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STARTUP STAGE: Frontdesk manages short-term rentals in urban apartment communities

By Mitra Sorrells | May 14, 2019

Founded in 2017, Frontdesk develops and manages short-term rental suites around the United States for both business and leisure guests. Read More

From Our Partners / Online

What we’ve learned from tracking more than 280M online bookings

By SaleCycle | May 13, 2019

Over the past year, we have tracked more than 280 million online bookings and abandonments from their airline and travel clients. This is what we found out. Read More

News / Online

Mint House raises debut $15M round to bring rentals to business trips

By Kevin May | May 13, 2019

A string of industry veterans have joined the round to back the business travel-focused, accommodation rental service. Read More

News / Distribution

Finnair unveils NDC partner program (but won't surcharge agents for non-use)

By Linda Fox | May 10, 2019

Agents will have a number of ways to access content such as building a direct connect with Finnair via an NDC API or using aggregation platforms that use the NDC technology standard. Read More

Bookings slightly up, revenue slightly down for Booking Holdings in Q1 2019

By Mitra Sorrells | May 9, 2019

Revenue was down but gross bookings were up for Booking Holdings in the first quarter of 2019, including a more than 10% increase in room nights sold. Read More

News / Online

Airbnb on being smart, technology and standing up for sustainable travel

By Linda Fox | May 9, 2019

In Igualada, a small town near Barcelona, Airbnb held its first New Destinations Summit - an event about building sustainable tourism in locations with few hotels. Read More

News / Distribution

TripAdvisor sees experiences and restaurant revenue up as investment continues in new areas

By Linda Fox | May 8, 2019

TripAdvisor reports a slight decrease in revenue for Q1 2019 while revenue for its experiences and restaurants units is up almost a third. Read More

News / Online

Culture Trip says online travel agency "bet" is close

By Linda Fox | May 7, 2019

The company raised $80 million last year and brought in former-Expedia U.K. managing director Andy Washington to help launch the OTA. Read More

News / Startups

Tourlane quickly adds $47M, plans international expansion and product development

By Linda Fox | May 7, 2019

The business offers customers the expertise of travel agents combined with online booking - and it's now raised a total of $81 million in funding. Read More

News / Online

Letters from WiT Seoul: Travel fuels happiness, growth in aviation

By Siew Hoon Yeoh - WebInTravel | May 6, 2019

Here are the key takeaways from the fourth WiT Seoul 2019. Read More

News / Online

Latin America, part 1: Mobile, social drive travel forward despite lingering challenges

By Mitra Sorrells | May 6, 2019

For the first piece in our series on Latin America, we explore some of the region's characteristics impacting the travel industry. Read More

Interview / Technology

Sounding Off: Is tech innovation enough to fix business travel?

By PhocusWire | May 3, 2019

Investors are (finally) backing the business travel sector with big bucks - but perhaps the processes that govern it are not as broken as many believe. Read More

Phocuswright Europe 2019 preview Dirk Tietz

Interview / Distribution

In the green room at Phocuswright Europe with... Dirk Tietz

By PhocusWire | May 3, 2019

In a series of interviews with executives participating at the event in Amsterdam in May, PhocusWire finds out what makes them tick. Next up: Dirk Tietz of DER Touristik Group... Read More

News / Technology

Datalex CEO Aidan Brogan quits as financial probe continues

By Kevin May | May 2, 2019

Troubled airline retail technology specialist Datalex installs temporary boss after the sudden resignation of the CEO. Read More

Interview / Technology

In the Big Chair - Avi Meir of TravelPerk

By Linda Fox | May 1, 2019

TravelPerk was founded in 2015 to make corporate travel booking less painful. Co-founder and CEO Avi Meir previously founded Hotel Ninjas before selling it to Booking.com in mid-2014. Read More

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