British holiday brand Thomson, one of the largest in the UK, is rolling out a new welcome program designed to acclimate holidaymakers prior to arriving at their destination resort.... Read More

Mobile browsing continues surging in popularity, according to the latest research from web-design and digital specialist Nucleus.... Read More

This year U.S. hotels will rake $1.95 billion in fees and surcharges, a new record, according to a respected NYU study.... Read More

A class action suit was filed this week in California against various major online travel retailers and hotel chains alleging antitrust violations in relation to resale price management (RPM) agreements.... Read More

CouchSurfing was once a fine example of how a web brand could capture a market without feeling the need to make heady revenues and kowtow to the needs of its backers.... Read More

A study commissioned by Roomarama, a booking engine for short-term rentals (STR), and Tripping, a travel-themed social networking message board, reveal what motivates customers to book lodging in privately owned homes.... Read More

A new survey of 50 cruise companies has indicated an overwhelming preference for using Facebook Fan pages over Twitter profiles.... Read More

Amazon debuts a data archiving service that travel tech companies may like, Inden Consulting sells Solare Hotels a translation video app for iPads for guests, and more items in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion on 21 August.... Read More

One of the ongoing problems travel search sites have found when developing their mobile apps is that they are at the mercy of their product suppliers.... Read More

With the never-ending glut of mobile apps in the marketplace, it's always refreshing to come across a unique implementation in the mobile app space - such as the latest digital release from Montreal's MUTEK festival.... Read More

Marketing a company image and building a brand name's popularity used to be largely in the hands of the company itself.... Read More

American Express and Orbitz team up to create a booking engine, United Airlines is shifting the focus of a blog it created this spring when shifting to a unified tech platform, and more items in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion on 21 August.... Read More

Hotels have learned over the years that guest reviews are just part of the feedback process, many of which are now thrust on to the web on sites such as TripAdvisor.... Read More

There is a whiff of anger in the air, it appears, over alleged price fixing between online travel agencies and hotels - with a class action being brought against some of the biggest travel brands on the planet in the US.... Read More

Tnooz has appeared on the This Week in Travel podcast on a number of occasion over the years - it's a lively, informative and often fun show.... Read More