Travel Booking

News / Online

Booking Holdings integrates brands, develops payment capabilities in quest for “connected trip”

By Mitra Sorrells | August 7, 2019

Booking Holdings reports positive financial results as it works toward what CEO Glenn Fogel called the "connected trip." Read More

Interview / Distribution

In the Big Chair - Dan Ruch of Rocketrip

By Linda Fox | August 7, 2019

Before creating Rocketrip, Ruch was entrepreneur-in-residence at Genacast Ventures for 12 months. He also had a four-year stint at Tremor Video and was a director at AOL. Read More

News / Distribution

Southwest Airlines adds content to two GDSs

By Michael B. Baker - Business Travel News | August 7, 2019

Southwest Airlines at long last will provide content and full booking capabilities in global distribution systems via agreements with Travelport and Amadeus. Read More

News / Distribution

Culture Trip finally unveils its online travel agency, promises to cover the full funnel

By Linda Fox | August 6, 2019

The company claims it has spent a lot of time understanding customer needs and is not just “replicating a bog standard OTA.” Read More

Interview / Online

STARTUP STAGE: GreatGuides wants adventure travel guides to control their own destiny

By Jill Menze | August 6, 2019

GreatGuides is a marketplace to connect adventure travelers with adventure guides. Guides create and control their itineraries and pricing and keep up to 90% of trip fees. Read More

News / Online

Airbnb pads out corporate offering with Urbandoor acquisition

By Linda Fox | August 5, 2019

Airbnb has announced the acquisition of Urbandoor, a marketplace for furnished and serviced apartments. Read More

Opinion / Online

To self-book or not to self-book - that is the business travel question

By Mike Baker - Lola | August 5, 2019

A study reveals that frequent business travelers feel they’re wasting time booking their own travel AND wasting time having someone else book it for them. Read More

News / Startups

Fever raises $35M to accelerate growth of experience booking tool

By Linda Fox | August 5, 2019

The city experiences platform brings its total funding to date to more than $70 million. Read More

Business travel part 1 investor perspective

News / Startups

Business Travel, part 1: The (major) investor opportunity

By Mitra Sorrells | August 5, 2019

For the first part in our monthlong series on business travel, we talk to investors in three of the sector's biggest startups - Lola.com, TravelPerk and TripActions. Read More

News / Online

TripActions takes on legacy TMCs with new consultancy services

By Mitra Sorrells | August 4, 2019

TripActions is expanding its suite of enterprise solutions with the launch of TripActions Consulting. Read More

News / Online

Two-decade-old hotel website LateRooms faces financial collapse

By Linda Fox | August 2, 2019

The LateRooms brand, which is part of the Malvern Group and is currently facing financial difficulties, has somewhat of a checkered back story. Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: Taptrip builds an efficient business travel booking platform for unmanaged trips

By Linda Fox | August 2, 2019

U.K.-based Taptrip was founded just over a year ago and has seven employees. It has signed a string of partnerships in recent months, including WeWork and Kiwi.com. Read More