The most pointed conversations at the annual GBTA convention focused on whether or not unmanaged travel is a panacea to the ails of an increasingly complex business travel management landscape.... Read More

The US carrier will now allow startups to access its frequent flier account data on a contracted basis. The first to pay is AwardWallet, a nine-year-old US company that operates the largest loyalty rewards-tracking tools for frequent fliers.... Read More

Tour and activity platform Zozi is branching out into the world of B2B services after buying reservation system provider Tripflavor.... Read More

Online travel agencies are continuing to look on jealously as the traditionalists in the guise of Thomson and Thomas Cook hold firm as the leading travel websites in the UK.... Read More

Believe it or not, 97% of Indian travellers want to reserve their hotels online, according to a study by MakeMyTrip.... Read More

The Canadian version of TripAdvisor might be looking nervously over its shoulder this summer as Booking.com moves to within a whisker of taking the accolade of most popular travel site in the country.... Read More

A few months on from celebrating its first birthday, data-driven hotel price comparison engine DealAngel has been bought by Russian OTA OneTwoTrip.... Read More

Marissa Mayer-led Yahoo continues its shopping spree, this time Yahoo Japan has acquired Venture Republic, Japan-based company which runs ecommerce portals.... Read More

It’s not hard to send your friends a vacation postcard from Saturn — even if you never actually visit.... Read More

A key metric for forecasting if online travel agencies (OTAs) can thrive is their advertising efficiency, or ad expenditure divided by room nights booked.... Read More

Trippiece, a Tokyo-based user generated content-led travel planner, has secured a funding of $2 million from Draper Nexus Venture Partners and other investors.... Read More

Custom city map startup Suggestme now offers printed versions of their digital personalized maps created by travelers.... Read More

The BYOD trend (bring your own device): There’s no use debating it. It’s here to stay. And it’ll get worse before it gets better.... Read More

Orbitz-owned HotelClub is gearing up to make some big changes to it’s offering for consumers in mainland China by the end of the year.... Read More

A two-hour systems crash affected as many as 400 airlines and 100 airports. Some boarding passes had to be handwritten.... Read More