The billions of consumer money spent online has taught retailers something - that is, capturing customers via web channels the is crucial.... Read More

HotelQuickly, Hong Kong-based startup enables travelers to book last minute hotel bookings in Asia via mobile... Read More

In the ongoing evolution of social media in 2012, people’s behavior in social and mobile matured to a point where the first thing they do when they wake up in the morning is check Facebook on their phone.... Read More

Three acquisitions in as many months for Tripadvisor - this time performing an acqui and tech-hire for CruiseWise, the online travel agency startup targeting fans of cruise trips.... Read More

By parsing the millions of travel mentions on social media, Suggestme.com curates an algorithmically-organized view of a city.... Read More

Designers bashing SEOs and vice versa. We all have been seeing this happening for a long while now - years, in fact. And it’s probably not going to end any time soon.... Read More

The giant of corporate tools, which books $9 billion in travel a year, is supplementing its GDS content with additional regional suppliers via more user-friendly reservation tools.... Read More

In the past 18 months Google has brought out a large number of updates designed to penalise sites that have used unnatural links to gain an advantage in the search results and lot of sites suffered from major penalties and ranking drops.... Read More

For the first time, more US fliers say they typically use airline websites to book airplane tickets than they use OTAs, says a new study from travel consultancy PhoCusWright.... Read More

FlyinAway Travel Technologies is a membership travel site that offers airfare savings by enabling users to bid the price they'd like to pay... Read More

Changes at board level for Travelport as a new chairman is unveiled to replace Jeff Clarke and a number of new directors join following the recent completion of its refinancing.... Read More

Hotels are apparently losing up to 30% of revenue from cuts in commission or merchant fees as a result of the rapid rise of the same-day mobile booking apps in the marketplace.... Read More

Brand24, a social media monitoring company, has released an infographic that highlights the brand sentiments and social media strength of Indonesian airlines.... Read More

Indian travel search service iXiGo is joining the trend of brands in the country that are building mobile apps for customers which have functionality away from the core business.... Read More

Pivot alert: Mygola has changed its business model to become a one-stop-shop for travel itineraries, abandoning its previous trip planning portal.... Read More