Attractions specialist GetYourGuide has gone big with its Series D funding, making it the largest-ever capital investment in its segment of the industry.... Read More

This is a viewpoint from Helen Holmes, VP product management, fraud and authentication services at Worldpay. There is tension in every sector of ecommerce between the friction-free, one-click-style... Read More

Dream Hotel Group began beta testing Amazon’s voice service Alexa, along with its partner Volara, at The Time Nyack, one of the company’s upscale hotels. Beta testing with Amazon Alexa will continu... Read More

This is a viewpoint from Geoffrey Ryskamp, principal of hospitality, travel, and leisure at Medallia. Word-of-mouth. If the hospitality industry could invent a perpetual motion machine, this would... Read More

PhocusWire launches at the Phocuswright Conference this week... and our live blog is just one many ways we've got it covered.... Read More

  The man who helped get SiteMinder off the ground in 2006 has plenty to say about the direct-booking debate, intermediaries becoming tech vendors and his style as a boss.... Read More

Two of Europe's major carriers, Air France and KLM, will be the latest airlines to introduce a surcharge on all tickets bought through a Global Distribution System.... Read More

Amadeus has announced that Premier Inn has signed up for its hospitality unit’s CRS and PMS products, as well as its relatively new payments platform. The news came at the same time as Amadeus anno... Read More

No longer is virtual reality part of the lexicon that describes the future of travel. Discovery Communications and Google are ushering in a new era of popular travel media with the November 3 launc... Read More

There is little doubt opportunities lie ahead for airlines when it comes to merchandising, retail and customer service up in the air. But, there will be challenges too. During last week's IATA W... Read More

Guestlogix is determined to help solve the biggest point of friction between airlines and passengers: the fight for control. In a white paper published in October, Guestlogix argues that the variou... Read More

According to a new report from Sojern, the long-held idea of an average traveler’s path to purchase in travel is, in fact, a myth.... Read More

TRVL.com’s tagline is “Power to the traveler!” But TICO, the Travel Industry Council of Ontario, has pulled the plug on the travel website’s peer-to-peer operations in Canada's most populous province.... Read More

Bitcoin's incredible price run to break over $7,000 this year has sent its overall electricity consumption soaring, as people worldwide bring more energy-hungry computers online to mine the digital currency.... Read More

Travelport attributes ongoing gains reported in its third quarter results to non-air business as well as international growth. The company says net revenue increased 3% to $611 million although net... Read More