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It's been quite a year for Klook and GetYourGuide - both in terms of their individual strategies and the changes taking place in the tours and activities sector that they operate in.... Read More

This sector, what is known as multimodal metasearch, is the topic of this third piece in our series on metasearch.  ... Read More

It's easy to forget that PhocusWire is still less than 12 months old - so we're thrilled today to be announcing our first acquisition.... Read More

Travel brands looking to maximize their search engine optimization strategy should focus on creating interactive content since it ranks higher than all other forms of content for URL ratings, social shares and referring domains.  ... Read More

Lufthansa is claiming a first with the launch of an advertising campaign using artificial intelligence from IBM Watson Ads.... Read More

U.S.-based vacation rental management company Vacasa has closed $64 million in new funding... Read More

AirAsia is working with Google Cloud to apply AI and machine learning technology to its data.... Read More

New York-based Vertoe raises seed funding for its luggage storage business.... Read More

IATA’s 2018 Global Passenger Survey (GPS) included insights on passenger preferences to manage disruption, offering compelling reasons why airlines and airports should aim to eliminate queues through... Read More

Flight comparison website Kiwi.com is relaunching its Travelling Salesman Challenge for 2018, after more than 250 teams entered the competition last year. The competition tasks coders with finding... Read More

Boost, a startup providing a mobile learning platform for the hospitality industry, has announced that École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) has invested in the business. In a statement, Rémi Walbaum,... Read More

Corporate travel managers do not fully understand IATA’s New Distribution Capability and that lack of knowledge may make them resistant to embracing the data transmission standard.... Read More

He's one of the prominent members of the investment community in travel (and countless other sectors), and always has lots to say about the markets and companies that he backs.... Read More

Kayak has announced a new partnership with quicket.io which will make flight amenities data available to customers on flight search, across all the metas which fall under Booking Holdings' Kayak unit.... Read More

Do airlines want to enter the tours and activities game? On the list of priorities, airlines are interested in selling their core product - flights - first and foremost, says Tamas Hanyi, general manager, APAC region, at Finnair.... Read More