As a neutral and independent standards body, we at OpenTravel get questions, and lots of them, about the travel industry.... Read More

Can you create something amazing using travel APIs in just two weeks? But can you also do it alongside some of the smartest developers from the hottest tech region on the planet?... Read More

Airlines are falling over themselves trying to keep engaged with passengers before and long after they sit in an aircraft seat - and British Airways is no exception.... Read More

Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Europe.... Read More

CityJet and Aloft Hotels are the latest travel brands to gravitate towards using music's emotional resonance as a tool to engage more deeply with their guests.... Read More

Prism, a New Mexico, US-based airline customer management system provider, was snapped up by Sabre today for an undisclosed fee.... Read More

A tour operator boss recently disclosed privately that mobile and its impact on the travel industry and consumer behaviour drives him "mad".... Read More

ExpertFlyer unveils alert app, TravelScream heads to China, Room Key and VFM Leonardo unite for site media, Vayant and Anixe in marketing partnership, SpottedByLocals goes Android... What else is going on in the world of travel tech...... Read More

A year ago, Google, Bing (Microsoft) and Yahoo announced Schema.org: a taxonomy that would allow webpages to self-describe their content.... Read More

Cards In The Post is hoping to bring about a revival in travellers sending traditional postcards home by making it as easy as updating your social media profile... Read More

In October, the airline industry will propose new processes be adopted by the four mammoth Global Distribution Systems: Abacus, Amadeus, Sabre, and Travelport.... Read More

A year on from securing a $5 million funding round, TravelShark CEO Sue Heilbronner has quit the company for a new role with a payment system provider.... Read More

American Airlines is back in Direct-Connect mode, after its programme to try and turn the airline distribution model on its head fell by the wayside as it faced bigger battles.... Read More

Today HipGeo, the trip journal app for iPhone and iPad, has added functionality that lets you record travel video and automatically geo-locate it on a map and timeline that can be shared with others.... Read More

Tnooz recently featured two somewhat academic articles about the economics of peer-to-peer travel marketplaces (Article #1, Article #2).... Read More