactions throughout the journey. The survey of 11,000 travelers in 19 countri... Read More