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Growth was steady in the US travel market in 2017, with all segments seeing an increase of from 1 to 5% over 2016. Online sales in particular outperformed the market as a whole, which advanced 3% overall.... Read More

The ubiquity of artificial intelligence is evident in the fact that the abbreviation “AI” is now a common and recognizable term.   ... Read More

Amadeus and Air France-KLM have reached an agreement to allow Amadeus customers to access a private channel to receive airline content without paying a surcharge. Two days earlier Travelport announced a similar agreement.... Read More

Quote from Kirk Crenshaw, CMO of Traackr.... Read More

Travel brands looking to offer more personalized content and recommendations to customers have a new resource to help them.  ... Read More

We devote the latest episode of the PundIT Show to all things voice technology, marking the end of our Voice Month.... Read More

An app focusing on corporate travel services and an additional app for the Local Guides community are in the works at the Google "incubator".... Read More

OK, first, yes, aviation and aeronautics are technologies themselves. And Delta’s long-established MRO prowess means that the airline has applied technology to aeronautics for decades. But more rec... Read More

Photos, blog posts and other content shared by social media influencers can be an effective way for brands to communicate with consumers – particularly since surveys have found that between one-third to one-half of adults use software to block traditional online advertising while the majority of consumers put trust in personalized recommendations.   ... Read More

This is an analysis by Philippe Der Arslanian, CEO, Answair. This is the second of two articles looking at what needs to happen for an NDC tipping point. Here's part one - NDC tipping point? - Seek... Read More

Edinburgh-based Criton is tapping into the guest experience market by helping accommodation providers build their own branded app. It takes, as its starting point, the desire to replace the hard co... Read More

Airbnb has alerted hosts in China that it will begin sharing host information with the Chinese government.... Read More

One of the figures at the centre of Sabre's takeover of Abacus in 2015 has landed one of the top distribution jobs at the company.... Read More

Startups creating solutions to make travel more efficient, frictionless and interconnected received a record amount of venture capital funding in 2017 – at $25.45 billion it was a substantial 32% increase over investments made in 2016.  ... Read More

This is an analysis by Philippe Der Arslanian, CEO, Answair.       “It offers three strategic possibilities: drive revenues, reduce costs, and enhance customer service… The technology is new enough t... Read More