Reservation Systems

News / Online

Airbnb reaches seven out of ten properties available for instant booking

By Kevin May | July 18, 2019

The figure is a sizeable jump from 2016, when just one in three of Airbnb's properties could be secured straight away. Read More

News / Technology

Travelport sells Travelwire brand to Dolphin Dynamics

By Linda Fox | July 17, 2019

U.K-based Dolphin Dynamics is looking to boost its presents in the Nordics through the acquisition of Travelwire from Travelport. Read More

News / Technology

HostNFly locks in $10M for vacation rental management platform

By Kevin May | July 16, 2019

The France-based company now has more than $12.5 million overall since its launch in 2016. Read More

News / Technology

Q&A: Hospitality tech guru Dave Berkus on disruption, exec mistakes and Amazon

By Mitra Sorrells | July 16, 2019

Dave Berkus, creator of one of the earliest property management systems, discusses technology lifecycles, the risk of hacking, tech giants and travel, his advice for entrepreneurs and travel executive... Read More

Life House 100M real estate equity investment

News / Startups

Life House hotel chain and tech provider secures $100M investment

By Mitra Sorrells | July 12, 2019

Boston-based Blue Flag, an investment, real estate development and branding firm that has a collection of hotels in its portfolio, is behind the deal. Read More

Interview / Distribution

Sounding Off: Still too many questions and few answers for NDC

By PhocusWire | July 5, 2019

NDC's rocky road over the last seven years serves as a stark reminder of how complex the airline distribution landscape is and continues to be. Read More

News / Distribution

Sabre CEO Sean Menke: Future of NDC is a "wild guess," but we remain committed

By Jill Menze | July 1, 2019

Speaking at the Sabre Technology Exchange event last week, Sabre CEO Sean Menke says the travel technology company has embarked on an “audacious” goal to “lead a new market for personalized travel” by... Read More

News / Technology

Sabre broadens hospitality offerings with retail push, new lodging APIs

By Jill Menze | June 27, 2019

At the Sabre Technology Exchange, the company detailed how hotels can benefit from its Intelligent Retailing platform and announced the launch of Content Services for Lodging. Read More

News / Technology

A tale of two airlines battling disruption with technology

By Linda Fox | June 25, 2019

The cost of disruption to airlines is around 8% of revenue, or $60 billion to the industry, every year. Little wonder then they turning to technology to address disruption from weather events to... Read More

News / Technology

BeMyGuest raises new round in bid to bolster activity supplier tech

By Kevin May | June 24, 2019

The Singapore-based company has not disclosed the level of investment but says it is "more than sufficient to support the company through its next growth phase." Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: Booking.com on its buy or partner strategy for experiences

By Kevin May | June 10, 2019

Booking.com's semi-official entry into the tours and activities sector was notable for many things - not least why did it take so long. Read More

News / Online

Travel payments, part 2: Balancing friction and risk in fighting fraud

By Mitra Sorrells | June 10, 2019

For part two in our series on travel payments, we explore issues related to fraud and how machine learning can help to solve them. Read More

Interview / Technology

In The Big Chair - Jason Morehouse of Checkfront

By Kevin May | June 7, 2019

Since launching in June, 2010, Checkfront has grown from a humble operation in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, to a business that processes over $1 billion in bookings annually, made by tour and... Read More