Opinion

Most startup acquisition stories are interesting to those in the sector, or investors, but a week later, the world mainly continues revolving how it always did.... Read More

Creating differentiation and building guest loyalty is more complex than ever for hotel brands.... Read More

Will it or won't it - the subject of Amazon’s potential to disrupt the travel industry is back in vogue once more.... Read More

It’s popular to talk about the impact that smartphones have had and with good reason. In recent years, since smartphone introduction, there has been a dramatic shift in the way people engage with brands online.... Read More

When context is everything, offering relevant information at the right time and place to the traveler is fundamental. When consumers are more empowered than ever before, travel technology needs to speak to business travelers in the simplest way.... Read More

What impact will there be on the vacation rental industry if (and when) Google decides to fully join the party?... Read More

Today we live in uncertain times with one out of every four flights not operating on time. Many would be shocked to learn that the airlines of the world are spending in excess of 25 billion USD per year in direct costs as a result of poor On Time Performance.... Read More

The increasing and widespread adoption of voice technology is already beginning to establish its place as a major factor in travel.... Read More

First of all, apologies to Viator, Expedia and GetYourGuide...... Read More

For the NCAA basketball tournament, college loyalists are traveling in shows of support for their favorite teams. Here’s how the Arizona Office of Tourism used travel data to quantify the impact of its March Madness advertising campaigns for travel to Phoenix in 2017.... Read More

At ALICE, we've been working hard to fully understand the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its obligations on us and our customers. In order to help hoteliers figure out what is going on, we're sharing a guide with what we've learned.... Read More

It's shaping up to become one of travel's great competitive rivalries: Airbnb versus Booking.com.... Read More

Let me start by saying that dynamic pricing isn’t something new. In fact its origins go way, way back to the midst of time, when pricing was simply influenced by supply and demand.... Read More

The airline business exists to bring people together. An important part of the industry’s mandate should be democratizing the process of air travel, making new experiences and destinations affordable for those who could never access them before.... Read More

In 48 BCE, the historic city of Alexandria was destroyed by Caesar’s army, including its world-famous library. Today, if a library was destroyed, its records would live on in other libraries and on the internet. This is the inherent power of a decentralized database - and of blockchain.... Read More