Online travel agencies are evolving on a number of levels - but not least from a design perspective where the idea of throwing everything at the user is giving way to simplicity.... Read More

Foursquare has launched a new email marketing campaign aimed squarely at increasing the location-based network's user generated content. Submitted by a Tnooz reader, the email marketing campaign hinges around recent trips by users.... Read More

Goibibo, an India-based online travel agency, has launched an intelligent flight sorting feature using what it calls the "Dig Algorithm".... Read More

Best Western appears to have gotten hit for $25,000 for its iPhone app in an alleged patent troll case, according to a report today.... Read More

In China, only the state-run online ticket-booking website has been allowed to sell train tickets online. But this week, change is in the air.... Read More

Pinterest is in the news today because it has launched an analytics system.... Read More

Expedia’s Josh Saunders, director of market management, recommends five conversion tactics to maximize your hotel’s return with its online travel agency.... Read More

Venture capital firms participating in this round include VTB Capital, Mangrove Capital Partners and Ventech, while the angel investors are Javier Perez-Tenessa, Fabrice Grinda, and Jose Marin, says a report.... Read More

Aiming to be the Expedia of European train travel, Capitaine Train is the first booking site to distribute all of the offers of the two major railway companies in Europe: SNCF and Deutsche Bahn.... Read More

When you're lastminute.com and others have been stealing your thunder in the same-day/late-deals market what do you do?... Read More

Lawyers across the land will finally have to find new things to get their teeth into after American Airlines and Travelport settled their differences this week.... Read More

The often topsy turvy world of travel search technology startup Everbread continues - founder and president Assen Vassilev is doing his civic duty and joining the Bulgarian government.... Read More

Onboard, a website that's all about cruise travel, aims to directly challenge Cruise Critic and Cruisemates with a posh take on online travel communities. Think Nowness + Quora.... Read More

WhipCar, a UK-based service which launched a few years back to allow consumers to borrow a neighbour's vehicle, is no more after shutting its doors this week.... Read More

Updates from IATA, iCarsClub, TaxiMonger, Hertz, Rental Tonight, AirAsia, Celebrity Cruises, American Airlines, Orbitz partner network, Finnair, PassKey, and more travel tech news.... Read More