Quote from Brian Solis, principal analyst and futurist at Altimeter, in an article on PhocusWire this week.... Read More

ETTSA, the organisation representing GDS and OTAs, has lodged a complaint against the European Commission for failing to enforce airline distribution regulations.... Read More

For all the skills in Amazon's Alexa voice marketplace (30,000 and counting), the majority can still be described as "unskilled" for travel planning and booking tasks. The same can be said for Google Assistant and most other available voice experiences.... Read More

Secret Escapes has landed another funding round - the second time in the space of eight months that its secured a $50 million investment.... Read More

Booking Holdings is piloting a service that offers access to third party technology platforms for its hotel customers.... Read More

Our sister brand Phocuswright's flagship conference always features the most high-profile names in the digital travel economy - the leaders of the brands that shape the industry.... Read More

Sabre has created a Travel Solutions division spanning airline solutions as well as data and analytics across its business units.... Read More

Analyzing data on package bookings vs. standalone hotel bookings, Expedia Group found that for full year 2017, package bookings delivered higher average daily rates and had longer booking windows, particularly internationally.... Read More

Airbnb has been told by the European Commission to clean up its pricing as well as commercial terms.... Read More

Utrip, a personalization platform for travel, has been testing a destination discovery experience driven by artificial intelligence.... Read More

Didi Chuxing has caught the eye of Booking Holdings, with a $500 million capital injection and a major strategic partnership.... Read More

Certify, an expense management software specialist, has acquired real-time expense reporting system Abacus.... Read More

Restaurant reservations service eatigo has received a second investment boost from TripAdvisor in pre Series C funding.... Read More

France secured their second FIFA World Cup in two decades last weekend - but victory also came to the private accommodation sector during the tournament.... Read More

What we really should be talking about is how are you designing experiences that people are willing to find and pay more for and love and recommend.... Read More