What will Hipmunk come up with next? The flight and hotel search engine just placed a recharging station in Portland Airport to take the agony out of handling a laptop, tablet or smartphone with no juice.... Read More

Tom Stocky, the man credited with some of Google's early forays into enhancing its travel search capability, has ended over six years at the company and moved to Facebook.... Read More

Fledgling startup Ostrovok has captured the attention of some of the US's biggest investors in travel to launch a Booking.com-style product in Russia.... Read More

Digital and social media have opened the floodgates to real communication between brands and customers.... Read More

The much-vaunted switch to an online travel agency model for Thomas Cook will not be part of a fundamental review of the business triggered by a profits warning.... Read More

Travelzoo is gearing up for its first foray into the world of mobile, bringing both its Top 20 and Local Deals services to an iPhone application and embracing geo-location tools.... Read More

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Verbling, a one-to-one language learning platform using video technology to connect users around the world.... Read More

EasyJet has lost its market leading position as the moist popular airline website in France, as Corsairfly jumps ahead to gain a narrow lead.... Read More

Virgin Atlantic has overtaken arch rival British Airways in an in-depth annual study looking at user experience of leading UK travel websites.... Read More

Orbitz Worldwide struck a private-label deal with Virgin Australia which has HotelClub powering standalone hotel bookings on Virgin Australia websites.... Read More

Tripping, a social travel site connecting local hosts with travelers, received seed funding to fuel global expansion and marketing, the company says.... Read More

Groupon revamped its privacy policy and it will provide a treasure trove of personal information for Expedia.... Read More

TripAdvisor is increasing its social-travel efforts with today's announcement that it acquired Where I've Been.... Read More

Canada's two leading airline websites - AirCanada and WestJet - have extended their lead over other airlines in the top ten, securing 57% of the total category.... Read More

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring France-based Who'sMyGuide, a platform to find and contact local travel guides anywhere in the world.... Read More