Opinion

Clearly, Mark Okerstrom's "Everest" was deemed one mountain too high by the chairman of the board, Barry Diller - but the ex-CEO was trying his hardest.... Read More

A combination of new technology and elevated standards will create the ultimate win-win-win, allowing suppliers, corporate travel managers and business travelers to work together towards unprecedented efficiencies and transparency.... Read More

Things are changing rapidly in the area of travel payments - an executive from Amadeus weighs in with four predictions for the coming year.... Read More

Combine a global army of local experts with Google’s unlimited capacity to track movements of all its Maps users and you get the picture: a rapidly expanding database of the nearly entire human knowledge of any place on earth.... Read More

Travelport's Simon Ferguson says Phocuswright's startup funding report tells the story of the travel industry's future.     ... Read More

A new voice-enabled era for travel is coming, and now is the time for brands to take advantage of it.... Read More

Machine learning is underused in the travel industry, yet it could significantly improve efficiency.... Read More

Philippe Der Arslanian shares his take from IATA's recent Airline Industry Retailing Symposium in Bangkok.... Read More

Apple has got to be one of the best examples of the modern brand loyalty concept, but what came first: product or brand?... Read More

Men are 70% more likely to hold executive positions over women - but what's holding women back? The system, the industry or something else?... Read More

Travel and tourism has been leading content sharing well before the conception of today’s popular platforms; a consistent trend for years.... Read More

Now traditional business models have been turned on their heads by the likes of Uber, Airbnb, Amazon and Google there is a tendency for many brands to believe they need to roll up their sleeves and face travel tech in battle. This is not true.... Read More

Whether an online travel agency, travel management company, travel agent or indeed any business operating in the travel industry, automation saves time and allows resources to be diverted elsewhere.... Read More

For those hotels now in the eye of the Thomas Cook storm, better days could lie ahead if they get more strategic with their channel distribution.... Read More

In the hotel industry, where cost often drives decisions over value, the term "future proof" is often heard, yet equally often ignored. ... Read More