Thought Leadership

Opinion / Online

Google: The sleeping giant of the vacation rental industry

By Steve Milo - VTrips | March 30, 2018

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

Opinion / Technology

Predicting the future: How airlines can be proactive around flight delays

By Fraser McGibbon - SITA | March 28, 2018

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... Read More

Opinion / Technology

Finding a unique voice in travel technology

By Chad Callaghan - Sabre | March 27, 2018

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

Opinion / Online

What destinations can learn from data around March Madness

By Scott Garner - ADARA | March 19, 2018

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... Read More

Opinion / Technology

Everything hoteliers need to know about GDPR

By William Beckler - ALICE | March 16, 2018

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,... Read More

Opinion / Online

A battle for hearts and homes - that would be Airbnb and Booking.com

By Douglas Quinby - Phocuswright | March 14, 2018

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

Opinion / Online

Why Airbnb Experiences are a threat to franchised suppliers - not retailers

By Alex Bainbridge - DestinationCTO | March 9, 2018

Innovation when an industry is watching your every move is hard, especially so when you have to bring hundreds of partners with you so have to disclose what you are doing outside of your own business. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Dynamic pricing should be changing the game for airlines

By Rajendran Vellapalath - TPConnects | March 1, 2018

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

Opinion / Technology

The democratization of travel and the future of airline innovation

By Kevin Krone - Uplift | February 28, 2018

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... Read More

Opinion / Technology

Travel opportunities - and distribution challenges - in the blockchain

By Sara Pavan - Amadeus | February 22, 2018

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... Read More

News / Distribution

Can Airbnb trigger a revolution in hotel distribution?

By Cesar Lopez - Mirai | February 20, 2018

Given the size of Airbnb, recent coverage of its potential to open up to hotel distribution has been well worth the fanfare. Read More

Opinion / Online

The journey before the journey: How travel marketers establish trust with consumers

By Jim Price - PebblePost | February 19, 2018

The last couple of decades have seen the advent of some very useful and powerful trip planning and booking tools, but planning a vacation is not just scientific, it is emotional, aspirational and... Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Online travel agency fightback: Tactics to lure direct bookings

By Max Starkov - HEBS Digital | February 6, 2018

As the travel planning journey continues to become increasingly more complex, hoteliers need to be looking for more impactful ways to engage and retain their best potential guests. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

An insider's tale on hotel website conversion rates

By Jean-Louis Boss - Fastbooking | February 2, 2018

The conversion rate of a hotel website is determined by so many factors that one shouldn’t be fooled into trying to meet an industry average. Read More