Opinion

Companies like Amazon have made it clear: Everything is accessible to everyone at any time from anywhere. Hotels need to follow suit.... Read More

Don’t be fooled, despite the occasionally cordial "partnering" rhetoric between the major hotel brands and OTAs, this is an existential battle.... Read More

2018 will be another busy year in the distribution space, as hotels and online travel agencies continue to dance and spar.... Read More

What a year. On a global scale, 2017’s headlines were both polarizing and surprising, terrifying and exhilarating.... Read More

There are a common themes, indeed, common challenges that we at OpenJaw find when we meeting with our clients around the world.... Read More

As is customary at this time of the year, we turn out minds, strategy and expectations to what we might expect to happen over the course of the next 12 months.... Read More

There’s a dichotomy that exists in a country that brought the world Einstein, Porsche, Siemens and Adidas, and also bred a culture inherent with a certain resistance to change and technological innovation.... Read More

There was a shift felt across the travel industry when Booking.com announced in November that they would be more than doubling their investment in television advertising.... Read More

In recent weeks, we have witnessed two significant moves by Airbnb that will have interesting implications on the international, short-term and vacation rental industry.... Read More

The retreat of angel and seed stage funding is not just a travel tech phenomena. But that doesn't mean entrepreneurs should throw in the towel.... Read More

With mainstay industries like taxis and hotels being disrupted, it’s time for improvements to the aviation industry.... Read More

Starting a company in the travel industry is hard. 96% of travel companies fail in the first 5 years (as opposed to the 88% cross-industry standard).... Read More

The last month has been rather busy in the world of tours and activities, with three significant announcements.... Read More

With barely any opposition from hotels, Booking.com is taking big steps to continue growing and capturing sales for your hotel which are currently coming in through other channels, including your own website.... Read More

With the advent of search engines like Google and Yahoo! almost two decades ago, accessing information became incredibly easy.... Read More