Orbitz Worldwide is pinning its hopes on a now-completed technology platform migration and an American Express private label deal, which is supposed to generate some momentum starting in the fourth quarter of 2012.... Read More

Japan has certainly had its difficulties over the past 12 months - if a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami were not enough, both helped trigger one of the world's worst nuclear accidents for decades.... Read More

Kayak began integrating TripAdvisor's 60 million hotel reviews and ratings on Kayak.com and Kayak UK, and plans to introduce them globally.... Read More

It is currently Responsible Tourism Week. In the tours and activities sector, so-called responsible tourism is important. Very important.... Read More

Details have emerged as to the reason for a technical failure at Amadeus two weeks ago which affected the systems behind dozens of airlines.... Read More

Destination marketing organisation North Wales Borderlands has taken an interesting approach to encouragign people to tour the region with its 'Great North Wales Borderlands Adventure Trail' promotion launched this week... Read More

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Australia-based WeMetOnAPlane, a network to help travellers locate fellow air passengers.... Read More

All change at the top in Australia as Wotif gained enough additional share of traffic in the destination and accommodation category to unseat its main rival TripAdvisor.... Read More

Rearden Commerce has crunched a decade's worth of Big Data, namely data on 67 million flights from 24 US airlines over 10 years, in a bid to enhance flight search in its Deem Travel booking platform.... Read More

Expedia is putting additional room between it and second place Flight Network in the list of leading travel websites in Canada.... Read More

The lengths travel brands will go to these days to come up with a competition idea. The latest being a mashup of YouTube, Google Maps and Streetview, Facebook and music.... Read More

While KLM and Malaysia Airlines are offering passengers options to pick their seatmates through social network profiles, AirAsia X, in a contrarian move, is giving economy passengers the chance to guarantee that they will sit alone, stretched out across three seats.... Read More

The recent buzz around regaining control of pricing and margins in hotel distribution is deafening. Everyone seems to want a piece of the action.... Read More

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Spain-based ChangeYourFlight, a web platform to help travellers wishing to recuperate part of their money spent on unused non-refundable tickets.... Read More

Luxury hotel chain Four Seasons is planning to launch versions of its new website for Asia and the Arabic region this year to take advantage of different approaches to digital media.... Read More