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Booking Holdings has agreed to acquire FareHarbor, a Denver-based software company focused on tours and activities.  ... Read More

Airbnb is out to conquer yet another corner of the travel market with the launch of a new tool for meeting and event planners.... Read More

As Kayak’s Amazon Alexa skill approaches its two-year anniversary, the company is updating the service with flight notifications.  ... Read More

Booking Holdings appears to be making good on its digital aspirations with its acquisition of tours and activities tech specialist FareHarbor. The accommodation giant, recently renamed Booking Hold... Read More

For event organizers, the room block is a critical piece of any event. It offers attendees a discount on rooms right near or in the conference hotel. For some organizers, and some event types, hotels... Read More

This is a viewpoint from Sudheer Thakur, Founder and CEO at HelloShift. Smile! That's what most hotel staff are trained to do. Even when talking on the phone, the smile is key. When you smile, you... Read More

Trip Ninja pivoted three times since its founding in 2014. But the Halifax-based startup finally launched FlexTrip, in June 2017, followed by FareStructure, this past February. Both products allow tra... Read More

SITA's latest Baggage Report reflects progress in baggage tracking programs. Despite dramatic growth to four billion passengers served in 2017, airlines have set a new record with only 5.57 bags mi... Read More

On the tiny Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba – population just over 100,000 – tourism is the foundation of the economy, contributing about 88% of its gross domestic product and accounting for 90% of its total employment.   ... Read More

Influencer rankings aren't so simple as looking at follower count, or even engagement rate. It's really about the quality of an influencer's following, and the likelihood that the following will engag... Read More

Travelers that use any of China’s five largest online travel sites now have direct access to book food experiences offered by Eatwith in cities around the globe.  ... Read More

Plenty of attention on Marriott this week as it introduces a new loyalty package - but other efforts to coincide with the launch illustrate a maturing of another sector.... Read More

Airbnb has laid out an updated series of public policies for the home-sharing service intended to tackle the challenges of the modern world through the promotion of healthy travel and tourism. The... Read More

This is a viewpoint from Scott Watson is executive vice president of sales and marketing at M3. According to the 2018 Travel and Hospitality Industry Outlook from Deloitte, the hotel industry conti... Read More

GetYourGuide has been around for quite some time, and continues to grow with global ambitions. The company recently raised a Series D, which was geared towards fueling not only its continued worldwide... Read More