Marketing a company image and building a brand name's popularity used to be largely in the hands of the company itself.... Read More

American Express and Orbitz team up to create a booking engine, United Airlines is shifting the focus of a blog it created this spring when shifting to a unified tech platform, and more items in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion on 21 August.... Read More

Hotels have learned over the years that guest reviews are just part of the feedback process, many of which are now thrust on to the web on sites such as TripAdvisor.... Read More

There is a whiff of anger in the air, it appears, over alleged price fixing between online travel agencies and hotels - with a class action being brought against some of the biggest travel brands on the planet in the US.... Read More

Tnooz has appeared on the This Week in Travel podcast on a number of occasion over the years - it's a lively, informative and often fun show.... Read More

Tnooz has appeared on the This Week in Travel podcast on a number of occasion over the years - it's a lively, informative and often fun show.... Read More

Destination question-and-answer startup LocalUncle is set to release their completed redesigned app in October, and we've got a sneak peak.... Read More

The influence of social media in travel may be overstated, or so says Directline Holidays after commissioning a study to understand what inspires consumers when choosing a destination.... Read More

San Francisco-based lift ticket company Liftopia will power the new consumer-facing ski pass technology for the newly minted The Mountain Collective.... Read More

China's largest online travel agencies are battling for their share of the domestic travel market, which is growing about 14%-a-year, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion today.... Read More

Back in July 2010, when Google said it was splashing out $700 million on air search and shopping tech provider ITA Software, officials put together a handy diagram.... Read More

Back in July 2010, when Google said it was splashing out $700 million on air search and shopping tech provider ITA Software, officials put together a handy diagram.... Read More

Such is the circus surrounding the stand-off between Wikileaks frontman Julian Assange and the UK, Swedish and US authorities that it was only a matter of time before the jokes started.... Read More

Here is a story to dispel the idea that consumers use social media channels such as Twitter and Facebook just as a method to have a rant at travel providers.... Read More

Opaque search, blind bookings - models which have found their way in to the travel lexicon in recent years, not least from the likes of Priceline with its Name Your Own Price system.... Read More