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News / Online

Tripadvisor begins brand transformation with new course for Viator, executive shakeup

By Mitra Sorrells | January 23, 2020

Tripadvisor is embarking on a dramatic realignment aimed at helping the company preserve profitability and spur new growth as it deals with competition from Google and others and with evolving... Read More

News / Online

Increased focus on offers and customer service are top asks from travelers

By Linda Fox | January 22, 2020

A global survey of travelers from Expedia Partner Solutions highlights the most important booking, payment and customer service factors. Read More

News / Technology

ARC boosts corporate travel services with majority stake in NuTravel

By Mitra Sorrells | January 22, 2020

ARC has taken a majority stake in NuTravel to accelerate delivery of omnichannel solutions for corporate travel. Read More

News / Online

Hopper to pay for carbon offsets for all bookings, challenges top travel CEOs to follow suit

By Mitra Sorrells | January 21, 2020

Hopper Trees is a new initiative that covers the cost of carbon offsets for all flights and hotels booked in the Hopper app. Read More

From Our Partners / Online

Tech trends enabling customer acquisition and end-to-end engagement in 2020

By Sinead Reilly and Glenville Morris - Travelport | January 20, 2020

Travelport's most recent trends report has blended industry expert opinions with a survey of 23,000 consumers and 100 senior travel professionals. Read More

News / Online

Booking.com launches CityBook as test app for destination tools and services

By Kevin May | January 16, 2020

The app, known as CityBook, is a "digital guide" for destinations that will combine content, planning tools such as maps, navigation and experiences. Read More

News / Distribution

Omio launches in North America with 20 partners, 23,000 routes

By Mitra Sorrells | January 14, 2020

Omio is adding routes in the United States and Canada to its multimodal transportation platform. Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: Wayfarer Points changes travel loyalty programs through gamification

By Steven Lerner | January 13, 2020

Wayfarer Points is a portal that connects travelers with non-public deals. Read More

News / Technology

My Method... How Musement amplified speed and conversion for mobile users

By Fabio Zecchini - Musement | January 10, 2020

Tours and activities supplier Musement used Google AMP to speed up load times for mobile users and improve the conversion rate. Read More

News / Technology

Price-predicting app Atta raises $3M to strengthen Asia partnerships, marketing efforts

By Steven Lerner | January 10, 2020

Atta Inc. will also use the funding to recruit engineers and increase partnerships in the region. Read More

News / Online

MakeMyTrip takes next step in quest to become travel super app

By Mitra Sorrells | January 9, 2020

MakeMyTrip now displays destination videos with booking links in its mobile apps, as part of its effort to be a travel super app. Read More

News / Technology

AI-powered bot Eddy Travels lands $500K inaugural round for market expansion

By Steven Lerner | December 27, 2019

Techstars Toronto, Practica Capital and Open Circle Capital VCs led the round, with participation from angel investors in the United States, Canada and the U.K. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Airports in 2020 and beyond - it's not just all about the airlines

By Benoit Verbaere - SITA | December 24, 2019

Over the next decade, we will witness an exponentially accelerated pace of change as digital native passengers and airport staff embrace transformative technologies. Read More