News

Groupon CEO quits, Google Business Photos in India, JetAirways and Carzonrent, AirChina's self service kiosk, Lonely Planet hitting million fans, Zipcar survey results, and more - make our shortlist in the Scan for March 1, 2013.... Read More

In which digital platform will you be spending your marketing budget for 2013? Web advertisements or Facebook ads? Which platform yields the best results?... Read More

TripAdvisor and Mundi are watching market leader Booking.com extend its lead over them in the list of leading travel websites in Brazil.... Read More

Seems like the sky is the limit for inflight entertainment at the moment according to the numbers pulled together for this neat infographic... Read More

In this frank account of ViajeMe's demise, founder Wilton Pinheiro gives the low-down on what went wrong and lessons learned... Read More

The goal of the US-headquartered site, still in beta, is to focus on the timeshare owners’ overall vacation experience, from planning the trip to their actual stay.... Read More

It's utopia in my world of revenue management in hotels to work with a general manager and operations team with true passion for up-selling.... Read More

Discussing recent sagas as varied as the NDC initiative, airline mergers, Google Glass, and tours and activities - and more...... Read More

Enterprise technologies in the travel space are especially lucrative, given the legacy systems and large transaction volume. A new company called Blackspark has released a product aimed squarely at the payroll tax compliance segment of the corporate travel market.... Read More

Brands are optimistic about emerging marketing channels and will increase their social media spend in 2013, according to an extensive report on the outlook of brand managers by Vizu/Digiday.... Read More

Flight disruption, such as when there is a significant external weather event which affects multiple carriers - think Hurricane Sandy in the US at the end of last year - is a perennial problem for airlines and travellers.... Read More

The flash deals market is under pressure - share price of market leader Groupon dropped by 70% compared to the value at the time of its IPO.... Read More

Product news, releases, projects, related analysis and more from the global distribution systems during February 2013 - all here, in one easy read.... Read More

Technology performance company Compuware has released their latest data on site speed, both on mobile and desktop, for various verticals.... Read More

Big Data, a term that has become a "yes-we-are-aware-of-it" term among travel industry decision makers, is going to become increasingly important in the years forward.... Read More