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This is a viewpoint from Duncan Keene, UK managing director of ContentSquare. Conversational commerce offers great opportunities to improve the customer experience. But, the quality of that experie... Read More

TripAdvisor has issued another not-so-subtle reminder of its status and influence in the travel market - this time with the dollars to back it up.... Read More

Over the years, online hotel bookings have increased dramatically: according to Statista, last year the market value for hotel reservation made on the web was over 42 billion in the US alone. However,... Read More

In the first quarter of 2018, Booking Holdings, formerly the Priceline Group, has reported significant financial growth despite a slowing of growth in bookings and room nights.... Read More

Trivago has made its second acquisition in less than a year with US-based TripHappy, with no terms of the deal disclosed. The startup helps travellers figure out where to stay that might best suit... Read More

TripAdvisor's share price was up 20% after its earnings for the first quarter of 2018 came in ahead of expectations. The company says its hotel profitability improved for the second quarter running... Read More

Proof that vacation rentals are a huge segment of the industry is confirmed with analysis showing there are a staggering 115,000 vacation rental companies worldwide.... Read More

European travel giant TUI Group is integrating its "destination experiences" business into its global CRM platform, giving it the ability to cross-sell the inventory to customers during the post-booki... Read More

This is an article from TravelDaily China.It appears as part of the tnooz sponsored content initiative. ChinaTravelNews has learned that Ctrip has upgraded its internal incubation program after Spr... Read More

A dip in its hotels business and a boom of its Experiences offerings saw TripAdvisor’s non-hotel revenue grow to around one-third of hotel revenue for the first quarter of 2018, compared to the same period in 2017 when the non-hotel segment made up about one-sixth.... Read More

Cruise booking platform Dreamlines has brought its total funding to over the €100 million mark with a new €45 million capital raise.... Read More

The American Hotel & Lodging Association says consumers paid $5.2 billion in fraudulent and misleading hotel booking transactions with third-party travel companies in 2017.... Read More

Dreamlines, a OTA based in Germany specialising in cruise, has secured a $55 million Series E funding round, led by Princeville Global. Princeville Global is making its first investment into Dreaml... Read More

Hotel booking and group travel specialist HotelPlanner has acquired accommodation auction site BackBid.... Read More

Amadeus has started 2018 well, with its distribution and airline IT units dominating the filings while its new businesses continue to find their feet, financially and operationally. For the first t... Read More