Latest News

Stay up to date with the latest travel technology news, startup updates, and industry developments from across the global travel ecosystem.

News / Distribution

As Expedia turns 20, its executives talk about what's next

By Rob Lovitt | May 12, 2016

With apologies to The Beatles, it was 20 years ago today (give or take a few months) that a small team on Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Wash., launched a little product called Expedia.com, designed t... Read More

News / Distribution

Evaneos gets $21 million funding for technology development and expansion

By Linda Fox | May 12, 2016

Evaneos, a France-based online marketplace connecting travellers with travel agents in destination, has raised $21 million in funding. The round, which is the company's third and brings its total f... Read More

News / Distribution

Online growth continues for TUI, another big sell-off announced

By Martin Cowen | May 11, 2016

European travel giant TUI Group continues to take more bookings online in the UK and Scandinavia, confirming that even in mature ecommerce markets there is room for online travel to grow. In the s... Read More

From Our Partners / Technology

10 reasons why Dynamic Ads for Travel from Facebook heralds a new era of travel marketing

By Sponsored Content | May 11, 2016

This week Facebook has launched Dynamic Ads for Travel (DAT), its native retargeting solution for travel advertisers, as Tnooz first reported. NB This is a viewpoint by Burcu Gobuluk, chief operati... Read More

News / Online

VCs highlight over and under-invested travel sectors

By Kevin May | May 11, 2016

Any new travel business plotting to capture some of the action in the rental and sharing sector should probably think again. Or, at the very least, they should not be assuming the financial backers... Read More

News / Online

So far, passengers mostly ignore airlines' call to shame the TSA

By Sean O'Neil | May 10, 2016

A few days ago, the US lobbying group Airlines for America launched ihatethewait.com, a website that encourages passengers to share pictures and complaints on social media about long airport security... Read More

News / Technology

Now you can book travel by speaking to Kayak, via Amazon's Alexa

By Sean O'Neil | May 10, 2016

The travel industry is talking a lot about voice-powered search these days, thanks in part to Alexa -- a personal assistant developed by Amazon that uses artificial intelligence to understand simple v... Read More

News / Online

Facebook overhauls Dynamic Ads, just for travel marketers

By Kevin May | May 10, 2016

Facebook is jumping on the realisation for many travel brands that the omnipresent social network can be an important part of their marketing activity. The company is this week relaunching the exis... Read More

News / Technology

Viv shows off voice-controlled hotel booking via Hotels.com [VIDEO]

By Sean O'Neil | May 10, 2016

Viv, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup, gave its first public demonstration of its voice-controlled assistant on Monday at TechCrunch Disrupt NY, the annual industry conference. Viv aspires t... Read More

News / Distribution

Europcar's Ubeeqo set for three new cities

By Martin Cowen | May 10, 2016

Europcar Labs is in line for a busy few months after its parent company Europcar highlighted some new initiatives and launches coming out of the dedicated innovation unit. The flagship product of E... Read More

News / Technology

Out of the way tourists, Indians are exploring their own cities [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Martin Cowen | May 10, 2016

Indian OTA Cleartrip has found that most customers of its recently-launched activities channel are people looking to do more in their own city. Cleartrip launched its activities channel last August... Read More

News / Online

Ranting online about travel more popular than trying to get a refund

By Kevin May | May 10, 2016

Research has shown that venting one's anger online about a poor travel experience is proving a more popular pursuit than taking it up with an official body. The study by MarkMonitor of almost 3,300... Read More

From Our Partners

Five ways revenue management analytics impress your owner

By Sponsored Content | May 10, 2016

As the chief financial officer of a revenue technology company, bottom line financial performance always remains at the top of mind. NB This is a viewpoint by Brian Douty, chief financial officer a... Read More

News / Distribution

How SiteMinder's VC sees hotel distribution now

By Sean O'Neil | May 9, 2016

In January 2014, Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) invested $30 million in SiteMinder, a hotel distribution platform based in Sydney. To put the Series B round together, Dave Yuan, a general part... Read More

News

Elon Musk's Hyperloop gets a lift with levitating tech [VIDEO]

By Sean O'Neil | May 9, 2016

Hyperloop, a train that would use next-generation levitating technology, seemed like a pipe dream when it was first floated as an idea in 2013 by Elon Musk, the entrepreneur who founded Tesla Motors.... Read More

Most Popular
Latest Stories