Which sectors of the hospitality industry are dabbling the most in travel flash sales? Independent hotels and then alternative property types such as inns and B&Bs -- that's who.... Read More

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Poland-based PlaceKnow, a new platform which uses images and community to promote destinations.... Read More

The US Transportation Security Administration is supplementing its use of naked scanners with boarding pass and photo ID scanning technology.... Read More

Southwest has seen its lead over second place in the list of leading airline websites fall to under 10% market share, as Delta and United start rising up the table.... Read More

In planning and curating the programme for the first WITX-Women In Travel in Bangkok on April 27, I have personally learned a lot.... Read More

Vayable jumps to 200 destinations, Lonely Planet boosts offline apps, Emirates upgrades IFEs, HotelsCombined books with Ostrovok, Rocco opts for IDeaS... A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More

Either the late booking market for the summer is starting to kick in or there were frantic Easter trips being organised last week, but websites belonging to Thomas Cook and Thomson are looking up.... Read More

Universal Travel Group, which aims to be the dominant online travel company in China, is voluntarily delisting its stock from the New York Stock Exchange under fire.... Read More

BMW has created a high-tech method for booking a hotel room from the car and enabling guests to proceed right to their rooms, where they can unlock the doors with their car keys using near-field communications.... Read More

This isn't exactly of CIA-KGB proportions, but American Airlines has sued an ex-employee who publishes The Sky Steward blog and unidentified current airline employees who allegedly are conspiring with him.... Read More

TripAdvisor's stranglehold on the leading Canadian accommodation websites is so tight that its combined market share is great than the second, fourth and sixth places together.... Read More

EasyJet has replaced laterooms.com with booking.com as its exclusive hotel provider just weeks after Ryanair dropped the Priceline-owned accommodation specialist.... Read More

Holiday rental guests in Europe do not rate reviews from previous guests as having a big influence in their accommodation selection, unlike their hotel-dwelling fellow travellers.... Read More

A Virgin Atlantic plane bound for Orlando from the UK had to make an emergency landing today after reports of smoke in the cabin.... Read More

Brief residence at the top of the league of leading travel websites in France for SeLoger Vacances after it lost half its share of online traffic last week.... Read More